If your oven hasn't been cleaned in a zillion years...........................

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......where do you start?

Btw - this is the oven which has recently packed up and we've decided to repair it rather than buy new. Am so ashamed of it, I have to take drastic cleaning action before the man comes to fix it. Help please........and it really is bad - no exaggeration - oh the shame!!

In fact I really should have changed my name for this, I'm so embarrassed.

Excercise caution - I decided to clean our oven after it hadn't been cleaned for about 2 years. Used Mr Muscle etc and then followed manufacturers instructions to turn it on highest temp to "burn off residue".

10 minutes later the whole front door shattered and spent next hour picking up tiny lumps of glass & couldn't use it for a week until it was repaired at cost of £130.

SHould've just left it dirty

Do set aside at least 3 hours! I used Mr Muscle, but am not at all convinced oven floor is actually clean (either dirty or I have begun to wear away at the top surface of oven floor...) Rest of oven/hob was clean enough to eat off though!

we bought a new oven.

Oven Pride - ours hadn't been cleaned forever put the gunk on at night and left it til lunch next day and just wiped all the crap out! Special bag to put shelves and side panels in. Fantastic! Couldn't tell enough people about it and made everyone that walked through the door look in the oven! Preggers now and so can't use the stuff and DH is too lazy, consequently NOONE sees it now!!!

Can second Oven Pride. Didn't think the Lakeland one was up to much.

When I was pregnant I spent the whole 9 months nagging dh to clean the oven. Would he f*k. Now ds is nearly two and I'm ashamed to say it's only been cleaned twice. I have to clean it now though cos we're moving soon and I don't want to inflict it on the new owners in it's current rank state. Ovenpride here I come. Men don't notice dirt unless it's staring them in the face. Wish I had selective vision. Although I haven't done much about our oven the difference is that it niggles at me every day ("clean me you filthy b**h")whereas he is happily oblivious

I've used Ovenu recently, very good, worth every penny.

God, can't believe I just posted in a section called, Good Housekeeping!

I get mine professionally cleaned every 6 months and it comes up like new.Only cost's £30 and the chap does a fantastic job-takes about 90 mins.
We live in Essex and use a firm in Bethnal Green.Let me know if you want the number-well worth it.

Bubbaloo, I'd like the number of the geezer in Befnal. Ovenu haven't called me back and Cookerburra don't work in my area. Will try Ovenclean tomorrow.

Sorry for the delay,Davros-been arranging ds's 1st birthday party.

You can contact The Oven Wizard on 020 8981 4678.

Prices are as follows(unless they've changed them!):
Single oven:£30
Double oven:£36
Hobs:From £12
Shelves/Racks £2 Each
Extractors:£12
Agas and ranges priced accordingly.

Oooh, thanks. Ovenu never called back and I haven't had time to ring them (sod them!).

P.S. Hope birthday party goes well and cake will be cooked in a clean oven!

have a quote fro £40 from oven clean
nest tuesday

I like the idea of a man in a van coming to do it, but one of my neighbours had that and the van was parked outside for all to see advertising the fact that she had a minging oven

who was it posted a piccy of their oven after they'd used Oven Pride - it was SPARKLING!!!

It was me.................

Will set it up in MP and come back with a link.

ooh good - better than telly!

I've used Oven Pride it IS fabbo!

is that s tuff YOU do?
jools we missed you when you wer away

I did finally get round to cleaning mine with the Ovenpride and I can confirm it is fabulous stuff.
Can't recommend it enough.

I've bought some, but it's still in the cupboard Do you mean you actually have to do something with it?

It will not load ............but rest assured it was sparkling.

ah cod! thanks! you've made an old woman very happy

Well, I've finally got the darn thing fixed just last week (cost a small fortune), so now just the cleaning to tackle. I don't think it's as bad as I first thought - having the door hanging half off and minging door seals make it look much worse imo. And so am going to give it a go myself before calling the heavies in.
Got a good excuse to go to Bluewater now and buy some sooper dooper oven cleaner which won't blow holes in my arms and I hopefully won't keel over with the fumes.

Oven Pride is between £8 - £10 iirc