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I have to admit, I have never really paid much attention to the inside of my oven door. I simply ignored the fact that baked-on food has been accumulating for years. However, I started to notice a trend on Pinterest… people actually clean their oven doors. There were a bunch of tricks that people shared, but the one that caught my eye seemed too easy to actually be true, so I had to try it for myself. Apparently, I’m one of the last to hear about this trick because if you google it, many people have shared it, but if you’re like me and never tried to clean an oven door, I am here to tell you this method works like a charm.
Hello and Happy Tuesday to everyone! I’m still trying to recover from a busy weekend of musicals, work, and birthday celebrations (did you know a group of 11 year old girls can stay awake chit-chatting until midnight and then wake up at 6?). Somehow through all the crazy, I managed to try something I’d never done before… clean my oven door.
What You’ll Need to Clean An Oven Door
I know. It’s crazy how easy this is.
Directions for Cleaning An Oven Door
Let me start by showing you an embarrassing picture of my oven door. As noted, I have never cleaned it the 5+ years we’ve lived in this house, and, let’s be honest, I’m guessing the previous owners probably didn’t clean it often (or at all). That means, I could potentially be dealing with 14 years of greasy, grimy, baked-on food. Lovely.
Yuck!
Start by liberally sprinkling baking soda all over the glass. Keyword: Liberally.
Then wet down a scour pad and start moving the baking soda around the glass until you get a thick paste-like substance. Just as an FYI, the baking soda tends to stay in clumps, so just do your best to evenly smear it around the glass door. Feel free to add more water to the scour pad in order to thoroughly wet the baking soda.
After you’ve got that all smeared around, let it sit for 30-60 minutes.
Once your time is up, grab your scour pad once again. Wet it down and start to scrub in small sections. You can already see how well this worked in the image above. Keep going until you have completed the entire glass door.
When I was done, the middle still had some spots remaining that were really difficult to get off, so I repeated the process, but left the moistened baking soda on overnight (and let’s just pretend that I didn’t start up my oven with it on the inside of the door and smell up my whole house, okay?). Here’s the end result.
It’s like a mirror!
I’d say that was one successful cleaning tip! For more ways to clean with baking soda, check out this post!
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Now how do I clean the inside oven without using chemicals?
This didn’t work for me at all! Lol. I had a huge mess, and my door was still very dirty. Oh well, can’t win them all!
Will this work for gas fireplace windows? We could make a paste and then apply it.
Breathing fumes from 409 is not good for you.
Keep these tips and tricks coming
Can’t believe it but it actually worked! I used a metal scraper but it cqme right off! Thx!
Yes, but, how do you clean the drips on the INSIDE of the glass oven door, that you can’t get at? Do you have to take it apart?
I saw another post that said you should remove the bottom drawer if you have one. Leaving the oven door closed, lay on your back, look under the door, then with a cloth saturated with cleaning solution wrapped on a ruler or similar item held on with a rubber band, insert it between the glass and interior of the door and clean away. It’s not exactly fun, but it will get the job done.
Use a plastic flexible drain snake. Use a rubber band to hold a long cloth with a little cleaner on it – long so it doesn’t come off inside the glass.
HI ERIN I JUST TRIED BAKING SODA AND WATER TO MAKEA PASTE LET IT SIT FOR HALF HOUR. AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WORKED GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Okay, you have inspired me. I thought you had taken a picture of the inside of my oven door. I start tonight with this process. It has to work. Thanks for sharing.
Linda
Hi as a housekeeper there’s a much easier and faster way. Use a flat blade razor and some 409. The 409 helps the blade glide easier while still scraping up the grease. Dirty ovens like that take all of about 5 minutes to clean!
How do u clean residue from between glass and door? It gets inside the glass. Jan
To be honest, I have never tried that, but here’s a post that might help: http://www.mom4real.com/how-to-clean-in-between-glass-on-your/