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submitted 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) by 87Six@lemmy.zip to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

The internet doesn't help.

Wtf is that?

It feels plasticky and hard. But I don't think it's happy to see me since it's broken in half and I probably did it when cleaning it.

If you help me figure out what it is, I will clean my microweave in return.

Edit: It's a Mica cover. TIL.

https://microwaveexpert.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/microwave-waveguide-cover/

Tx to @TabbsTheBat@pawb.social

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[-] moakley@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

How do you clean your microwave?

I just take a bowl of water and vinegar (2:1), heat it for 5 minutes, then let it sit for 10 minutes. Everything wipes clean with paper towels. Very little risk of destroying components on the interior walls.

[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Thank you I will proceee to destroy my microweve by using this method and fucking it up somehow

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I always cover my food so the microwave never gets dirty enough that a damp rag can't wipe it up the odd small spill easily. Are people just raw-dogging their microwaves and letting it all cake on in successive rounds of use? There's always these life hacks to cleaning them but it's not hard to clean if it doesn't get dirty in the first place.

[-] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

I usually cover the food, but sometimes it boils over.

I'd almost never use the microwave for myself, but I've got three kids and I'm always in a hurry. If something does spill over I'll give it a quick wipe, but it builds up. Plus if I'm steaming vegetables in there, there's a residue even if it is covered.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

I just microwave a wet cloth. Don't think you need vinegar, would just make it smell like vinegar.

[-] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 37 seconds ago)

Vinegar smell is temporary, and it gets rid of smells that last longer.

Also it cleans things. Like soap that you don't have to rinse as thoroughly. You use soap for things, right?

[-] Stormy@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 hour ago

I really don't understand everyone's fixation on vinegar the last decade. Influencers just kept pushing the stinkiest possible thing, and now a ton of people are just going with it.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 minutes ago

Decade? Vinegar as a cleaning agent is 100s of years old. Influencers are just the 21st century version of “old wives”.

[-] Stormy@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 minutes ago

I'm not stupid. I know that. That's why the last decade of people telling everyone how great it is and using it in everything they do suddenly is weird.

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I just zap some tap water most of the time, what matters for the gunk is getting it steamy. If it smells funky then I use like 4:1 water to vinegar to kill the smellls and it doesn't smell like vinegar after.

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