How to clean the oven with natural ingredients? / Kako očistiti pećnicu prirodnim sredstvima?

Aj, što ne volim čistiti pećnicuuuuu!

Ne volim i ne volim!

Mislila sam da ću s godinama zavoljeti klečanje na koljenima,

 ribanje unutrašnjosti pećnice desnom rukom, usputno lupanje glavom,

udisanje otrovih para, držanje lijevom  rukom za radnu ploču 

da bi se koliko-toliko održavala ravnoteža.

Ali, ništa od toga :)

Pećnicu koristim vrlo često, ljeti svakodnevno.

Naravno, zna se zaprljati.

Nemojte sad pasti u nesvijest!

Oh, I really don't like to clean my oven!
Don't like it at all!
I thought I would grow to like it over the years;
kneeling on my knees, scrubbing the interior with my right hand, 
banging with my forehead of its top, inhalation of toxic fumes, 
while trying to maintain balance by holding on to the counter with my left hand.
But, it did not happen :)

I use my oven very often, during the summer every single day.
Of course it can get dirty.
Don't faint on me now!

Ovako je moja pećnica izgledala nedavno.

Nije baš neka ljepotica, znam.

Imala sam želju pružiti joj pravi spa tretman,

ipak je zaslužila osvježenje nakon pustih sati rada ovo ljeto.

Malo sam čitala po netu i naišla na zanimljive članke:

KLIK 1, KLIK 2, KLIK 3, KLIK 4 


This is how my oven looked like not so long ago.
Not very appealing, I know.
I had a desire to provide it with a real spa treatment,
it deserved refreshment after so many working hours this summer.

I did some research on the net and found out some interesting posts:

CLICK 1, CLICK 2, CLICK 3, CLICK 4

Nakon nekog vremena - kao nova!

And here it is, after a while - good as new!

Odlučila sam se za sljedeće - pećnica se NE grije:

A) 1/3 šalice alkoholnog octa i 1 šalica vode 

se stave u raspršivač i obilato se poprska unutrašnjost pećnice i vodilice.

B) 1/2 šalice sode bikarbone i 1/2 šalice soli (koja služi kao abrazivno sredstvo) 

se pomiješa i pospe u unutrašnjost pećnice i po vodilicama.

I decided to go for this - oven is NOT preheated:

A) 1/3 of a cup of white vinegar and 1 cup of water

pour into a spray container and spray profusely oven's interior and rails.

B) 1/2 cup of soda and 1/2 cup of kitchen salt (here used as abrasive)

mix together and sprinkle all over the oven's interior and rails, of course.

C) Opet poprskati sa smjesom octa i vode iz raspršivača.

Sve će se zapjeniti jer sastojci reagiraju međusobno.

Pričekati 30 minuta.

C) Spray again with vinegar and water solution.

Everything gets foamy because ingredients react with each other.

Wait for 30 minutes.

Nakon 30 minuta sam spužvom oprala unutrašnjost,

pa pobrisala.

Primjetila sam da je dno pećnice skoro pa dobro oprano,

a to je zato što je većina materijala skliznula prema dolje.

Stijenke pećnice su ostale slično kao i prije.

Možda sam morala malo jače ribati?

Vodilice sam stavila  u sudoper.

After 30 minutes, I cleaned the oven with the sponge

and wiped out.

I realized that the bottom is almost well cleaned,

mainly because most of the material slipped down.

Walls remained almost the same as before.

Maybe I had to scrub a little bit harder?

I placed rails into a sink.

Nisam imala limuna kući, ali sam imala limunske kiseline.

D) 2 velike žlice limunske kiseline i 4 velike žlice vode pomiješati.

(Morala sam probati koliko je to kiselo, pukla bih da nisam,

 i ispostavilo se da je jaaako kiselo! Morala sam oprati jezik vodom:)

 Dodavati sodu bikarbonu žlicu po žlicu.

U prvi mah će doći do reakcije, pa kad se pjenjenje smiri,

dodavati još toliko sode dok se ne naporavi pasta - 

otprilike toliko gusto kao na gornjoj fotografiji - loša rasvjeta :(

I din't have any lemons at home at that time, 

but I did have some citric acid in powder.

D) 2 big spoons of citric acid and 4 big spoons of water mix together.

(I just had to try how sour that is, I would burst if I didn't;

it turns out that it is VERY sour! I had to wash my tongue with water :)

Add soda one spoon at the time.

A chemical reaction will occur, and when bubbling stops,

add some more soda until you make a paste - 

as dense as you can see at above photo - bad light :(

Pastu sam nanijela spužvom po unutrašnjosti pećnice i odmah počela sa pranjem.

I applied the paste with sponge all over interior and started cleaning right away.

Malo ribanja sa spužvom, pa sa žicom.

Scrubbing with sponge at first and with abrasive scrub later on.

Nakon 10tak minuta unutrašnjost pećnice je bila gotova.

Vodilice sam oprala u sudoperu i to samo sa žicom, bez dodataka abraziva.

Pećnica se sjaji, ne smrdi po kemikalijama,

ali grijač i plafon iznad njega nisu dobro oprani

jer mi je pranje tog dijela dosta nespretno.

After 10 minutes the oven was done.

Then I cleaned the railes in the sink using only abrasive scrub.

My oven is shiny and smells fresh.

But the heater and the top above it are not cleaned well.

I find cleaning of that area very clumsy.

Malo mi je nezgodno što sam vam pokazala moju ekstraprljavu pećnicu,

ali, da nisam, biste li mi vjerovali?

Dakle, pećnica se može oprati sasvim dobro koristeći samo

sodu bikarbonu, alkoholni ocat, kuhinjsku sol, vodu i limun ili limunsku kiselinu!

Sretno čišćenje!

I feel a little bit awkward showing you my extra dirty oven,

but, if I didn't, would you believe me?

So, oven can be cleaned pretty well using only soda, white vinegar, 

kitchen salt, water and lemon or citric acid!

 Happy cleaning!