On Apr 5, 10:32 am, Sam Goldwasser wrote:
Has anyone seen problems using common hardware store gloss enamel to
touch up a microwave oven interior?

Someone emailed me all in a huff that they followed this advise and it now
smells "funky" and smokes. They said the paint color was white and they
waited 24 hours before use. This was apparently under the turntable.

The smell could make sense if there was some residual solvent present and
should go away after awhile, but the "smokes" part is strange unless they
didn't bother to clean and sand beforehand and there was trapped debris.

Any comments appreciated.

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Sam:

I think you are 100% correct. There should be no hot spots anywhere
on the uwave oven liner as it is a solid metal sheet except where the
uwaves come into the chamber. There is obviously a fault of some type
that is making that area of the uwave get hot or there would not be
any smoke. That may be why there was a fault in the original paint at
the location.

BTW - I think you are right on in just about everthing you recommend,
and your repair faq stuff is a great resource.

H. R.(BOb) HOfmann