Wiping the Outside of the Door with a Natural Cleaner
Mix water and vinegar in a spray bottle to create a natural glass cleaner. Combine 2 cups (473 ml) of water with 2–4 US tbsp (30–59 ml) of vinegar in an empty, clean spray bottle. Shake the bottle to mix them well. Tip: Add 10 drops of your favorite essential oil to create a more pleasant-smelling glass cleaner. An essential oil like lemon will cut the smell of vinegar and leave your oven door with a clean, fresh scent. You can use either distilled white vinegar or apple cider vinegar to create this glass cleaner. If the front of your oven door is extra dirty, try adding 2-3 drops of liquid dish detergent to the mixture. You can also increase the ratio of vinegar to water in the cleaner.
Spray the cleaner liberally on the outside of your oven door. Hold the spray bottle level with the door and spritz from top to bottom. Spray extra on any particularly dirty spots. The cleaner will also work to clean grime off parts of the oven that aren’t glass. You can spray it anywhere on the oven door that you want to clean.
Wipe the cleaner and dirt away with a clean microfiber cloth. Use downward strokes and work from one side to the other. Spray more cleaner on any greasy or dirty spots that don’t come off after the first try and scrub them clean with the cloth. If there are any streaks left on the glass after you clean it, you can buff them away with another clean, dry microfiber cloth.
Using Baking Soda to Clean the Inside of the Door
Combine water and baking soda to make a paste. Pour 1/2 a cup (90 g) of baking soda into a small bowl. Stir in just enough water, a little bit at a time, to make it into a thick paste. You want the mixture to be about the consistency of shaving cream.
Open the oven door and wipe off any loose bits of grime stuck to the inside. Open the door all the way so it is parallel with the floor. Use a damp microfiber cloth to wipe away chunks of baked-on gunk from the inside of the door. Don’t worry if there are still bits you can wipe off, you just want to get rid of any easy stuff at this point before you put the baking soda paste to work.
Spread the baking soda mixture evenly over the inside of the oven window. Use your fingers to scoop the paste out of the bowl and apply it to the oven door. Work it over the glass evenly in circular motions. You can put on a pair of rubber gloves if you don’t want to do this with your bare hands.
Let the paste sit for 15-20 minutes. The baking soda mixture needs to sit for at least 15 minutes to work its magic. Let it sit for 20 minutes or longer if the oven glass is extremely grimy. Baking soda is a highly effective, non-toxic cleaner that you can use to clean bot only your oven door, but also other parts of the oven and stove top.
Use a damp microfiber cloth to wipe away the paste and grime. Moisten a clean microfiber cloth under the kitchen faucet. Wipe the paste away from one side to the other, rinsing the cloth out as you go if needed. You can repeat this process as many times as you need to get the inside of your oven door clean.
Getting Between the Glass of an Oven Door
Remove the drawer or access panel below the oven door. Slide out the drawer completely, if your oven has one, and set it aside. Take off the access panel below the oven door if there is no drawer. Tip: Some oven manufacturers suggest removing the oven door to clean it. However, with this method you avoid having to do this process which could potentially result in damage to your oven door. This will expose the slots at the bottom of the oven door so you can clean inside of it, without having to remove or take apart the oven door.
Wrap a glass cleaning wipe around an unbent wire clothes hanger. Use store-bought glass cleaning wipes, or a paper towel moistened with homemade glass cleaner. Unbend a wire clothes hanger and wrap the cleaning wipe around one end of it. You can get glass cleaning wipes in the cleaning aisle of a local supermarket.
Slide the cleaning wipe up through the slots in the bottom of the oven door. Carefully push the cleaning wipe at the end of the wire up into one of the slots in the bottom of the door until it reaches the glass. This will allow you to start moving it around from side-to-side to clean the glass. Depending on your oven’s model, the number of slots at the bottom of the door will vary. You will probably need to slide the wire and cleaning wipe up into each of them to reach all parts of the glass.
Swipe the cleaning wipe back and forth to clean the inside of the glass. Bend the wire, if you need to, in order to reach all parts of the glass. Pull the wire out and move it to another slot after you have cleaned one area of the glass completely. If the cleaning wipe gets dirty or dries out before you finish cleaning between the glass, then discard it and wrap a fresh wipe around the wire to finish cleaning.
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