Can I clean a gas stove with ordinary oven cleaner? If not, what can I use?
Janet from Georgetown, Ontario
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I stopped using oven cleaner in my gas oven years ago because it seems like you can never get all the residue cleaned out. I use primarily just baking soda and water made into a paste. For stubborn spots, use a Scotch Brite pad. If that doesn't do the trick, set a small dish of ammonia in the oven overnight, and then proceed with the baking soda. I also use just baking soda on the top of my stove and the burner grates. It works better than any of the heavy duty cleaners. There again, for brown spots from cooked on food or boilovers, use the baking soda with a Scotch Brite. Always rinse well with clear water and polish it up with a dry paper towel.
Here's what I do: My oven was perfectly clean when I got it (came with our house) so I aim to just keep up with it. If I bake something and it goes over, as soon as I take it out of the oven, I turn the oven off and spray on the oven cleaner while the oven is still hot and then shut the door.
I know this answer is years old, but for anyone seeing this now - DO NOT SPRAY OVEN CLEANER IN A HOT/WARM OVEN!
Not only are you making the chemical cleaner less effective, because it dries up immediately from the heat, you are also making it much more toxic to your lungs because it will rapidly off-gas from the heat.
Use products like Easy Off in a totally cool oven, spray well, and close the door to keep it moist for as long as possible. The chemical is working as long as its wet.
Leave it for several hours without touching it. If you can leave the cleaner on overnight, it will dry on its own, and youll know its done the maximum work (because now that its dry, it is no longer cleaning). And now, you can clean in the open oven and there will be no fumes! If its still wet when you decide to wipe it clean, use a respirator mask. Invest in lung protection if youre using a chemical oven cleaner. And use gloves! This stuff contains lye, etc. that will burn skin and also shouldnt be absorbed into skin.
Use wet paper towels to remove dried oven cleaner and dry paper towels to wipe any remaining residue. I use a one inch flat razor (for scraping paint) to carefully remove any baked on black patches the cleaner couldnt dissolve, being careful not to scratch the oven interior.
I tried oven cleaner once and it didn't work very well. Here's what did: saturate a sponge with dishsoap-y water and carefully squeeze it over the areas that need to be cleaned. Don't let the soap run down into any of the holes. Let it sit overnight.
I have had a gas oven for about 17 years, I have always used a spray foam oven cleaner, and I have had no difficulties. Hey, I work in Georgetown, Ontario!! Small world! Good Luck!
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