My microwave has some paint blistering where the lazy susan rides around the bottom. Easy fix, right? Just a little paint?
I went to two hardware stores and a Lowe's. They looked at me like I asked for beryllium or a photon torpedo. They never heard of a paint that would be suitable for the inside of a microwave, so I returned home and found there is by looking it up on the internet.
Now, some of you are thinking: "Microwaves are fairy inexpensive, so just go buy a new one." That's real good advice, if you think the trade off for less than ten dollars of paint and a sheet of sandpaper is worth the price of a new microwave; especially one that is so familiar, you can cook in the dark without hitting the wrong button.
We throw away too much. I like things that become functional again with a little paint, some duct tape or a bent coat hanger. They keep my brain sharp and my wallet thicker.
You would think Lowes and Home Depot would carry it??
ReplyDeleteFolks who lived through the Great Depression understood "use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." They fixed what broke and mended what was torn, for there was no money to buy new. Frugality is not a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather, and father, endured the Great Depression with their skills of repairing things. Even as a child, my father would go out on calls, with the people extremely wary, and gain customers by repairing items they couldn't repair.
DeleteThey might, but getting one of the "associates" to find something like that, or looking it up in their database is a futile effort.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thing happen to my previous microwave, and I did go buy a new one. I hate it, and have regretted getting rid of the old one ever since.
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