How do I get the inside of my microwave clean

Olliebeak

For oven racks - courtesy of Kim and Aggie:

Put a large towel in the bottom of your bath (to prevent scratching the bath).

Add *Biological Soap Powder dissolved in warm water - no more than 40degC or the enzymes won't work properly. (*must be Biological)

Put the oven racks into this mixture and leave for as long as possible.

If they're really, really bad you may need to work at them with a brillo pad.

Rinse thoroughly and go find your sunglasses .

Make sure you wear rubber gloves when dissolving the soap powder mixture and rinse hands thoroughly afterwards.


Also works for yukky grill pans and roasting tins - from experience !

cyclingyorkie

do I then have to clean the bath?

Olliebeak

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

do I then have to clean the bath?

Yup - but it's a darn site easier than cleaning a cooker!

trinidadone

hello all, I want to give the microwave oven a deep clean. I read as a handy tip, paste of bicarbonate of soda is good to use to remove those food stains from the white interiors.

Has anyone used bicarbonate of soda, and do the supermarkets/pound shop places sell it?

Butterfly_Brain

You can buy boxes in asda, sainsbury, tesco and wilkinsons

sweetcarer

Look in the baking section.

trinidadone

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

You can buy boxes in asda, sainsbury, tesco and wilkinsons

cheers brian

SUESMITH_2

its proper chemical name is sodium hydrogen carbonate - i work in a school science dept and we use loads of it

LJM

i use it all the time but for your microwave well mine i pop a bowl of hot water with lemon slices in it in mocrowave pop it on high for a minute and it loosens the grimmy bits making it easier to just wipe off

sb44

trinidadone wrote: »

hello all, I want to give the microwave oven a deep clean. I read as a handy tip, paste of bicarbonate of soda is good to use to remove those food stains from the white interiors.

Has anyone used bicarbonate of soda, and do the supermarkets/pound shop places sell it?

Google your area for a Chinese Supermaket.

I bought a 3kg bag last week for £3.60, the small tubs in the supermarket are 83p for 200g.

So it would cost you £12.45 in Tesco etc for 3kg!