it’s been almost a month. I started to smell something but just kept
working on the computer like the lazy person I can sometimes be. In my defense it was naptime, which we all know is don’t mess with Mommy time.
When I went to find the smell I couldn’t find the source. The heat in the house had been on so the smell had gotten blown into multiple rooms. I eventually went outside to get my husband. After checking the heater, he promptly went to the dishwasher, opened it up and said “well there’s your smell”. Yellow oozy plastic was draped across the coil (in the front fortunately) continuing to heat and fill the air with a lovely odor. I have had things fall off the racks before, but never land on the coils.
So I had a mess to clean up- during nap time.
Step 1- use pampered chef scraper tool to scrape as much plastic off as possible
Step 2- wet an SOS pad and scrub all around the coil until you can’t feel any more plastic (be sure not to pull on the coil)
Step 3- use your fingernails to ensure no more waxy like plastic remains- you may be surprised at how much is left
Step 4- scrub with SOS pad some more
Step 5- rinse with soapy dishrag
So how is this a time saver tip? I would have saved myself about 45 mins (by the time I researched how to do it and then cleaned it up) if I had just rinsed that silly little lid in the sink and called it good.
But then I very rarely do things the easy way- at least not the first time.
Been there, done that, didn’t know the clean-up – thanks!