Cleaning a combi microwave

penrhyn

My combi microwave has a stainless steel interior which is badly stained with baked on grease and the like. Any recommendations gratefully received.
I'm assuming you can't use conventional oven cleaners?

jamescmac88

You do get specialist stainless steel wipes - http://www.pledge.com/stainless-steel-wipes/ - but they could become pricey if you use your microwave a lot. I also read somewhere that the juice of a lemon in warm water worked well, although I'm not sure if it would be strong enough to remove the grease etc, but would clean the surface dirt.

ariba10

We give ours a good spray with a dilute solution of "Stardrops" .

Then after about 10 Min's, rinse and wipe dry.

toffeegirl

Fairy power spray is quite good - as is Astonish orange paste (in a tub). Plenty of rinsing though.

After cleaning I switch mine on with just a bowl of water in before giving it another rinse with a cloth with (fresh) hot water.

99p shops can be a good source of Astonish / cleaning wipes. Savers is another useful shop for such stuff.

My top tip though:
Turn it over so that it is sitting upside-down. This makes it MUCH easier to clean the oven ceiling.