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Cleaning tip: stubborn ovens

Cleaning ovens is potentially one of the most toxic chores. Yet a mix of baking soda and washing soda can harmlessly do the job for you.

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1 cup baking soda

1 cup washing soda

1.Mix together 1 cup each of washing soda and baking soda.

2.Sprinkle over the bottom of your oven to cover.

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 3.Spray with water until very damp and keep moist by spraying every few hours.

4.Leave to set overnight. In the morning, scoop it all up, along with the grime, and rinse.

If your oven has a lot of baked-on grease, use only washing soda and add some white vinegar on hard-to-shift dirt.

Let it fizz for 10 minutes, then scrub with steel wool.

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Keep applying both the washing soda and vinegar, scrubbing until all the

grime has gone.

You won’t get a headache from the fumes, or be polluting your house, but do wear rubber gloves, as the washing soda can be quite tough on the hands.

*Washing soda looks like large salt crystals and you can find it on the laundry aisle of your supermarket, bulk food stores or hardware stores.

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