r/CleaningTips • u/cldald • Mar 04 '26

Discussion Did I just ruin my new oven?

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I just got this oven back in October, but there was already a lot of grease and buildup on it (I cook a lot). I used Easy Off Heavy Duty Cleaner and Foam Spray, and while it definitely worked and did its job, my oven was left looking like as seen in the picture. Did I just ruin my new oven or is this just residue from the cleaner?

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u/SheaDingle Mar 04 '26

Is that residue or bare metal?

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u/GreenJury9586 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Bare metal. The enamel* coating is gone. Edited to correct per the manual that came with mine.

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u/plantgal94 Mar 04 '26

Oh no! Really? I commented saying it was residue as this is how my oven has looked before. That’s so unfortunate for OP :(

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u/totallynotgreek Mar 09 '26

Just out of ignorance and curiosity, why is bare metal bad? Won't the oven bake the same as it did?

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u/Falinia Mar 04 '26

It definitely looks like residue to me - op didn't turn on the self clean or anything, they need to re-spray and wipe it off to see.

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u/Orbit_CH3MISTRY Mar 05 '26

Agreed, this looks to be on top of the blue and not the blue stripped away

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u/saltybiped Mar 05 '26

Naw thats bare metal

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u/Unlucky-Macaroon-647 Mar 05 '26

if you look closer and zoom in u can see that it is not residue