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Our cleaning expert walks you through the steps for cleaning your oven.

• Remove all metal trays in oven, put them in sink and spray with Seventh Generation All Purpose Cleaner
• Clean/sweep all of the crumbs or debris in the oven
• Don't spray All Purpose Cleaner in oven, spray on cloth
• Start cleaning from top, walls, bottom
• With the wet towel, clean from the inside out
• Directly spray All Purpose Cleaner on burned spots left in oven; leave it there for 3 minutes
• While spots are soaking, continue to clean grease spots in oven (circular motion with really wet towel with All Purpose Cleaner)
• Return to burn spots, take a metal spatula or a razor blade and move it one direction to the other lifting up the spot directly
• Clean the inside of the glass door (you can directly spray All Purpose Cleaner on the door )
• If door continues to be dirty, you can use a razor or spatula when it's really wet
• You can also scrub the door with a sponge if needed
• Don't forget to clean corners of oven really well, use a spatula covered with microfiber
• Clean exterior of oven with All Purpose Cleaner applied to microfiber, cleaning in a top to bottom motion
• Return to the sink, wash the trays (All Purpose Cleaner should have removed 60% of food/dirt) wash with sponge or steel wool
• Dry trays and return to oven
• If you have a gas oven, make sure your cleaning efforts haven't blown out the pilot light

Ivette is a trainer at Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES), a non-profit organization helping low-income women in the San Francisco Bay Area establish cleaning service cooperatives that use environmentally-safe methods to protect everyone's health.