How Do I Clean My Oven Window?

Over time, the glass on oven windows gets pretty darn dirty. The most aggravating dirty spots are the ones inside the oven window between the outer and inner glass. There are usually three, or four, layers of glass in an oven window. After a while, the filth that builds up inside the window becomes unbearable, and should probably be remedied.  While the obvious quick fix, is the strategic placement of hand towels on the handle, this is only a cover-up, so to speak, and is not a real solution.

The outside glass is easily cleaned with any standard glass cleaner. To access the inner glass, you can just open the oven door. However, the inside glass is not easy to clean, and sometimes you will have a few small food specks bonded to the glass molecules themselves. (silicon dioxide molecules)

Don’t Use Scouring Pads On Glass

At first you may want to scrub the inner glass with a souring pad, but there is usually a layer of tint on the glass. Scouring pads scratch this tint, and once you scratch it, the scratches will reflect light from certain angles, making the oven window look very ugly.

Cleaning Baked Food Off The Glass

To get all that cooked food to come off the inner glass, you simply applying a thick paste of baking soda and water.

WARNING! Never apply a cold cleaning solution to a hot oven window!  This may crack the glass!

WARNING! Keep the liquid baking soda from seeping through the cracks and to the inside of your oven door! If it seeps through, it will get all over the inside glass panes. Once this happens, you will need to have an appliance tech come out and disassemble your door so you can clean all the layers of glass.

Follow these steps to clean the window:

1. Add water to baking soda until it is as thick as pancake batter.
2. Smear the baking soda paste all over the window.
3. Let the paste soak for 10-15 minutes.
4. Wipe the glass clean with a non abrasive rag or scrubber.
5. After you get most of it off, you can touch the window up with glass cleaner, or a vinegar solution.

To Clean Inner Glass, Call Appliance Service Company

As we already mentioned, the outer most glass is not the only glass that gets dirty. ALL the glass layers inside the door also get dirty, and on BOTH sides of each piece of glass! This means, if you want to get your oven window back to beautiful, you must clean six to eight glass surfaces. The only way to do this is to remove the door, and break it down into all it’s little pieces. We do not recommend you attempt to do this on your own. Often times, people break a piece of glass. The glass usually isn’t cheap.  Especially the outer glass, which is often part of the door frame itself.

At Liberty Appliance, we can remove your oven door, and tear it apart for you, clean it, and then reassemble it.  If you wish, we let you clean the glass yourself, with hot soapy water, or degreaser. This saves you a little money.  There is no reason for you to pay us to clean the glass, when you can easily do that yourself.

We have already warned you, that no matter how long you spend cleaning the inner glass, it might not come all the way clean. You will get most of the filth off, but sometimes minor spots will remain. The food bakes, and binds, to the molecules in the glass. This, however, is not a major concern. Once your oven window is clean, the only way you can get the minor imperfections to stand out, is to turn on the oven light, or shine a bright light directly through the window.