Seeking strong oven cleaner WIPE-ON (gel, for example) in Australia

[av]

Hi,

anyone here from Australia?

I'm from Melbourne and have looked around everywhere for a wipe-on oven cleaner for long baked-on grease etc in my oven. It is not a self-cleaning oven, just average Gas one. I don't want to use an aerosol because I am afraid of spraying too close to the gas jets, and also because, given the limited angle that one can use them ("no more than 30 degrees from vertical") I don't expect to spray it effectively in those areas which I most want to clean.

I know that others use spray oven cleaners, but I *much* prefer to use wipe-on ones that I can easily control where I place it. There is probably a reason that no shops, including hardware shops here in Melbourne stock *any* paint-on oven cleaners now. There used to be an excellent one by Selleys in a can that you wiped on but it went off the market years ago.

I see that Betterware in the UK has one that wipes on. I must see if Betterware here in Australia also has it.

Any other ideas?

Thank you in advance.

By the way, speaking as a newbie, this is an excellent newsgroup!

For now,

avril

[Viviane]

I live in Sydney and use spray on but our oven is electric so no risk of covering the jets. You could try spraying it onto a cloth then using a cloth to wipe it on the oven.

[av]

Thank you Viviane for your help.

I'll give that a try.

avril

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[Karen Neapolitan]

We use Mela-Magic in ours and it comes out sparkling. I don't like to use our self-cleaning feature because it's a newer oven and it stinks up the whole house! When my wife uses Mela-Magic, it comes out great. In fact, an elderly lady she knows had a fire in her stove (not sure what caused it). She wasn't using it for a couple of months because she couldn't get it clean. My wife went over and used the Mela-Magic on it and it looked great. This lady is cooking up a storm again. Go to this site to find out how to get them. It will be well worth your time. Good luck. -Bob

[av]

Thank you Bob, and also Anita (in previous post). Your ideas sound very good (though I don't know yet Bob whether I can buy "Mela-Magic" here in Melbourne, in Australia. Could you tell me what are its active ingredients? Perhaps it goes by another name here. Thank you. avril

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