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[tvordlj]

Funny how 40 minutes of cleaning the oven and various grill racks wipes you out!
And at least i bought rubber gloves this time. Last time i did it, i didn't use them and got caustic burns on my palms. Cortisone cream is good!
One sponge, two SOS soapy steel wood pads and half a roll of kitchen towel later, it's done.
Probably not as good as it could be but it's a lot better than it was.
...and probably it won't set the smoke alarm off next time i bake something too.
Someday i'm gonna pay Molly Maid to come in and do it from top to bottom.
Oh god. Top. I didn't really clean on the top of the stove and replace the foil under the burners yet. That can wait. It's not that awful a job.
I did try to sit on a little Rubbermaid footstool but in the end that wasn't much better but kneeling on my water pillow took some of the ache off the knees.
I'm not sure what's worse, trying to clean the roof of the oven or hanging over the tub scrubbing the racks. Then having to clean the tub. But it's very shiny and clean now! Oven cleaner certainly gets the grime off it but you have to clean it with regular cleaner really well after or it's too slippery.
One hot shower later, a can of diet coke and Napoleon Dynamite on the telly. I think i'll try out the water soluble paints later.

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[gracefruit.livejournal.com]

You can mix up a paste of laundry powder and water, smear it on the bits of the oven you want to clean, leave it for an hour, and then come back and wipe off all the grime -- no fumes, no burning lye. Bio detergent works best for this, but any kind will do. It really works! I learned this trick from my housekeeper in Brazil.

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmmm that's a wonderful thing to know! would have to make a lot of it though to do the whole oven. Much better than wheezing over the fumes though, thanks! How does it work on the racks?

[gracefruit.livejournal.com]

It works great. Just mix up a strong solution in a bucket and soak the racks for about an hour. The baked on gunk will simply fall off when you wipe it with a sponge.

[acey.livejournal.com]

I found that if you spray it on before you go to bed, it wipes off quite easily the next morning. :) Also, you can put the burner liners in the oven overnight.

And some of the cleaners have hardly any fumes. (Can't remember which, though, sorry).

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, i did that, sprayed it the night before. If i didn't i would have found more excuses today not to do it lol

[teaone.livejournal.com]

*giggle* so you finally got around to the oven!

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I did! Yay me!

[rockiesgirl.livejournal.com]

I hate cleaning the oven. It's so hard on the back.