How To Clean And Wash Microwave Ovens

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Cleanliness is one of the most basic yet essential teachings at kindergarten! If you are clean and hygienic, people will like you; if you are clean and hygienic, you will be fresh throughout the day, if you are clean and hygienic, you will stay away from all kinds of infections… does that ring a bell?

Well, all these kindergarten teachings are well implemented in daily life as well, especially with the household chores. But for household chores, it’s something like this: if you are clean and hygienic, your house will be free from cockroaches, if you are clean and hygienic, your children will have lesser chances of getting infected, if you are clean and hygienic, your house will remain beautiful!

Yes, that is the story of everyone’s life. Cleanliness in a house originates from the kitchen - the appliances need to be kept neat so that the house is a peaceful place to live in. A microwave oven in the house, if not cleaned often, might breed dangerous insects including cockroaches and other pests! So what do you do to play safe and make the best of your microwave oven?

Ensuring Cleanliness In Microwave ...
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In order to clean the splatters of food in your microwaves, you should take the following steps:

Cleaning with Vinegar

Start off by pouring water into a bowl or a glass until it is half full and add a tablespoon of white vinegar into it.

Put it into the convection microwave oven and heat it for about 5 minutes: if your microwave is a high powered one, you might need to put it in there for a lesser time. Make sure you are watching the water as it boils and lets off steam in the microwave. The steam will then cause the dried food stuck onto the microwave to come off.

The dirt is now easily removable and you can wipe it off from within your convection microwave oven. Additionally, you can take out the swirling plate and wash it or wipe it clean as well.

Cleaning with Lemon

Get hold of a lemon and cut it from the middle into two halves. Place these halves upside down on a plate along with a tablespoon of water. Put this plate into the microwave oven and heat for up to one minute so that the steam is visible inside the microwave. Then just clean the insides!

Using a Dishwashing Soap

A similar procedure can be applied by using a dishwashing soap. Pour some water in a bowl with the dishwashing soap and heat it. After catching the steam, use a sponge to clean the insides of the microwave oven.

So you see, it’s not all that difficult to clean- just a few minutes out of your schedule and you’re done! This becomes even easier with microwaves that come with a handbook, like those of Panasonic. The guidelines state exactly how a particular microwave should be safely cleaned.

Author Bio:

Narayan Shankar , in this series of kitchen appliances related articles throws some light on the most basic of kitchen appliances such as food processor, mixer grinder, microwave oven, microwaves, refrigerator and sandwich maker.