Cleaning house windows and oven?

[BekZ]

Hi Everyone,

My windows and oven need cleaning. I have never successfully cleaned either of these items!!!

Suggestions on methods/products would be great. I like to keep toxic products to a min because I am pregnant and have little ones at home.

[Muffy]

well i was going to suggest a really powerful oven cleaner, but wouldnt reccomend using it around little kids... maybe someone has some organic ideas?

[Cupcake]

I just use glass cleaner on windows and a scowra (sp?) on the oven, works fine for me =)

[ACJ]

I fill up my laundry tub (its huge!!) with piping hot waer and baking soda and put in the oven racks to soask for a day or so and use a scowra to clean them...with the actual oven I just use some gumption and scrub and wipe out several times with a clean cloth.

I use the windex window mousse on my windows and either newspaper or butchers paper.

[smiles4u]

If using Windex window cleaner for the windows i too recommend using newspaper to buff it up shiny with ... It's a trick my Mum taught many years ago

... I buy the Windex ' Crystal Rain ' labelled spray bottle ... it's smells gorgeous (like a really nice room spray if you use indoors at some point ... say on mirrors) ... doesn't stink anything like the usual Windex smell !!

[DiannaQ]

you can clean windows with diluted white vinegar and newspaper and the oven with a bi-carb paste - that you mix up yourself and let it dry on the oven then come back and wipe off - bit a big job but then again cleaning an oven is - YUK!!!!!!! - wanna come do mine??

[Kazbah]

Windows - use tea leaves (used!) and newspaper, they come up sparkling. If you use vinegar on glass, always use a clean water damp cloth to remove vinegar residue as it can eat into the glass. Meths also works a treat on glass (I put a capful of meths in my windscreen washer water to leave it streak-free).

For the oven glass, paste of bi-carb and lemon juice, leave it for a while and remove with plastic scourer then newspaper & water. The rest of the oven the same

Actually, lemon / lime or grapefruit are all good for cleaning.

[LucaJack'sMum]

Don't ask me about windows... can't see out of them LOL, but I clean my oven by sprinkling bi-carb all over then splash with white vinegar and scrub with a plastic brush... you can also use this method on a cloth if needed. You may have to do tough areas twice, but it is not difficult. Then rinse/wipe out with clean water.

My oven was pretty bad and this worked a treat!

[BekZ]

I like the sound of the bi-carb but last time I used it took months of me constantly wipping out the damn oven to remove the residue.

Re windows - Do you do them inside and out at the same time?

[Patooties]

Hi Bek - i find the best thing for cleaning windows is detergent - just the dishwashing variety in a bucket of warm water - then you wipe it straight off with a lint free towel. Comes up a treat every time. I even do my shower screens this way.

[BekZ]

I will that a go JaZMum, thanks