You can clean your oven effectively without harsh chemicals by using a fatty, natural soap, preferably in solid form. Fat dissolves fat, and with the help of heat and an ecofiber cloth, the oven becomes sparkling clean, completely without harmful substances. 

 

Here is how to clean your oven step by step:

1. Brush out – Remove loose dirt and food residue with a coarse brush.
2. Apply the soap – Work solid soap mixed with a little water into all the surfaces inside the oven.
3. Heat the oven – Set the oven to 150–180 °C for 20 minutes. You can also place a bowl of water inside to create steam.
4. Let cool – Once the oven has cooled, wipe it out with a damp ecofiber cloth.
5. If necessary: repeat or leave overnight. For especially dirty surfaces, let the soap work for longer before wiping it off.

 

Below in the post, you will find pictures and more detailed instructions on how to proceed.
We used Västerbottenssåpa’s Oven Cleaning Kit!

 

 

 

In this blog, we explain how to clean your oven in just a few simple steps, completely without harsh chemicals.

 

1. Start by brushing all loose “debris” out of the oven with a brush.

 

 

 

 

This is what the oven looks like before we begin treating it with soap. A few simple steps will make it look like new again.

 

This is what you need:

 

1. A sturdy, stiff-bristled brush

2. Ecofiber cloth

3. Water

4. Solid soap

You can find all the products in this kit: Oven Cleaning Kit

 

When it comes to soap, it is much easier to clean the oven with a fatty soap. Fat dissolves fat—the like dissolves like principle. Dirt in the oven is often grease. What is not grease is food residue (from plants or animals). A rule of thumb for natural cleaning is to use something alkaline to remove residue from plants or animals. Västerbottenssåpa is both fatty and alkaline.

 

 

 

Another advantage of solid soap is that it is so firm and thick that you can create a thick foam without it running down the oven’s interior walls and ceiling..

 

 

2. Work the soap into all the oven’s surfaces with a little water. Some ovens have parts that can be removed and cleaned separately.

 

 

3. Turn the oven on to 150–180 degrees for about 20 minutes. For extra effect, place a bowl of water inside. It’s the steam we want! Hot water and soap work well together.

 

4. Be careful when you start wiping out the oven! Let the water cool before you start wiping out the oven. Another option is to leave the soap in the oven overnight and continue the next day. Use the Ecofiber cloth when wiping it out, and you’ll see that the dirt comes off much more easily now. Wipe it out with a damp cloth.

If the rack is badly burned, it may need to be wrapped in plastic with soap and water and left that way overnight before being wiped with an Ecofiber cloth and water.

 

 

 

This is what it looks like when it’s finished!

 

We have put together a kit containing everything you need: one 230 ml package of solid, concentrated, fragrance-free soap, one Ecofiber cloth, one glass cooktop scraper, and one small, coarse scrubbing brush. You can find the kit here.

 

Buy the Oven Cleaning Kit here



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