My micowave stinks....and it won't stop

stick this in it...
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Clorox is your friend.

Then.

Take it out on the porch, put a bowl of water in it, run it for half an hour. The repeat. Again. Again, Again.

You're welcome.

 

Send it to me for target practice and buy a new one....

 

can I join you when you do that? We can throw a stun grenade in it too

 

I had the same problem. My brother burned popcorn in the microwave and we couldnt rid the smell for a month. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of repeated cleaning and airing out time will do the job.

 

I did that too.....the first day I got a microwave once! I know that smell!

BTW, The yellow stains never came out but the smell went away.

 

The burn residue is probably coating the fan and vent path inside of the shell and door. You could try gently boiling some vinegar & water solution inside the microwave to see if that takes the smell out. If that doesn't work, you might be able to do a partial disassembly of the vent path and wipe it out; but improper reassembly could cause radiation leakage, so be careful if you try this.

 

Just get rid of it. It seems to me you've tried almost everything to get rid of the smell. Why not find out some fun ways to destroy it?

Here's some creative reading to get you started..
http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/microwave/

 

Try one of these
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Put some sliced lemons in a bowl of water and microwave that for a while. According to my mother, that will get rid of the odour. Though, I can't ever recall her describing something as foul as what you seem to have. So, maybe the garbage is the answer.

 

Apartment Building Manager decided to microwave a burrito.

She'd not read the instructions in full before she went to Coffee Bean...

45 seconds & turn around, not 45 minutes...

Luckily, I had key to her apartment. Only other person that had a key was her twin sister.

 

Simple....

The odor has penetrated into the microwave itself....it can potentially last longer then a visit from the inlaws, or Rosie O'Donnel at an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Clean the inside as best you can...which will only partially help. Your best bet, oddly enough....is to get one of those little machines that emit ozone. We've all seen 'em, they have a few controls on the panel, a fan and a light. Stick the microwave & the ozone machine in a confined area (like a big cardboard box, large plastic bag, etc) and let it run. Surprisingly enough, the ozone will very effectively remove almost all the smell.

After that, go to Pep Boys and buy a whole bunch of those pine-scented little tree's that you hang from your rear-view window. Insert these scented trees into all the ventillation slots along the top & side of the microwave.

Beyond that, find & buy the identical model at the store and swap the units...return to store.

Oddly enough, this same technique works with sorority houses!

 

Give it away to somone you dont like that much and go buy a new one Or..............................put stuff in it and turn it on and blow sh*t up

 

Put a stink bomb in it. Might make it smell better. You never know.

 

You could mask the smell with something less repulsive.

The local store used to sell these huge "Cinnabon" type cinnamon rolls. After a couple of months in "temporary housing" with the dinkly little microwave I got my 12 year old "Radar Range" back out of storage.

The two minutes the modern microwave needed produced a nuclear meltdown of the cinnamon roll in the older (1500W!) "Radar Range" (I could track geosync satellites with this beast).

There followed three months of cinnamon smell from the microwave on every use.

Eventually, it went away.

 

I found your remedy for your stinky wave machine.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4yzfbl4EZOE

and more too!
http://www.wontonway.com/microwave/microwave.html

 

Stuff an entire bag of marshmellows in it. Select "Hi" power for 5 minutes. Sit back and watch the magic!

 

Insert one coconut into the microwave. Set timer for at least 15 minutes. Turn on high.

 

Throw it out and buy a new one.

Just be sure to leave it at the end of the driveway so one of those redneck scavenger types can pick it up and find out why it got thrown out to begin with.

 

Put an egg in there and cook for 10 minutes. That will get rid of the other smell.