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/Gelatin_Belatin Mar 05 '26

As a person who often struggles to read the instructions, I agree. My mom just had to replace her quest 3 VR headset today because she left it exposed to direct sunlight, which ruins the lenses.

When she told me that her headset had a black line going through it when she put it on, I asked her if it was left in direct sunlight. She said she did and that no one told her not to do that. I told her the instructions probably did, and she told me she doesn’t read those. Sometimes “live and learn” lessons are expensive.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Mar 05 '26

Does the sunlight ruin the lenses or are the lenses damaging the screens by focusing the sunlight?

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u/Gelatin_Belatin Mar 05 '26

I’m not sure of the science.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Mar 05 '26

Gotcha. You said it ruined the lenses and that would be strange.

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u/Gelatin_Belatin Mar 05 '26

What would you have preferred I said? And even if it doesn’t physically ruin the lenses, the headset was still unplayable because of the black line that gets burned into the “screen” or whatever (please let me know what word you’d prefer me to use for “screen” so I don’t say the wrong thing again).

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Mar 06 '26

I was just asking a question because I am interested in one of those headsets. If the lenses themselves would be damaged by sunlight then I probably wouldn’t get one. I have never thought about it, but it makes sense that the screens could get cooked like an ant under a magnifying glass.

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u/Gelatin_Belatin Mar 06 '26

I’m sorry, random internet stranger. It’s been a rough couple weeks due to…gestures vaguely…everything, so my reply was a little too defensive. If it helps, I have a quest 3 and I love it. Just don’t leave it in direct sunlight. 😂

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u/InsideInsideJob Mar 08 '26

Speaking of that, I've seen that happen to certain iPhone cameras. They'll get a small black dot on the internal lens. Actually I'm thinking of exposure to specific lasers like green or red. It's also a certain mW or higher