My Smeg electric DO4SS-5 oven is about 18 months old but in the last 3 weeks the inner glass in the oven door has come loose.
Removing and dismantling the door it appears that the glass is simply bedded on a bead of some compound (silicone?) and that's it, no mechanical fastenings at all.
The loosening took place over a few weeks and since the original system of adhesion has already failed once I am a bit of a loss to come up with a susbtitute that will perform better, especially since the open gap has permitted all the surfaces to become contaminated with a typical oven door window, congealed grease, burnt deposit.
Supposing I can get the surfaces clean again, what adhesive could I use that would bond glass to metal (or the existing bead of compound) that would be reliable at 250c ?
It would appear Smeg couldn't do it.
DG