On 07/02/12 18:40, stuart noble wrote:


Cookers certainly smell that way from new due to whatever they coat them
with to stop them rusting in storage. Gradually gets better, but takes a
lot longer than the makers imply.
The only thing I can think of that would cause a chemical smell after
that is burnt plastic, possibly some kind of container that has softened
and welded itself to the metal. Normal oven cleaners won't touch it but
the firms that come round and clean in situ use different chemicals
which, in theory should work. Not expensive judging by the leaflets I
get through the door.

Some grouchy old sod charged SWMBO £200 quid for cleaning 2 ovens. Took
3 hours and complained about the state of them (= Normal) all the while.

One as a brand new replacement on Ebay would have started at about £150.

Derek