December 6, 2017
How to Naturally Clean an Oven
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It’s that time of the year when we welcome friends and family into our homes and entertain for the holidays. Entertaining and holiday preparations also include lots of cooking and baking and by default messy ovens. Spills, splatters, and stuck on messes.
If your oven has seen better days, I have a super simple and effective homemade cleaning recipe for you to use to get your oven sparkling clean. It’s fume-free, uses ingredients you already have, and best of all, it really works.
Gather these tools and ingredients:
- Scotch-Brite® Scrub Dots Heavy Duty Scrub Sponges
- Scotch-Brite® Scrub Dots Dish Cloths
- baking soda
- castile or dish soap
- water
HOMEMADE PASTE OVEN CLEANER
- ½ cup water
- enough baking soda to make a paste – about 1/4 to ½ cup
- 1 tablespoon castile soap or whatever dish soap you have on hand
First things first, remove the racks from your oven. You can use this paste to clean the oven racks but it would be better applied in a clean utility sink so you can scrub and rinse properly.
Mix up the paste oven cleaner (it will expand a bit as the baking soda combines with the soap and the water).
Using a Scotch-Brite® Scrub Dots Heavy Duty scrub sponge, spread the paste oven cleaner all over your oven to coat, taking care to avoid any holes or cracks. Let the mixture sit for 15-30 minutes.
Using a clean scrub sponge, wipe clean and rinse thoroughly with warm water. Repeat the wiping and rinsing with the scrub sponge (barely damp) until the oven is completely clean and residue free. I love how these scrub sponges rinse clean even when I’m cleaning the oven.
Once you have completely rinsed the oven, dry and polish with the Scotch-Brite® Scrub Dots dish cloth.
If your oven is extremely dirty, you can wipe with the sponge once and reapply the paste. Spray straight white vinegar over the solution and let it sit for 15-30 minutes and rinse and dry as described in the directions.
If you’re tired of getting a headache when you clean your oven from the fumes in your oven cleaner, you’ll love this safe solution.
eve cain Says
Tried this one. Works great. Even on racks. Need to do again before Christmas.
Ingrid Burton Says
Thanks for posting this! I definitely need to clean my oven, but do you have any suggestions for cleaning the glass? That’s what I can’t get clean in my oven. Thanks!
Hannah Says
Yes! I’ve wondered that for years.
Hillary Says
I recently cleaned my VERY DIRTY oven… My Mom suggested scraping the window clean with a razor blade! It worked well!
The problem is that the inner glass is dirty too! Does anytime know how to clean that??
Tanya Says
The Family Handyman on Pinterest suggest how to clean the inner glass.
Stephanie Comer Says
This is great! I definitely plan on trying this soon – my oven definitely needs it!
Deeloris Lewis Says
Admins….. I love Clean Mama…… waiting on… Clean Mama….the TV series……..
Diana Says
Do you use an oven liner to help in keeping the oven cleaner?
b r Says
Post authorI don’t…
P Gill Says
A liner really helps with keeping the bottom of the oven clean. Just remember to remove when using the oven cleaning cycle….😬 I forgot ONCE and what a mess!!
Jen B. Says
This may sound like a dumb question, but my oven has the heating element on the bottom. Is it ok if this mixture gets on it?
b r Says
Post authorKeep it away from the heating element 🙂
Diana Says
Mine is a baked on Mess. Tried this but got the baking soda in the holes and cracks. Now what can I do?
Melissa Says
Do you clean your oven glass the same way?
Karen Says
I can’t wait to try cleaning the oven using your instructions. The last time I cleaned the oven with a named brand oven cleaner, I almost passed out from the fumes.