cleaning the oven

Mumof_3

Thanks to all of you for your replies I had a phone call from a cleaning company this afternoon and they will do it for £50 bargain!! So have hired them to do it for him.I have bought him some more astonish and some stardrops so he has no excuse to not keep it clean:j

zippychick

Awwwww that's lovely!

Do you want to adopt me ?:p

Mumof_3

zippychick wrote: »

Awwwww that's lovely!

Do you want to adopt me ?:p

Of Course I will hun:rotfl:

As long as you have a chair to bring to sunday dinner hun as I have run out!!and you dont mind washing up as all the kids are expected to pitch in:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

zippychick

I'll bring cake

Nah, really though, it's just so lovely you would do that for your son. Not all mothers would

jexygirl

lol @Zippy - Can I be second in line!

when I had a major oven clean to do, a friend of mine recommended a few drops of ammonia in a doubled bin liner, with everything in it that needed to be cleaned, and a few more drops in a bowl in the oven overnight. Use gloves, shake the bag a bit too, and perhaps a peg for your nose, and the doors and windows open - but that was about 10 years ago, and its worked ever since, you can rinse off years of burned on stuff the next day which = more time to drink tea and admire your handy work!
Well done on the professional clean though this may be a future option!
Jex

nickyhutch

rachbc wrote: »

His home, his oven...am I the only one wondering why you are cleaning it not him?

And yes, I know I am very harsh - but it'll do him good in the long run!

No, I was just wondering if I was brave enough to post exactly that!

Mumof_3

zippychick wrote: »

I'll bring cake

Nah, really though, it's just so lovely you would do that for your son. Not all mothers would

Chocolate cake I hope:D
Thanks hun will always do all I can for my kids, afterall thats what I had them for was to look out for them and be there when they need me.

jexygirl wrote: »

lol @Zippy - Can I be second in line!

when I had a major oven clean to do, a friend of mine recommended a few drops of ammonia in a doubled bin liner, with everything in it that needed to be cleaned, and a few more drops in a bowl in the oven overnight. Use gloves, shake the bag a bit too, and perhaps a peg for your nose, and the doors and windows open - but that was about 10 years ago, and its worked ever since, you can rinse off years of burned on stuff the next day which = more time to drink tea and admire your handy work!
Well done on the professional clean though this may be a future option!
Jex

I think I will invest in a bottle for the future bless him he has the best intentions but I think he is forgetting he has to work to and wont feel like cleaning the oven after each meal much less he probably wont even remember to do it:rotfl:Only paying out this time for a professional clean and then no doubt will do it when i pop in to see him just so it doesnt get in this state again.

nickyhutch wrote: »

No, I was just wondering if I was brave enough to post exactly that!

Its his first home and he has worked hard for it to I am quite happy to help my children yes they do need to do things for themselves but he also has helped me a lot when I was very ill without ever complaining so its my turn to be able to help him now:D

Jacey53

Who would sell a cooker in such a state? When I freegled my old one I made sure it was spotless - much better than the new one is now (but I'm the only one who sees that).

You are a star mum. Hope your son enjoys his new home.

Annabee

Hi I am asking this question on the OldStyle board as I understand you kind people know all about this kind of thing!

To my shame, my built-in electric oven is quite mucky.

Now the element appears to have gone on it. I want to call someone to get it fixed, but I am embarrased to let an engineer see the state of it, so I want to clean it first. The oven is supposed to be self-cleaning, you turn the temperature up high and all dirt is reduced to ash. But obviously I cannot do this now. So should I use something like Mr Muscle or could this cause damage? Should I use something like bicard of soda, and how to go about this?

Thanks for any advice.

Penelope_Penguin

Annabee wrote: »

To my shame, my built-in electric oven is quite mucky.

Now the element appears to have gone on it. I want to call someone to get it fixed, but I am embarrased to let an engineer see the state of it, so I want to clean it first. The oven is supposed to be self-cleaning, you turn the temperature up high and all dirt is reduced to ash. But obviously I cannot do this now. So should I use something like Mr Muscle or could this cause damage? Should I use something like bicard of soda, and how to go about this?

Thanks for any advice.

If it's in a really bad way I'd use Mr Muscle You can also take a look at the suggetions on this older thread; I'll add this later to keep ideas together.