I can't believe I am doing this, but I want to ask for your assistance, in 4chan. The paint inside my microwave has peeled and I want to paint it. I remember doing with my dad 30 years ago without problems because I was a teenager and I didn't know what I was doing, I don't remember the paint we used and my dad died a few years ago.What can I do? After looking at the web, I find a lot of shit like: "Don't do it, a professional must do it!", "that paint is not food grade!", "buy a new one, lol", etc.I wanted to use Rust-Oleum Epoxy for appliance but after reading and checking on the web, it's for exteriors only, 94C max and it's not food grade. What can I do? Should I be a good goy and buy a new one?Thanks in advance, sars.
>>2997101I bought my last two microwaves from thrift stores. Estate sales are also good sources. Or, if you live near a college town, every time the kids leave for summer they sell their stuff super cheap.I mean, how much does the paint cost? My microwave was brand new, open box and cost $10.
>>2997142I am not from USA, so I guess I am fucked. Here that paint is 10 dollars aprox.
Swing by a transfer station (town dump) and see if you can find a microwave there.Lots of people will toss out a perfectly fine 900 watt microwave because they bought a brand new 1100+ watt inverter microwave.
>>2997101Don't paint it at all.
>>2997151You all don't have thrift stores? Or estate/yard sales?>>2997193The reason I had to get ride of my last microwave was because the lack of paint was causing arcing. I was debating getting paint to fix it when I found the $10 replacement at a thrift store. I later picked up a second one for the same price to have one in the garage when I was working. I mean for $10, why not have a second one?
>>2997206>the lack of paint was causing arcing.Anon, the paint doesn't stop arcing.
>>2997209I used 'appliance enamel' (the stuff that comes in a little fingernail polish bottle) on the bare spots and the problem went away. The stuff didn't hold up though. After one cleaning it started peeling up and the arching returned. I was looking into using the real stuff but that shit has gotten really expensive. Hence the thrift store microwave.
