I’m a really great homemaker except for two things ~ cleaning the tub and the oven. Uuuughghghg I hate cleaning those two! Even though there’s an unspoken agreement that I clean the inside of the house and my husband takes care of the outside (mowing the lawn, garbage, weeding…), I often talk him into taking care of the tub π
But the oven has been collecting junk for… a long time, and I figured it was time to clean it.
I always follow recipes from YouTube and they never work, so I figured: why not follow YouTube cleaning advice too? π What’s the worse that could happen?
So I used white vinegar, baking soda, and some disposable gloves.
I made a paste with these ingredients and mixed it up well.
Then I coated the door of the oven with the paste. This was my first time trying this, so I only put it on the oven door (thinking that if it worked, I’d go back and do the whole oven).
After 60 minutes, I came back with a sponge, dipping it into the vinegar and scrubby dub dubbing away at the mess. Let me tell ya, it’s not as easy as YouTubers make it seem! There was a lot of scrubbing, and my husband had to join in with his muscle.
And after a lot of sweat…
All the scrubbing finally paid off!
There’s a pretty big difference, but my oven was reeeeeal dirty. I like that I can see through the glass and that now all I have to do is upkeep.
Would I recommend it?
Oh. No. Nooooo, no, no, no π Goodness, no. Especially if you’re nearing 40 like me and your knees ain’t what they used to be… You’d be better off paying someone else to do it, or perhaps trying out your oven’s self-cleaning mode.
Never again!
μλ ! Bye! Ciao!
jarilissima
Don’t clean anything,
just enjoy it!
hahaha
Congrats and great job! I plan on dying in our home and letting the next owners worry about our oven hopefully several decades from now.
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BAhaha! Omy goodness π That’s one way to do it π
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Not judging but don’t let it get that bad. Wipe up any spills as they happen (or shortly thereafter) and place a sheet of aluminum foil on the rack to catch drips.
I’m older than you, got a funny knee and ankle so even with a self-cleaning oven, I have to bend way down to wipe out any residue afterwards and frankly, my oven is very deep! And it’s not like I can lean on the glass because that’s liable to break so…
But good stuff to use instead of Easy Off spray cleaner.
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Thanks for the tips! We’re going to do the inside too and do upkeep after that. Tbh I was afraid we’d have a grease fire. I just never paid attention to it much, but yeah it was gross.
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A grease fire? Wow! Lol!! You definitely don’t want that!
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I am pretty much like when it comes to the oven and tub. I rope in my hubby for those things too. But yeah, I do not want a grease fire too.
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Absolutely too good! Doesnβt it always look easier on Pinterest than in real life? ππ The only reason I donβt have that problem is that I rarely cookπ¬
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Actually YouTube. Same thing. They make it look so easyπ€
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Hahaha It’s never as easy as they make it seem π
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