You use a microwave but you do not know how to clean these ugly fat stains well encrusted on the walls?This article is made for you dear reader and reader.
Yes the microwave is very practical for everything related to the reheating of cooked dishes or frozen dishes, but it is certainly less obvious to clean it.Bicarbonate, lemon, sponge and rags, let's go for a clean and efficient cleaning!
À voir aussiWhat is the principle of microwave?
What is this dark yellowed plastic object that drags at the bottom of a cupboard and making a little plane reactor sound?According to Wikipedia, "a microwave oven, or more simply a microwave is a household appliances used mainly for heating and rapid food cooking, by the agitation of the water molecules they contain, underThe effect of a microwave radiation.»»
Yes, okay, but is what we are told how complicated it is to do the maintenance and cleaning of its walls and even the whole device?And then it's already annoying to clean a kitchen and make the dishes so why add it?What daily newspaper, right?And yes we understand you, that said, you unfortunately have to deal with it.Do not depress right away, we have a lot of tips and advice to maintain and clean the walls.
Why clean your microwave oven?
Blague à part on apprend sur Wikipédia que « Contrairement à ce qu'affirment certaines croyances populaires, cuire ou chauffer sa nourriture au micro-ondes n'est pas nocif pour la santé et ne retire pas de nutriments aux aliments»».General culture when you hold us.But then: how to clean a microwave oven?Microwave cooking is fast, efficient and practical!No oven, no baking sheet can compete with the microwave.And no, not even induction plates, he swallows them all!How could we do without cooking in the microwave?
We would be very unhappy without this tool, this device so practical for reheating or cooking your dishes.Discover our best tips and tips here to clean your microwave.But don't forget, good maintenance is a regular maintenance!
Which product, liquid and other rag for cleaning in good standing?
To carry out the cleaning and maintenance of the walls, the glass plateau and the entire microwave, you will have to bring a few tools.Which product and which liquid?You will need dishwashing liquid, white vinegar, a sponge or two, water, bowl or two, the classic baking soda, lemon, in short, a lot of things from everyday life found in your kitchen.Less easy to find, you can also have lemon essential oil!Lemon essential oil makes it possible to free up a soft perfume during maintenance of your favorite household appliance.
Cleaning product bottles.Source: Pixabay
Clean the crumbs of your microwave oven
First first news: remove the crumbs!We rediscover the butter cutting wire.Remove the turntable then clean the microwave oven with an soaked (and wrung) sponge of a solution made up of a drop of dishes and vinegar water (2 tablespoons of white vinegar for a bowl oflukewarm water).Rinse and dry the microwave oven.It only takes a few minutes and it's very practical for the rest of the cleaning.
Do not forget to clean the rotating tray
Indeed, cleaning the rotating tray will not only give back shine to your microwave but also to streamline the movement of the tray and therefore allow better reheating of dishes.As long as you are there, also put its support in soapy water mixed with a little white vinegar.If the spots persist, force white vinegar.Rinse the tray and dry it before putting it back in the oven.
How to clean the glass of your microwave?
The projections generated by the cooking of the microwave sometimes create a few nasty traces and the glass of your microwave tends to get crashed very quickly.And of course, if you do not clean it quickly, the traces dry and get stuck.No parts!In this case: use your usual oven degreaser and spray it on the window.Let the product effect and clean with a slightly damp sponge.
Clean the cage of your microwave well
And because we are nice: here are two techniques for the price of one concerning the washing of the oven cage.
Interior of a microwave oven.Source: Pixabay
With water and lemon:
Cleaning the cage of your microwave is good, doing it using a good product for your health is even better.To do this, get the walls of the oven vigorously with a lemon cut in half then simply pass a microfiber fabric humidified with water.Simply, fast right?Lemon will have effect on fat stains and easily take off.
Scold your oven with a bowl and white vinegar
Like the baking soda which is a bit of the Swiss knife of the cleaner, white vinegar is also part of the panoply to perfectly clean its house!First, in a bowl, prepare a mixture containing a third of white vinegar for two thirds of water.Then place the bowl in the microwave and let heat for 3 minutes.The power of steam takes care of everything, you just have to roughly wipe with a sponge.You won't even have to rub, the steam produced allows you not to break your head with a sponge!
The best tips!
As long as to do, you might as well use your microwave oven to do its maintenance!Not stupid right?And more advice: add a drop of lemon essential oil to your mixture of white vinegar and water in a bowl.It is now that your essential oil bought in your local pharmacy will serve you!Indeed it is always better than to smell the sometimes acre or even aggressive smell for the nostrils of white vinegar.
Same tip but with a sponge:
The other technique to clean your microwave without too much effort is to soak a sponge with water.Then in a second step, pour 1 teaspoon of white vinegar on the sponge and heat it in the microwave.However, unlike our previous advice (the version with a bowl) This technique generates much less steam than heating a bowl of vinegar water in the microwave.
The precautions to be taken with this cleaning
This cleaning technique is quite practical but it is more suitable for a summary cleaning.If the walls of your microwave are really dirty, favor the method of the bowl of vinegar water preferably.On the other hand, once heat your bowl of vinegar water or your sponge, be careful when you remove it.Indeed, the bowl, after being heated for 3 minutes will be very hot and you will risk burning your fingers.The same goes for the sponge except that the boiling water remained in the sponge may hurt you even worse.Take your precautions before keeping a glove next door.
Baking soda powder.Source: Pixabay
To remove well -encrusted burnt traces from your device, use baking soda!By applying on the spots a paste composed of both water and baking soda you will witness the complete disappearance of these traces of burned.Guaranteed or reimbursed.Once done, the dough should be flexible but not liquid.After applications, let it act then rub gently with a moistened sponge as always.Repeat the process until the complete disappearance of these nasty spots that bother you so much.And you are right !
Techniques to avoid dirtying your microwave too
If as we often use your microwave oven it is best to set up some techniques so as not to have to clean your favorite device every 4th morning.Better to warn than cure isn't it?Very practical to use it to warm frozen dishes when you are at work via the company's oven.Or even when you are on telework and you don't have time to eat too.That said, the more we use it and the more he dirty.And the more he dirty and the more we will have to clean it.This is the vicious circle of cleaning.To avoid this: use plastic bells!
Don't forget your bell!
Also called anti-buzzing bell, the latter prevent the dish in the process of warming up and spreading stains on all the walls of your device.Skille is it?And in addition!These bells keep moisture in your dish and thus not dry it completely.AAAAH ... What would become of your succulent butter pasta without us?Don't thank us was the gift council?And good appetite, of course !