To tell you how dangerous Oven Pride is!

[DinoEggz]

www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/woman-suffers-burns-from-oven-cleaner-1-6154504

In the local paper: a woman splashed a tiny drop of Oven Pride on her arm and needed skin grafts after it ate away her flesh. I actually had some of this in the cupboard! It’s now in the bin. AIBU to think it shouldn’t be on sale if it’s so highly corrosive?

It's the same for nearly all over cleaners, they will burn down to the bone and you won't feel it till it's too late. You need to be supremely cautious. I burnt a hole in my wooden floor board with a splash. And wear two pairs of gloves when using it, cover myself thoroughly and wash my skin down after just in case.

You can't take all oven cleaners off the market, but people do need to read the instructions, and understand the product.

It's not just oven pride, it's nearly all of them.

It's fairly obvious from the photos that it was a large area of skin covered and not a drop at all. I too have got it on my arms by accident when doing the oven, rinsed it off and had no reaction, and I have skin that reacts to everybloodything.

Like a pp, I also used to make soap, so I always made sure that I wore long sleeves, shoes on, safety glasses, and strong rubber gloves, when I was making it.

It's just a matter of common sense, which seems to be woefully lacking these days, hence the Darwin Awards.

Where do you draw the line, if you start banning things? After all, even water can be toxic if you drink too much, as well as causing burns when heated, and drowning people.

Yes, I managed to get it on my arm and it hurt. I did try to keep covered but it sort of found a spot.

Dread to think what it does to your lungs.I'm always careful as can be and use oven mate

We do know how dangerous it is. It’s a chemical. Use common sense and take precautions.

By the way, why is this even in AIBU?

Not good for my asthma so avoid these days. In the past it did touch my skin above the rubber glove line, it stings, I rinsed it off. Storm in a teacup for 99.9% of the population

Read this awhile back, she didn't rinse it off like the majority of us would do.

I have used it lots of times, If I have got it on myself I just washed it off with no problem.
It does look like she could have got alot on herself though?

I use oven pride and I love the results! Just be sure to be veryyyyy careful, open windows and use gloves! Also make sure you tie your hair back (if it’s long) I once had mine in a ponytail... i got oven pride on the end of my ponytail whilst cleaning my oven and it burnt my hair off!! 🙈

I dropped the whole bag on the floor once as I took the shelves out, splashed all over my bare feet and ankles. Rinsed it off and other than minor irritation that night I suffered no ill effects.

It is being sensationalist to say that injury was caused by one tiny drop.

Miss Stott made a complaint to Oven Pride, and is now considering taking legal action through a no-win no-fee solicitor.

"She has also called for the product to be removed from supermarket shelves."

"She said: "They basically said, 'well, we do state that it's a dangerous product and we are really sorry', and that was it."

"I'm a bit annoyed that there's been no remorse."

Yep, after money. Isn't saying they're really sorry showing remorse? Or does remorse mean money?

It must have been in contact with the skin for some time to do that. Running under the tap isn't enough you need to wash it off vigorously with soap and water immediately if you get it on you.

It's a strong chemical, if using it at work in a lab you'd be wearing a long sleeved lab coat gloves and doing it in a fume cupboard.

Umm I wouldn't buy the stuff myself as I don't think it's necessary that my oven is cleaned to within an inch of its life. But if people didn't want the products, they wouldn't sell and they wouldn't be made. so can only assume lots of people are more fussed about their ovens than I am

Oh come on. This is straight under NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK its acid oven cleaner and the instructions are very clear.

The article says that she sat with her arm under a running tap for 7 hours and the ph didn't fall below 11. Surely they should have used some lemon juice or vinegar? I cannot work out why it wasn't attempted.

I'm starting to wonder if this is a misguided attempt to claim compo and the woman thought that she'd get a bit of a superficial burn and the Oven Pride people would bung her a few grand as by way of apology?

If it does that to your skin, imagine what it does to the ecosystem.

Some caustic chemicals have strongly exothermic reactions i.e. they get very hot when they react. When you mix dry caustic soda with water it heats up a lot. I don’t know if they were concerned that using an acid would increase the damage through heat generation.

Sometimes acid/alkali reactions can generate heat and make the situation worse.

I do find it strange that a very water soluble chemical didn't easily wash away though.

I wonder if she'd have been quicker to wash it off her skin if compensation claims didn't exist...

Cross posted with Chaz and this has reminded me of something I've been thinking about with the acid attacks, where people have had concentrated sulphuric acid thrown at them.

This reacts very strongly as it mixes water, generating a lot of heat and while my first instinct would be to dowse the victim with lots of water, would this make the situation worse or is flushing away the acid the thing to do?

If it does that to your skin, imagine what it does to the ecosystem

I wouldn't have thought it is significant. When it goes into the water course, it is massively dissolved so it is barely noticeable. It's the high concentration of the oven pride product that makes it so dangerous.

If you poured a bottle into a swimming pool, it would probably be safe to go swimming in there or even drink the water - do not try this at home, obviously.

I loathe oven cleaner. I make a paste of bicarbonate of soda and water, smear it on and leave overnight, then wipe off with tea towels dipped in hot water.

Works really well.

So what's the safe way to use Oven Pride? Are my Marigold's enough protection?

stray apostrophie, sorry