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Ovens and Stoves. Clean oven and stove door windows

Clean that brown stained oven door glass fast using this tip. This is not as impossible as you might think. Just make a paste of water and baking soda, a thick paste and then cover the glass on the door with the mixture and leave it on for about 10 minutes. Then rinse off with water and you can see the grease and gunk come right off!

Prevent grease build-up in your oven by frequently wiping it with vinegar between deep cleanings.

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Cleaning glass oven door Comments By: CHELLE I tried the baking soda and water paste. I left it on the glass for over 15 minutes because the grease build up looks pretty heavy. After rinsing with a sponge and water, there seemed to be no difference.   Be CAREFUL cleaning oven windows! Comments By: Linda McGregor I've ruined oven windows by putting too much liquid on the inside of the glass. It seeps through and makes a moisture leak between the two layers of glass. Also, baking soda is ABRASIVE, so be careful not to scrub with the soda on it. It will scratch! I've found that spraying oven cleaner DIRECTLY on a soft rag, then wiping window is best. DO NOT spray oven cleaner directly on window. It will ruin the window. Also, try not to clean oven window while it is hot!   not very good Comments By: claire baking soda was a diappointment. i used wd40 spray and was amased by the results. let it sit for a few mins and wipe clean.   It doesn't work. Comments By: Cleaner is Better I tried this -- thick paste and all -- for 12-15 minutes and it make absolutely NO difference. This is a useless suggestion.   Oven glass ! Comments By: Bruce Kain What a load of pants !! doesn't work. Also baking soda will not scratch the glass, i have used wire wool and even this does not scratch the glass   Amazed by the soda! Comments By: Abinaia Honestly worked on 98% of my nasty brown grease splats. Some mini spots here and there, but overall I have a shiny see-through glass door. Looks soooo much better!!!   I was totally impressed Comments By: Kbb It worked like a charm for me. I didn't let it sit but continued to rub it around with my fingers- I could feel the grease come off.   Baking soda! Comments By: Ldw Linda McGregor above said that baking soda was ABRASIVE. Now that's funny - if it were there would be a warning label on the box. Baking soda is smoooooth & fine as a baby's butt, so abrasive it is not. Anyway - I used to clean my inside oven door glass with all kinds of scrubbers and cleaners to no avail. What DOES work with NO scratches is - Take a small handful of baking soda & sprinkle it on the cooled glass. Then, using a PLASTIC scrubbing sponge use circular motions while absorbing the soda. Works fantastic. Baking soda can be used for cleaning just about everything in your kitchen & bath.   Unbelievable Comments By: Joe This was unbelievable.I had tried regular cleaner with no effect.I applied bicarbonate of soda (assume this is baking soda) and with green non scratch gauze and a little elbow grease,mainly by my 10 year old daughter,the result was outstanding   cannot access the dirty side on inside of glass door Comments By: Joseph M. Desper There seems to be no way to get access to the dirty inside of the glass door. Your answers may or may not work but I can`t even try them without access to the inside of the door where the grease and scum have accumulated.   Worked like a charm! Comments By: Muzzie I used the baking soda paste on my oven door while it was still warm. Then using a non abrasive Dobie Sponge, rubbed the glass lightly. Wiped it clean with water, then used a little vinegar and water to polish!! Looks great!   It most definitely works!! Comments By: katie My oven door is now sparkling. Thank you. Baking soda paste ... ten minutes, used a scrubby in circular motion. Rinse. Amazing.   unscrew the doors Comments By: Sarah I had drips between the glass and I found that i could easily unscrew the two screws at the top and then the front glass (door and frame too) came off for easy cleaning of all glass doors. I am trying a paste of vinegar and Bicarb... Otherwise I call Alan the local Oven Clean guy who costs a fortune .... but makes the oven look like new again..x   HELP! What to do with INBETWEEN windows! Comments By: M. Rickert I've accidentally dripped liquid INBETWEEN the windows of the stove. HOW does one EVER get to clean this? Am I doomed to have streaks forever? Any suggestions? And YES baking soda IS awesome for cleaning up the "outer" windows! ;-)   Gleaming!!! Comments By: Pinksorrell I cleaned the glass oven door using this tip and it came up gleaming! I wetted the surface with water,shook a layer of baking powder over it and dripped on some white vinegar. I only white wine vinegar in the cupboard so used that. Very soon afterwards, I rubbed the door and mixture with a scouring pad and the built-on grease came off in an instant. I've never got it cleaner!   