On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:31:01 +0100, Lurch
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:31:30 +0100, MM mused:

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:00:59 -0700, wrote:

On 15 Jun, 17:03, MM wrote:

I have a Sanyo domestic microwave oven approximately 8 years old that
still functions all right. The problem is that the floor of the oven
on which the glass turntable rotates on its spindle is rusted through
in one or two places. The turntable still rotates okay, but if the
floor is left to rust through further, sooner or later the little
carrier wheels that support the turntable will get trapped and the
turntable will lock up or something.

How could I repair the base of the oven? I have thought of Kurust
first, followed by a layer of epoxy resin soaked fibreglass from
Halfords. Any other ideas? It seems daft to buy a new microwave if the
actual heating feature works fine.

Similar oven hehttp://img.dooyoo.co.uk/GB_EN/175/ho...microwave/sany...

MM

Really not a smart idea. Rust holes are an immediate safety test
failure as they tend to let the microwave radiation out. Time for a
new oven. Next time keep an eye open and sort any rust long before it
gets that bad.

Yeah, I just thought it was gravy stains...

Anyway, you've all twisted my arm! I'm off to Comet in a few minutes.

Oh dear. I'd have maybe avoided Comet and all the other useless big
stores. I get most things cheaper and with better service from local
independent retailers.

In the end I bought it from Sainsbury's. I tried the local
independent: Daywoo: £37. Spalding independent: Sanyo: £59. Boston
Comet: £39.99. Sainsbury's: Own brand: £23.97. All are manual. I don't
need fancy pushbuttons on the front panel. The Sanyo was 800W, all the
others 700W. It'll suit my minimal requirements for a few years, no
doubt. Shame they're all boring white nowadays. I wouldn't touch a
silver one with a bargepole; they look totally naff. Sainsbury's also
had a stainless steel own brand one for another four quid, but that
looked totally naff as well. Hinari do pale blue or pale yellow
(cream) ones, but Hinari haven't much of a reputation, I think. And
anyway, they were way more expensive.

MM