On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:37:59 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> wrote:

><sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:09:16 -0800, Peter Lampione
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>A few months ago, while I was away on a trip, my mother-in-law, trying
>>>to be helpful, cleaned our grimy oven with oven cleaner. The problem
>>>is, our oven is a self-cleaning model.
>>>I have read that, if chemical oven cleaners are used in self-cleaning
>>>ovens, the ovens will be damaged if a self-cleaning cycle is started.
>>>
>>>What can I do? I have obviously tried to wipe the oven clean of the
>>>chemical stuff, but of course, some of it will have remained somewhere -
>>>it is a nasty powdery stuff. Can I still use the self-cleaning feature
>>>of the oven?
>>>
>>>This was a few months ago, as I said, and we have used the oven in the
>>>meantime without ill effects.
>>>
>> I think those cautions have to do with continuous cleaning ovens, not
>> the self cleaning type. Why not just run it through a cycle and see
>> what happens?
>
>
>Simple: The user (and we in this newsgroup) have no idea what the chemical
>residue will do when heated to such high temps. That's why the inquiry
>should be directed to the maker of the cleaning product AND the oven
>manufacturer.
>

He's already used the oven in the mean time. I think any "ill
effects" are long gone. Put the thing though the self cleaning cycle
and be done with it. Leave the house if you're afraid of fumes.


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