Oven cleaningOven cleaningNot quite sure if this is in the right place, but here goes.
Our oven went wrong and we had an engineer out under the guarantee. During a general conversation he said his company used to clean peoples ovens, so me being me asked him how they did it. Apparently they put a metal bowl filled with 1.5 litres of water on the bottom shelf of the oven, put the temp to hot and leave to steam, then went in with a cloth and wiped clean. If the dirt/grease did not come off at first wipe, then you repeated. I thought the ideal time to do this would be after you had cooked when the oven is already hot/warm, so not heating up from a cold. I asked him if he had anymore gems of info and he told me about putting a dishwasher tablet in the washer once a week, setting on a 90deg wash with no clothes in and this worked just as well as putting a limescale tablet in at every wash. He also said that if limescale tablets were used on a regular basis with the washing in the tub that eventually the clothes tended to go hard. Obviously depending on how much you use the washer would depend on how many times you put the dishwasher tablet in. The third thing was that if/when you use your tumble dryer, which I don't very often, but if you put some lime juice in the filter not only do your clothes smell nice, but it dissolves the fluff. Maybe a lot of you knew these tricks, but I certainly didn't, so hopefully it will be of use to someone.
Re: Oven cleaningI seem to remember the bowl of water in a microwave oven (with some lemon juice ... I think but don't quote me) but I suppose it is the same principle of using a steamer to lift off grease.
Some good tips there Re: Oven cleaningI like using natural things...never heard of lime juice in the filter...although we don't really use the tumble dryer it's good to know ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)✰
(¸.✰´¨(¸.✰ Manda Living our version of the Good Life with 1 dog (who feels like we're living with 4!), 1 cats, a few sheep and 11 chooks. Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny Re: Oven cleaningThat's a good tip about the oven. Some companies charge a fortune to come and clean your oven, I remember my sister in law having someone to do theirs when they were moving. And I don't like to use those really smelly chemical cleaner things Not too sure about the dishwasher tablet cleaning limescale though. Why do you still get limescale in the dishwasher, or have I read that wrong?
Kath xx
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Re: Oven cleaningThanks for the info Gwenoakes! I have a self clean oven but the grill isn't & doubles up as a second oven so I might try it on that. We rarely use it as an oven but grill bacon & sausage sometimes & get fat splashes from that.
Re: Oven cleaningI bought a reconditioned washer and I have tried every thing to make it smell clean and my sister told me that apparantly the dishwasher tablets areally supposed to work well in them.
The detal one worked for a dayr two max, I'm going to have to save for a new one I think Lindaxx And then there was one, Again!!!!
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Is that a dishwasher or a washing machine Linda? Have you tried putting a bowl of vinegar and water into the machine (on it's own) and running a full cycle? It shoots the vinegar all over the washer and the acid in that can break down any bits that are hidden in crevices....don't know if you've tried it already but if not it might work ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)✰
(¸.✰´¨(¸.✰ Manda Living our version of the Good Life with 1 dog (who feels like we're living with 4!), 1 cats, a few sheep and 11 chooks. Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny
Re: Oven cleaningYes, I'd heard about vinegar as well. I'll try the steaming thing on our oven - thanks for the tip - though I did get quite good results on a warm oven with soda crystals, which are cheap and can go in our septic tank. Like the idea of just steaming, though.
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I'm like you free...we are on a septic tan so you have to think of things that won't ruin that. ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)✰
(¸.✰´¨(¸.✰ Manda Living our version of the Good Life with 1 dog (who feels like we're living with 4!), 1 cats, a few sheep and 11 chooks. Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny
Re: Oven cleaningWell, I can vouch for the steaming - worked a treat! Thanks for the tip.
Re: Oven cleaningGlad to hear it, FR. Have to admit I have not tried it yet.
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