Sabotaged by Pop’t Secret

[Packard]

Time is the enemy of offensive odors (except cat piss).  Odors eventually fade. 

I have been using the oven since the “event” and it does not seem to be affecting the taste of the food I have heated up.

I will still take the suggested remedies and go with them.  Sort of like chicken soup for the ill—it may not help, but it can not hurt.

There is a technique for making a RainDance like effect, where raindrops simply fly off the windshield by using raw potatoes.  You cut the potato in half and rub the exposed cut against the glass.  Note:  If your windshield wiper breaks and no replacement is available, the potato-against-the-glass can get you out of a jamb.

I will use that same technique with the apple and again later (if required) with the lemon.  It is not going to cost much, and it is not much work (and I like Farmers’-Almanac-like advice).  I will report the results.

 

[bobtskutter]

You cut the potato in half and rub the exposed cut against the glass.  Note:  If your windshield wiper breaks and no replacement is available, the potato-against-the-glass can get you out of a jamb.

I tried that once, just ended up with chips all over my windscreen.

Bob

 

[Packard]

The results are in!

The write up got pretty long.  So I will summarize below:

1.  Soapy water (Dawn). It made the plastic interior feel clean, but the surfaces were stained brown.

2.  Baking soda.  Why is it not in the baking supplies aisle?  Messy and useless.

3.  Apple slices.  Added an apple scent that quickly disappated. No noticeable improvement in the odor reduction.

4.  Lemons.  The most effective of all.  A significant reduction in odor.  I am hoping a second try will provide additional improvements.

Below:  The long-winded version:
I do admit that I was highly skeptical of the lemon and apple approaches.  I had hopes for baking soda.

First thing, I could not find baking soda at either of the supermarkets that i shop at.  My friend’s wife asked, “What aisle did you look at?”  I said the “baked goods aisle; you know flour, sugar, cake mixes…”

She told me that I was silly.  It is in with the cleaning products. Silly me.  Thinking that baking soda would be in the baking supplies aisle.

The first step was the wash the interior with Dawn.  It looked semi-clean.  The plastic was stained, but the surface felt clean.  But almost no change in the odor.

Then the baking soda.  I mixed a strong solution in very hot water and used a rag to wipe every surface.  And then I repeated it.  And I wiped it clean.  Messy stuff.  I had white powder residue all around the microwave.  And if there was an improvement in the odor situation, it was too subtle for me to notice. 

Then the apples.  This seemed to have zero effect on the odor.

Then the lemon.  I cut the lemon in half and used the exposed rinds to scrub all the interior surfaces.  I wiped it clean.  And then repeated with the other half of the lemon. 

Then I wiped it as clean as I could.  A significant reduction in scent.  Strangely, the odor continued to fade each of the next three days. 

The odor is still present, but not offensive.  I suspect it will continue for fade over time.  I will buy another lemon when I go shopping next and repeat the process. 

I would note that the turntable is glass and I washed that in the dishwasher and it retained no scent.

i thank everyone for the suggestions.  I will try adding lemon juice to the soapy water (Dawn) when I try it next.