How do I remove chemical fumes from oven?

June 14, 2019 7:06 AM

I baked something in a pan that had remnants of some sort of glue on it and the glue smoked a lot and gave off a noxious odor. Then the next time I used the oven, I again smelled the odor. Now I can't get rid of it.

I ran the oven in self-cleaning mode for 10 total hours. During this time, the oven gave off a chemical odor, but I read this might be normal as the teflon interior outgasses. So, I tried going back to a normal temperature and odor persisted.
I'm a sensitive flower when it comes to this sort of thing, but how can I possibly get rid of this?

(It's especially confusing in that the gluey pan was only in the oven for 15 minutes at a baking temp, so I would have thought any "deposits" of the fumes would have been burned off in 10 hours under self-cleaning mode.)

posted by Jon44 to Home & Garden (4 answers total)

Whenever something has lingered after self-cleaning with the oven, I've used basic ammonia in water (which I recall my first self-cleaning oven recommended for manual cleaning) and a bit of elbow grease just to see if I can get rid of any remaining bits. Also make sure that all the burned residue is gone from the oven, as well.
posted by xingcat at 7:21 AM on June 14, 2019

I experienced something like this with modeling clay and it was frustrating because wiping down the whole interior didn't seem to help. Until I realized that I hadn't gotten the *whole* interior - the residue had settled down onto the floor of the broiler area rather than the main oven. Obligatory "my polymer is not your polymer" but if you haven't gotten down there it may be worth a shot.
posted by doubleozaphod at 7:40 AM on June 14, 2019 [1 favorite]

Wipe it down with baking soda and don't rinse off any residue. The soda will absorb odor and at some point if you like, you can wipe it down with a damp cloth. The residue will easily come off and your oven will sparkle no matter how often you've baked.
posted by Enid Lareg at 8:17 AM on June 14, 2019 [1 favorite]

Leave the oven door open for a few days so the fumes can dissipate.
posted by Patapsco Mike at 9:34 AM on June 14, 2019