• willprove@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    It’s the bonus meal. It’s unlocked after using the microwave 1000 times. bone apple tea

  • Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Ceramic or mica waveguide cover. Do not use the microwave without replacing it, it stops radiation getting in the electronics and blowing them up.

  • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    It’s an important shield thing, you should replace it with a new one. When ours failed it caused the microwave to start to do very loud and distressing electrical arc zapping sounds inside.

  • moakley@lemmy.world
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    6 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.

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      6 hours ago

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

    • snoons@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

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

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        4 hours 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?

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        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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        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.

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

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            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.

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      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.

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        4 hours 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.

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    6 hours ago

    See the comment under mine for the correct answer(microwave cover).

    If you find the model number on the tag, you should be able to order a replacement cover from somewhere like Amazon or similar.

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    7 hours ago

    Wow, that is a nasty looking screen.

    It is just a cover on the microwave generator so that it is protected. I think you can get a replacement easily. It is not critical to operation.

    Google: microwave mica sheet replacement