Oven cleaning revelation!

[MakemineaGandT]

I tried the trick I found on here the other day to clean the oven door with a dishwasher tablet. I then decided to try doing the shelves in the same way - put them in the sink (we have a big one so they can lie down in there), covered with hot water and chucked dishwasher tab in. 10 mins later I just wiped all the brown baked on stuff off with a sponge! Some light scrubbing to remove stubborn areas and now they are sparkling. So easy! Why has it taken me so long to realise this time-saver?!

[Floggingmolly]

What dishwasher tablets do you use?! I put the racks in the dishwasher occasionally; it satisfies me that they're "clean" but they certainly don't sparkle...
Unless they were black in the first place? I honestly don't know

[MakemineaGandT]

It was a fairy platinum one

I've never tried putting them in the dishwasher as I always assume they won't come clean!

Very exciting life I lead

[spiderbabymum]

The trick is you get a DW tab
The more expensive ones SEEM to work better .....
As they have more texture
You dampen the end of it
And u just rub it HARD all over the inside of the oven glass
You scrape and scrape and it cleans the glass like nothing else

[peaceloveandshitmoms]

Totally doing this tomorrow

[ladydoer]

Wow - thanks for sharing!
Trying this later today, my oven door looks horrible..

[Floggingmolly]

I totally missed you were talking about the oven door, not racks...

[Lurleene]

Best tip for cleaning ovens that I've ever learnt has been to buy a roll of oven liner for the bottom of the oven. It is only a couple of quid from Home Bargains. When it gets a bit mucky you just whip it out and wash it on the sink. Far easier than scrubbing the inside of the oven.

[Mcchickenbb41]

So glad I read this. I'm waiting for the kids to go back to school then blitzing the kitchen. Oven inc. it's been left far longer than I usually would. Iv tried every dw tab on the market and fairy platinum seem to be the best

[peaceloveandshitmoms]

I've got finish powerball in atm. Is it worth trying with that or waiting until I can get some fairy?

[brrrr]

I put tin foil at the bottom of the oven, it's great - just chuck it and replace every few weeks. Oven spotless. Rest of house less so.....