Oven Door Window Cleaning

When we bought our current house it had a GE double oven in the kitchen. The top oven was fine, but the bottom oven had a drip of something that ran over half way down the window, on the the inside. It has driven me crazy for almost 2 years and now that we are selling the house I decided to try to clean it.

My first thought was to take the door apart and clean the glass. After doing some research online I found that it was not  an easy task, and most people had a hard time getting the door back together. During my research I read a note from a lady whose husband used a bottle brush with an extended handle and through the vent in the door he cleaned the glass.  Here is how I cleaned mine:

First I unlocked the hinges, closed the door most of the way, and then pulled the door off.

In the picture to the left the hinge lock is pulled half way down. You can use a flat head screwdriver to pull the hinge lock out of the oven by putting it in the little slots you see in the top of the lock. Once you get it started it is very easy to fold it down.

I removed the door and laid it on the counter with the handle side down hanging over the edge.

Next stop Target.  I went to Target and bought a baby bottle brush for $1.99.  You have to buy the brush with the metal holding the hard bristles and not the plastic holding the softer bristles. This one also had a sponge on the end which turned out to be awesome. I also bought  toaster forks from the camping section of the store. I know you are asking, really, camping toaster forks, why? Well, I walked through the store looking for something to extend the brush and there they were, perfect!

I removed the handle from the brush. By using a pair of pliers to hold the brush and unscrewing it from the handle it came right off. Every project needs some kind of demolition, right?

I took a toaster fork and squeezed the prongs on the end together a little and pushed it up through the bristles and into the sponge.

Now as with every project you need the duct tape. I put a piece of tape around the bottom of the brush head to secure it to the fork.

The sponge at the end was great for cleaning the drip.  I just ran a little water on it and wrung it out so it was not dripping wet.  I pushed the brush into the vent with a little scrubbing action I was able to clean the drip right off.

When I pulled the brush out of the door it left water on the inside that needed to be dried, and I also noticed that the spot was clean where the drip use to be, but the rest of the glass was dusty. Time for a sock.

 I wrung the sponge out and used a towel to get all the water out of it that I could. I took a fuzzy slipper sock and put it on the brush, pushed the "sock brush" into the vent and dried the window. I moved it to the vent on the other side of the door and just gave the whole window a good dusting. As you can see in the picture below, I held on to the sock so I did not lose it in the door. That would have been a bummer.

I put the door back in place, locked the hinges and it looks great! Why did I wait so long?

This whole project cost me about 8 dollars and took about 15 mins. I am sure my return when I sell this house, now because that drip is gone, will be HUGE!