Is your oven glass dirty? Try this simple and affordable tip for cleaning your oven window without spray chemicals!
Our kitchen looks clean, and it’s hard to hide dirty in a white kitchen.
But, I found a way! I hid it in the oven! The inside of the glass door on our oven was in need of some serious spring cleaning.
ICK! I’m confused as to how the oven glass could even get so dirty, minus that one time we had a sweet potato-marshmallow fire.
The dirty door was super easy to ignore. I only noticed it if we were cooking with guests over. Then all the sudden it was like a giant flashing “CLEAN ME” sign.
Of course, by the time dinner was enjoyed and the company is gone, the oven glass was out of my mind.
I got an email last month from Mr. Clean (not THE actual big bald Mr. Clean, but his people). I’ll only accept sponsored posts that will bring value to you guys, which generally means brands I’ve reached out to versus the random pitches I receive. But, I do love Magic Erasers!
When they mentioned OVEN, the bells starting frantically going off in my head. My gosh, could that little eraser fix my disgusting oven door with no spray chemicals?
Spoiler, alert. It works!!!
But PLEASE read the tips below before trying it and thinking it doesn’t work. Using my normal magic eraser process didn’t work for me either.
How to Clean Oven Glass With Magic Eraser
Because we had years of gunk, including the brief, but scary, fire hitting the door, I did have to use some heavy pressure in places. But, I didn’t use ANY chemicals or cleaners other than the Magic Eraser. And it only took 10-15 minutes of work!
I found alternating between wet and dry Magic Erasers worked the best to get rid of all the grime.
If your oven is in anything near the Code Red situation mine was, you’re going to want two Magic Erasers for this job. Similar to a pencil eraser, they break down as you use them.
I also recommend working on small areas at a time for the best results. Scrubbing back and forth in a wide swipe across the glass was NOT effective for me.
Can you believe the difference?
I use Magic Erasers in the bathtub and on the white cabinets, but I’ve been missing out on so many other options. So glad Mr. Clean opened my eyes to all the extra ideas!
You can pick yours up locally, or just order a big pack on Amazon like I’m getting ready to do.
For more kitchen ideas, check out these kitchen organizing tips!
Would you guys find it helpful if I did a follow up on 10 Ways to Make Cleaning Easier with more before and afters like this?
And if anyone wants to take pity on me and admit that their oven is also pretty gross in the comments, I’d feel much better about sharing these embarrassing photos with you today!
Jim says
I’m a house husband and have been meaning to clean the oven door for a while now. I stumbled across your post and read some reviews and was skeptical that this may work. Still, I bought a four pack of Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and came home to give it a try. Less than five minutes later, my oven door was see-through again! Can’t wait to use these on my Electric Smoker glass door. Thanks!!
Melissa George says
Thrilled to hear it! Thanks!
Melody says
My glass was WAY worse than yours, I tired all other hint and still could not get it clean. THIS TOTALLY WORKED and like you said, took me about 15 minutes! YAY!
Melissa George says
Yay! So happy to hear that!
Alberta Coulter says
I tried it. My oven door was really bad. But I tried. It didn’t work for me, even using one wet and one dry, adding baking soda even. Since the oven is a self clean I may just break down and use that feature.
Melissa George says
Oh bummer Alberta! Do you know what brand your oven is by chance? I’m wondering if one of the manufacturers uses glass coating that doesn’t work as well with this method. Most people find that it works, but then a smaller group has no luck with it at all.
Jeanette says
I can hardly wait to try this on my oven door! It is so so bad! I’m going to try cleaning my oven door with Mr Clean Magic cleaners! I am so embarrassed how they look! Any suggestions on cleaning in between the glass? I don’t know how this happened but the entire door looks terrible! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Rebecca says
So how do you clean the glass between the two glass Panels in the door? Somehow the inside of our glass door panels get dirty. And you can’t access that easily.
Melissa George says
We’ve been lucky enough not to have that problem, but I’ve seen people recommend checking the owners manual for your specific oven. It sounds like many doors have directions for taking them apart for cleaning, but every model is a bit different.
Kerri Abbott says
It didn’t work for me either, I’m wondering if Samsung put something on it where doesn’t work well. I’ve been scrubbing and scrubbing but not much comes off and definitely not in 10-15 min. Any feedback from Samsung owners of this works for them? I know the manual says no commercial oven cleaners and it is a self clean oven
Melissa George says
Thank you for sharing your brand name! I’ve been so curious if some of the brands have a coating on the glass that stops this from working. I’m always bummed when it doesn’t work for someone as well as it works on ours!
R says
We have a Jenn air electric. Did not work for me. Had just the one magic eraser. Tried it wet, squeezed out in a small area. Nothing happened. Door is dirty and the gunk has been there awhile. It should be easier than this to get gunk off glass.
Joanie says
The self clean on my range doesn’t clean the door, it seems to bake it on. My door is WAY worse than yours. The genius who designed it put vents along the top of the door on the OUTSIDE so that any spills on the stove go directly inside the door. Then they made it a real chore to access the inside of the door. I have to remove the door , unscrew 20+ screws to completely take the door apart (I put the screws in a baggie so they don’t run away) , & lay out all the pieces on a rug or padding in the order of disassembly. After scrubbing & maybe a soak with a little oven cleaner, I use a very light touch with a razor blade & water on the really tough spots. Be very careful because a razor can scratch the glass. Also, reassemble the door carefully lining up all the seals, etc. This is the only way I’ve found to clean the baked on messes on my range & it takes more than 15min..Btw, I am a HUGE fan of Magic Erasers & always try them 1st on all the surfaces in my home-esp walls!.
annie says
Girl, my oven glass is so dirty, my 9-year-old grandson told me it needed cleaning! Thanks for the tips!
D Gibby says
Mind blown! It works like magic! Thank you!
Susan says
This worked GREAT! I will say, at 1st I wasn’t thrilled with the results. I had 2 magic erasers and I was able to get enough off that I could see an improvement but nothing near to what your results looked like. Then I cleaned my oven using the self-cleaning feature and after it was finished, my oven AND the glass looked new! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I’ve used this feature many times and it never did anything for the glass but, combined with the magic erasers, it worked great.
Rhonda says
I’m going to get that magic eraser and try it this weekend! My oven window is so dirty! By the way, your kitchen is beautiful, you can see a little more in one of the photos.
Chris says
I tried this today, my upper oven door was very bad, had used baking soda, a degreaser, and a green scrubbie. Took an hour plus. Tried this magic eraser on the lower oven door, cut it in half, had one wet one dry, and man-really works!
Great tip!
Vic says
Worked great on our LG oven and our toaster oven!! Wonderful tip!
Sharon Turrin says
Hi
A friend gave me a tip you might like – the racks of the oven can’t be left in the oven during self-clean, and boy do they take a a lot of scrubbing. She suggested soaking them in the bathtub with 2 dishwasher pods – I left them in for a couple of hours and couldn’t believe how the baked on gunk came off! A little rubbing with a sponge and voila cleaner than clean.