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Cleaning grimey microwave glass plate?

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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    CAUSTIC SODA? Good Lord, that's a sledgehammer to crack a nut. A potentially dangerous sledgehammer at that. I would never recommend anyone use something like caustic soda unless they've got a complete hazmat body-suit, or at the least, rubber gloves, a face-mask and a pair of very long tongs. Or a family member/friend they don't much care for.
  • Sheahaven
    Sheahaven Posts: 75 Forumite
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    I'd agree with the:
    Stardrops method or

    Just a thought...
    Try hot washing powder paste and left on with vinegar overnight then scrub with metal scourer (or add more vinegar, smear all over and put back in microwave oven and blast for 30 secs.
  • DundeeDoll
    DundeeDoll Posts: 5,218 Forumite
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    The stainless steel scourers are fantastic. Think i paid a quid fo 4 at lidl. i have used with just a squeeze of washing up liquid and a little water on a very baked on oven door. Would never have believed such asimple looking ball of metal ribbon could be so effective
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  • hermum
    hermum Posts: 7,123 Forumite
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    I'd soak it in very hot water with biological washing powder. That's how I do my oven shelves, in the bath overnight & rinse in the morning all the build up just rinses off.
  • krlyr
    krlyr Posts: 5,993 Forumite
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    A scourer did the trick, no need for any nasties (and Tesco had their 4 pack of scourers half price, 85p for 4, so a bargain there too). Now just as see-through as the day we bought it (and I must keep that promise to wipe it down every time I use it instead of letting it get this bad again!)
  • :Tevery one will say use elbow grease.....well the jokes on them,,,there is a product called elbow grease,,,,from pound shops etc,,,this cleans ABSOLUTLY every thing,,,at £ 1 to £1.50 try it and spread the word:j
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