On 6/9/2010 11:54 AM, George Shirley wrote:
> On 6/9/2010 7:49 AM, Janet Baraclough wrote:
>> The >
>> from > contains these words:
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>>> After roasting a chicken tonight and having it splatter all over, I
>>> decided to test out the self clean feature on my oven. Seeing as the
>>> night is getting late and I don't want to leave this on unattended I
>>> interrupted the cleaning after 1.75 hours and soon after was able to
>>> peek in. The walls and racks are near spotless, but the glass inside the
>>> door still has much schmutz all over it. I want to get this thing
>>> spotless... any tricks? Will spray on cleaner get the door looking new
>>> again? Perhaps a razor to the glass would help those baked on gooey
>>> splatters?
>>> Please advise if you have any other ideas?
>>
>> I'd be wary of the razor idea in case the glass was manufactured with
>> a special surface.
>>
>> My oven has a twin-layer glass door window, and the inner one is
>> removable (instructions in handbook) for cleaning.
>> The best cleaner I've tried, is Oven Pride stuff where you put the
>> oven part in a provided plastic bag, add the chemical and seal. Take it
>> out and all grot rinses off.
>> Effortless and highly effective but it mustnt touch any seals.
>>
>> If your door-glass doesn't detach you might try a spray-on cleaning
>> prep you can buy to get tar off the inside of glass doors on
>> woodstoves.
>>
>> Janet.
>
> I used a plastic scraper on mine once and it seemed to work quite well
> without scratching. Steel is definitely out as steel will scratch glass.

That depends on the steel. Steel has to be treated to a very high
hardness to scratch glass.