works great!! Comments By: Sandi I used the baking soda paste on the oven door. It worked great. Took every stain off!   Cleaning Oven Glass Comments By: Anon Scotchbrite glass top cleaning pads worked terrifically on a very gummy, brown, greasy window. Smooth and clean without much effort!!I had previously tried ammonia & 3:1 water:Advantage Products. Neither of these worked.   Clean!!! Inside and out! Comments By: Barbara I knew about this tip with the baking soda. I've been doing it for years. It does really work. It sops up the grease and takes it right off. I use it to clean the knobs. But I want to thank the person with the tip of taking out the screws on top of the door to get at the inside window. It was SOOOOOO easy. Your post gave me the courage to try it. My advice...be careful...When I got the door apart, I the glass was ready to fall out of the frame. But other than that, it was very easy. I used a combo of the baking soda paste followed by Formula 409 and then glass cleaner. My oven door now looks BRANDY NEW.   Baking Soda Cleaner Comments By: Diane I tried the baking soda paste. Probably put on more than I had to. I let it sit for a few minutes, then rubbed it all over with my fingers. Took me maybe 5 minutes. All the grease and grime came off, even around the edges. The oven glass is as clean as it was the day we bought the stove.   Elbow Grease is best! Comments By: Nicole The baking soda was the only natural thing that worked for me (I have oven cleaner - it's pretty unhealthy to breathe those fumes) but I used a damp sponge (paper towel works too) to rub in a generous quantity and applied firm pressure. It was about 20 minutes of work but my glass is clean after 2 years of excessive cooking in that oven. The self-clean cycle just never got the glass clean.   Cleaning glass oven door Comments By: June Used the baking soda and it worked extremely well. Very pleased with the result!   Bicarbonate of soda Comments By: Helen I used this method and it took off a little of the grease and grime but not alot. I have been on with my glass cleaning trying different methods for over an hour nothing has shifted it to make glass clean. Anyone got any other ideas. They would be appreciated. Thanks   Cleaning the inside glass on the oven door Comments By: John The inside glass of my oven door was completly covered with a baked on brown coating. I tried everything including engine degrease without any luck. The baking soda worked. It completely removed all the brown grim. I did use a metal scraper along with a nylon scub sponge. The glass looks new. Although the metal scaper did not scratch the glass I do recomend a plastic scraper.   baking soda/oven glass doors Comments By: Edna Thanks for the baking soda tip-my hubby does all the cooking and when I opened he oven door today I was ready to run to a divorce lawyer. The baking soda tip was so easy.   Two minute fix!!! Comments By: Russell I don't recommend this if you have a new prized oven but I'd tried everything, oven pride, mr muscle and a whole host of oven cleaners to get of really old grease on the glass and spent ages scrubbing with no effect. Then I had a brain wave and tried Wet Dry Paper 400 grade. I used it wet and was done in a minute! Literally! If you look VERY close you can see tiny scrub marks but that said you do have to look close and there are much finer grades available in hardware stores. Like I said, if you have a new or expensive oven, maybe you won't wanna risk it but for quite an old oven like mine it worked a treat and like I also said the stub marks are very faint! Don't sue me though! :o)   not safe Comments By: BeGe my sears repair man took my oven door apart so I could clean between glass where condensation had left streaks running down the glass and that doing that too often could break the seal around glass and door.   comments from chelle Comments By: christine craig You are correct because I have experienced the problem and cannot get rid of the stains between the glass. Any suggestions   Oven glass cleaning Comments By: christine craig Comment was from Linda Mcgregor   Hob Brite & Bi Carb Comments By: Jo Many Thanks for all the tips, you have just saved me. I have had to take on rented accomodation and cooked bbq ribs in the ovn due to the awful weather we had, the oven door was badly burned. I read your tips and used Hob Brite and Bi carb with a plastic sponge it took ten mins, and mindful of the not getting water between the two layers of glass then used damp kitchen roll to clean off. FANTASTIC   baking soda Comments By: carol I have been useing baking soda to clean my oven & a lot more about the home since 1949 and it is not abrasive it all so help to rid your home of nasty smells my mother and grand mother told me about it