How to Make Your Own Oven Cleaner: Frugal and Green

There are healthy and frugal alternatives to the toxic commercial oven cleaners. With some elbow grease and some products you probably have around the house, you can clean your oven naturally, safely, and frugally.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Salt or
• Baking Soda or
• Ammonia

1. RECIPE 1:
   
   Sprinkle spills generously with salt while the oven is still hot. The burned deposit should scrape off with no trouble when the oven cools.

2. RECIPE 2:
   
   Sprinkle a thick layer of baking soda on bottom of a cool oven, spray baking soda with water until moist (keep moist by spraying every few hours as it dries), scrape the baking soda and food residue out of the oven, rinse oven with water.

3. RECIPE 3:
   
   For thorough cleaning, set an open shallow dish of full-strength ammonia inside the cold oven. Close the door and let it stand overnight. The ammonia gas from the solution is absorbed by the grease, which ends up like soap.
   
   NOTE: Do not use this method on aluminum.

Resources

• Frugal Patti - Tips for Frugal Living