How to what is left behind when I have Removed the Melted Aluminum Foil from the Oven bottom [duplicate]

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I used Twizttid' protocol successfully (BELOW) BUT...

You’ll need some Plasticine, Drano, water, GLOVES!!, a lot of paper towels and wood skewers and GOOD VENTILATION.

Start the ventilation and open a window or door.

Put on your gloves.

Use the Plasticine to create a dam about .25″-.5″ high around the area in the oven you’re looking to remove the aluminum from. The areas you’re working in should be about 2.5″ in diameter.

Pour some of the Drano into the dam and add enough water to touch all the sides of the dam. If the chemical reaction hasn’t started (should be almost instant), keep adding the Drano bit by bit until it does. The dam contents will start to boil and ammonia fumes and a little hydrogen gas will form, hence the need for some good ventilation!!

Once the reaction is done, poke around with the wood skewer to see if the oven bottom is clear. If you’re satisfied with the results, add some some vinegar to help neutralize the solution a bit, then use the wood skewer to remove the Plasticine dam to a dish to be rinsed off ASAP.

Use paper towels to wipe up the mess on the bottom of the oven. See your results! The area of the oven bottom you treated should be free of aluminum and just be discolored instead. Not from the Drano, but from where the Teflon bonded.

Repeat the process until the oven bottom is clean.

To get a ‘feel’ for the chemical reaction and what to expect, experiment first! Take a square of aluminum foil, go to the backyard with the foil shaped into a little bowl, place it on a dish or pan, add some Drano crystals to it then add a little water. Step back from the dish and try not to breath the fumes! The dish will be hot!!

It took me about six hours to clean the bottom of my oven when this happened to me.

AND HERE IS THE BUT... There is a mark that is identical to the aluminium shape left after the aluminium has gone. It is raised to touch and a dull black colour (looks silver in the image because of the camera flash). I do not know what it is composed of but I want to remove it. Does anybody know how? (P.s. This is a new oven and I'm not going to scrape it off even if it will come - not my oven).oven showing marks where aluminium has been removed with caustic soda and what is left behind.



Best Answer

Reading through the comments following that procedure you cited, the original author of that article suggested an application of naval jelly (from the paint department at your local hardware store) as the solution that actually worked. Naval jelly is pink goop containing phosphoric acid that is used to remove rust from iron or steel, leaving a clean surface.

Essentially, you spread aluminum jelly over the aluminum, smear it around every few hours, leave it overnight, wipe clean and repeat process until the residue is gone. It takes days, but it is gentle with no fumes. The solution was was verified by several users in that conversation. You can read about the process starting here:

BK says: Back in November, I searched for a way to fix our new oven …

Bonus solution: The original article also claims that the entire bottom plate can be replaced usually for less than US$30.00. Contact your manufacturer for a replacement part and guidance on installing it.




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How do you get melted foil off the bottom of the oven?

Stuck aluminum foil on oven bottom?
  • Let the oven cool completely.
  • Carefully scrape off as much foil as possible with a razor blade.
  • Ventilate the area.
  • Spray the oven cleaner on the spots.
  • Leave the cleaner on the spots for about 20 minutes, then wipe the area clean.


  • How do you remove aluminum foil residue?

    The aluminum has left aluminum oxide on the window glass. Clean the glass as if you are cleaning corroded aluminum, with vinegar and water. Or use an aluminum pre-cleaner product. As mentioned in the question, vinegar was the first thing I tried.

    Can I still use my oven with melted aluminum foil?

    The melting temperature of aluminum foil is 660 degrees Celsius (1,220 degrees Fahrenheit) at standard pressure. It is possible that you have a layer of grease between some foil and your oven bottom. This combination will likely char and burn. I would clean your oven well, and use as normal.

    Is burnt aluminum foil toxic?

    Aluminium foil can melt and burn, but it takes extremely high temperatures to be able to do so. This is why you can use it while cooking meals in the oven, and it generally remains intact. It is best not to test this out yourself as the fumes that burning aluminium is extremely toxic.



    How I Cleaned Aluminum Foil Off the Bottom of My Oven




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    That is still aluminum, evidenced because it's still raised some. It's dark because it is somewhat anodized. You'll have to keep trying UNTIL the process stops causing a reaction each repeated step.

    This is a lesson I had to learn, never use aluminum foil to catch drips. Use a cookie sheet instead.

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