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?

Self cleaning ovens are also a bit of a con. The feature is pretty dangerous, it can cause the door glass to crack/explode, it can cause damage to surrounding units and it can fuck up the thermostat of the oven.

The only reason oven companies still include it is apparently because if you're choosing between one which self cleans and one which does not, everyone chooses the one with self cleaning feature. But many would prefer you never use it. Which might be why the instructions are not in the manual.

I actually took the oven shelves out of the bag today with bare hands 🤭 and hosed them off in the garden. definitely got some splashes but no ill affects.
I then saw the story ... oops
But yeah I hosed the shelves then my hands so shrugi

It's concentrated alkali.

Worse than acid in many ways.

YABU to put it in the bin. Think of the bin men, what if whilst they are moving the crush plate in the back of their collection truck the bottle explodes & splashes them? Take it to a hazardous waste amnesty if you're in Norfolk

It's hardly headline news corrosive substances are dangerous, but the article is good for those that take risks with these products. The box is plastered with warnings about keeping hands and arms covered at all times and why. She won't be the first and wont be the last who don't take the required precautions, as professional cleaner regularly using corrosive substances she should have known better than most to protect herself adequately.

It shouldn't be banned, but agree they could provide better/more suitable protection in the kit instead of implying the flimsy gloves provided are adequate. We always buy the longest heavy duty gloves we can find when we use it.

YABU. The box is absolutely clear how dangerous this product COULD be if the clear instructions and warnings are not heeded.

No-one HAS to use it. I spray the oven (while still warm) with Aldi kitchen cleaning spray and leave overnight. Next day I use a steam cleaner with a little lemon juice mixed with the water. Doesn't come up as good as new, but good enough for me.

It doesn’t ruin ovens, ours is 19 years old and has been cleaned regularly with Oven Pride to no detriment at all. Professional oven cleaners all use caustic soda.

Doesn't everyone know about powerful oven cleaner? How do they think it gets ovens to clean so easily??

Well it would be a good thing if it were banned, it's terrible for the environment. You do NOT need it to clean an oven, you need elbow grease and an appropriate agent like washing soda .
Most people seem expect to squirt a product and have instant magic cleanliness with no thought whatsoever of environmental issues.

Given that both sodium hydroxide and washing soda, aka sodium carbonate are alkalis and are heavily diluted when they enter the water course, I wouldn't have thought there was significant differences in their environmental impact.

The amounts used in households of either is probably a drop in the ocean (pun intended) compared with that used in industry.

its for chemically burning off all the caked on and burnt on shit and grease and carbon from an oven that you cant get off with more general cleaning sprays. Most of these products need gloves and often a mask as they have fumes and are highly corrosive. Im not surprised it burns the skin. I think they even have a picture of an arm with a dent in it in a warning triangle.

Is it only me stuck with King - Love and Pride as an earworm?

@BertieBotts you're very right indeed, this thread prompted me to take another look at mine- I got it working, it got part of the way through, overheated and turned the oven off completely luckily it came back on after cooling down!

...its caustic soda. The clue being in the name. Of course it bloody burns. You're supposed to wear protective clothing and follow the instructions, not slosh it about willy nilly.

For the benefit of doubt, you also shouldn't drink domestos

I just looked at my bottle of bleach and, incredibly, it says exactly that

Though with numbskulls like this woman about, I'm starting to understand why. She wouldn't read it of course, but maybe the manufacturers are simply covering themselves ...

I often use Oven Pride and get it splashed on me. I rinse with cold water and have never experienced any problems.
No accounting for some people’s stupidity though is there?

I have splashed on myself plenty of times , I rinse it off and have had no problems

I splashed a tiny drop of oven cleaner on my arm, skin bubbled up straight away, so rinsed it off with plenty of cold water. Still got a white mark there 30 years later.

after seeing two customers recently that have burns from oven cleaning solutions, they have got to be the most corrosive and dangerous solutions to be sold on the shelf.
The gloves are pathetic and for this sort of solution I would recommend using proper gauntlets. Yes the customers that I saw only had small burns but it was from the residue when cleaning the oven off. This stuff is seriously corrosive and in my mind not be available without proper protective gear.
I clean ovens professionally for a living and would not use this stuff. The other problem with this stuff is, and I've seen this countless times; it will discolour the paint on the door and any stainless finishes on the oven and even more seriously rot sealed door units.
There is no easy way to clean a really dirty oven, forget vinegar and baking soda on you tube it doesn't touch it. the best way is to:
Remove the door, take all the glass apart and clean separately,
Take the chrome work out and leave in very hot soapy water and use a brillo pad
Remove all parts like the fan cover and fan (reverse screw thread) and clean
Scrape all burnt on fat with a oven specific scraper and proper blade and then use something like astonish or pink stuff paste.
It should take around 2 to 3 hours of hard work but it is worth it.
Please leave corrosive oven cleaner on the shelf it could hurt you or your family and could damage your oven and its looks.