Common ingredients found in commercial cleaners are considered safe by regulators, but some are also irritants, or even toxic ...

Getting rid of sauce stains and fishy smells is easier than you think. Here's how to clean a microwave with household items like water, lemons, and baking soda.

Fill a small bowl with 1 to 2 ounces of food-grade mineral oil to polish the metal after spraying it with the homemade stainless steel cleaner. Avoid olive or other cooking oils, which will go ...

Wasting your vinegar-water solution: You can use the vinegar-water solution to clean other parts of the kitchen, too, or even the exterior of the microwave, as long as it isn’t metal.

Another kitchen trick I love, that actually smells good, is using lemons to clean the microwave. I cut a lemon in half, put it into a glass bowl with a cup of water, and microwave it for 5 minutes.

Rachel Wharton Reporting for Wirecutter Michael Hession The cooked-on stains you get in (and sometimes on) your microwave can be tough to remove, especially if you’ve neglected them over time.