With the festive period over for another year, many households will find that their ovens are in dire need of cleaning. Oil and grease stains from all the Christmas cooking can wreak havoc on the appliance, especially on the glass and metal trays inside. Getting the job done for the start of the New Year is a good idea, as it means you’ll have a fresh, clean oven to begin a new year.
To tackle the chore, cleaning experts at Samyx Cleaning recommend using lemons. Oven cleaning using lemons is all the rage right now, and it has been for a while. It’s cost-effective, it’s efficient, and it leaves a nice, fresh odour in your kitchen. The only problem is that you need to do it right if you want it to work.
The experts said: “Lemon juice is a great, all-natural cleaning product. It contains citric acid, which is extremely effective at cutting through dirt in five minutes. This is especially useful for particularly caked-in grime.”
For this method, start by squeezing a couple of lemons, then pour the lemon juice into a pan and add water.
Depending on the severity of the oven you’ll be cleaning, you might want to make the solution more or less diluted. For tough situations, go for a one-to-one solution.
Bring the mixture to a boil before taking it off the heat. Let it cool off and pour it into a spray bottle.
Spray the solution on the areas you want to clean and let it sit for five minutes. Then wipe it off with a recycled paper towel or a microfibre towel so you don’t scratch your oven.
However, it’s worth noting that sometimes you need a more concentrated dose of citric acid. In those cases, don’t dilute the lemon juice.
Use it directly on the surfaces you want to clean. Bear in mind that despite its bitter taste, lemon juice contains sugars, so the surfaces will be sticky.
You’ll have to do another round of cleaning afterwards. However, the concentrated dose of citric acid should help loosen up the grime on your oven glass.
