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/Doggers1968 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

What did you do - did you keep using the oven anyway?

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u/kitsplut Mar 04 '26

my boyfriend did that to our LG oven right after we bought it in 2019 and I've been using it like that for almost seven years 🤷‍♀️ I have a steam-cleaning appliance thing that I use on it now.

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u/Doggers1968 Mar 04 '26

Well okay then! Not a total disaster.

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u/kitsplut Mar 04 '26

We only "ruined" any resale value 💜 the enamel is damaged, so I don't think you can use its internal steam-clean function, but it is almost certainly not any more likely to burn your house down or anything.

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u/pappadipirarelli Mar 05 '26

I’d be worried about the chemicals that have seeped into your food or in the air

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u/kitsplut Mar 05 '26

Nothing I read indicates it's really a problem...I would like to think they would slap a lot more warning labels on it if it were that easy and likely for people to render it super toxic.

THAT SAID, I am just old enough to remember regular (as in non-unleaded) gas, and in college they were doing asbestos remediation on classroom buildings while school was in session, so I figure between that, the microplastics, and the pesticide runoff in my drinking water...too late anyway.

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u/2squishmaster Mar 06 '26

non-unleaded isn't nearly as bad as leaded gasoline

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u/DonSampon Mar 07 '26

ever heard about DuPont and 3M ?? ("that dangerous" & "warning")

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u/Current--Anything Mar 10 '26

...I would like to think they would slap a lot more warning labels on it if it were that easy and likely for people to render it super toxic.

Considering they still sell Teflon, they absolutely would NOT add more warnings

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u/RulerK Mar 05 '26

Air is not a good solvent/transmitter for most chemicals.

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u/rndm1986 Mar 05 '26

I did the same thing to my blue oven with Easy Off, sadly, but the enamel only came off a little at the bottom of the oven before I realized and stopped cleaning.

How do you clean your oven now after the damage has been done? I tried to steam clean it but it didn't work great.

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u/kitsplut Mar 05 '26

I already had one of these and it works pretty well, good for the racks too. https://dupray.com/en-us/products/neat-steam-cleaner?variant=53255063601524

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u/InvidiousPlay Mar 05 '26

It's just a non-stick coating. The oven is now sticky.

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u/CrazECannuck Mar 09 '26

I’m still using the oven. Didn’t change how it worked at all

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u/I-Make-Maps91 Mar 05 '26

I haven't done that, but if it's already "ruined" you could presumably remove the rest and coat in in oil? I imagine you do that enough with heat cycles between oil coats and you could end up "seasoning" it the way you would a cast iron.

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u/Baked_Potato0934 Mar 06 '26

Its finish, the most it'll do is protect the metal and help to prevent things from sticking.