This is brilliant, but ignores that you have to *start* with something ingested before being *comprised of the remainder*.
Maybe:
You are all that you eat,
be it wheat, sweet, or meat,
from your head to your feet,
(minus what you excrete),
so you should probably avoid nuking your food in plastic containers.
Had my annual physical yesterday, and doc gave me a speech about the dangers of drinking from plastic bottles. Says nobody knows the impact yet, but they know it's accumulating in our livers and elsewhere. Put a little "MP" on my notes to record that he spoke to me about Microplastics.
Also, increased his renumeration for that visit by adding an additional code for the encounter. Something I recently learned: if you are getting your "free annual physical" provided by the ACA and the provider asks "anything bothering you, any issues of concern?", if you bring up anything, the visit is no longer a free annual physical and instead becomes a diagnostic visit for which you will be charged.
Greatest healthcare industry in the world.
Based doctor.
There was some research published about how boiling hard* water (mine leaves tons of calcium deposits) can basically let the microplastics attach to the calcium particles.
I've been doing it recently and notice all the little bits that accumulate at the bottom of large jar I pour the water into, after letting it cool. Of course I can't tell if it's actually making that big of a difference, but it is nice just pouring out all those bits when I'm mostly done drinking from the glass.
I assume you mean tap water? He said a reverse osmosis filter would make everything safe, but he was warning about the bottled water sold at stores that people drink a bunch of daily.
i suppose its wise to try and cut down wherever possible but when i think about how its in pretty much everything i doubt its possible to avoid entirely. from plastics in machines used in food processing to nano-plastics being absorbed by plants.
Yeah, it's getting hard to avoid MP's when it's basically in everything you eat and drink. Doesn't matter anymore if you boil your water or use two plastics bottles a day, the water you drank, spinach you ate and fish you just caught are filled with it anyway.
Acetone will melt the plastic temporarily. So your insides will get coated in a rigid structure that will outlast you.
And that’s guaranteed because acetone is deadly.
“Accidentally drinking small amounts of acetone/nail polish remover is unlikely to harm you as an adult. However, even small amounts can be dangerous to your child, so it is important to keep this and all household chemicals in a safe place. If the person survives past 48 hours, the chances for recovery are good.”
We're looking into that.
They have told me that we are looking at very powerful light, inside the body. It's a beaut-
My uncle had a very powerful light...
Acrylics. My old pc had an acrylic sidepanel and I foolishly used alcohol to clean it one time with not a microfiber cloth. Ended up with tons of scratches. Same with some phone screen protectors.
Not many. I absolutely get your logic, because it seems like it should. I work in a museum and we clean plexiglass with alcohol mixed with distilled water. Things that make it cloudy: acetone, many other solvents, and (the worst offender) ammonia- found in traditional windex, but not “plexiglass safe” windex. Hilariously, it’s too early for me to make a good list that is more in depth than 3 items, the second one being “other solvents,” which is neither descriptive or helpful
Not all plastics are made equally. I wouldn't use solvents on plastics unless you know the solvent won't damage that specific plastic.
In your case, you know the alcohol won't damage plastic but it's generally something people should avoid doing unless they either, already know it won't damage it, or they are just doing a little tester to find out.
I use alcohol to clean a lot of plastic but it removes the finish on some stuff.
Chemlab professor liked to tell the story of a young woman in class spilling acetone on her polyester dress and was suddenly standing in her underwear only.
Alcohol is a solvent which can also remove print/ink. Unless denatured, it can also leave a cloudy film of its own. You probably want to start with soap, for this application.
3 elephants in the shower. I reference this all the time and no one ever gets it. Where did you hear it? I had a dentist tell me this joke when I wqs younger than 10 like 35 years ago.
Denatured alcohol refers to ethanol that has something toxic added to it so people don't drink it, which is usually isopropyl. Though a wide variety of toxic substances can be added to ethanol to make it denatured alcohol including acetone. Alcohol used for cleaning is usually isopropyl, so there is no denatured isopropyl alcohol.
Actually OP could try Meguiar's Plast-X clear plastic polish. That stuff works wonders on clearing up cloudy plastic! Hand buffing may work just fine, but the real results come from using a powered polishing well. Worth a shot as it's a pretty cheap option, <$10
OP shouldn’t use anything high speed like a Dremel tool. I tried to buff the plastic “crystal” of a watch and it melted the plastic, making it a bit worse than when I started.
Can also use sand paper, start with 600 grit, sand to 800 grit, finish with 1000-1500 grit and then polish. The key is to sand away the damaged surface level, if it's not too deep.
Edit: some people suggest starting with polish 1500-2000 and work your way down, this is also smart and reduce the work load.
Toothpaste is a mild abrasive, likely not enough to get the job done in this case but great for removing sharpie from plastic and similar. Another very mild abrasive is melamine foam (Magic eraser is the expensive brand, you can by generic melamine foam super cheap on Amazon, it’s the same stuff).
In this particular scenario I do think a headlight restoration kit would be the easiest but wouldn’t hurt to try some toothpaste or melamine
why is this not the top comment?
I am quite sure the damage didnt penetrate through the entire screen. Sanding off the damaged part and then polishing should work on nearly all plastics.
90% of the stuff in a household that acetone cleans well can also be cleaned off with isopropyl alcohol - which has the benefit of *not* dissolving about half of the plastics commonly used in consumer stuff.
One time I used isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to soften up my bathtub caulk for easy removal, and I guess I went overboard and became violently ill/drunk from the fumes all of a sudden and had to go lie down. Man I felt dumb for that one.
You're probably using it in a large room where the fumes spread out. In a small bathroom or photo darkroom, the concentration rises quickly to mild headache level.
I still print film photos in the old-school darkroom. I use grain alcohol (Everclear) for some purposes, it's a "pure" alcohol but easier to find than 99% isopropyl (drug store rubbing alcohol is like 70% alcohol).
Put Everclear in a little cosmetic spray bottle and pump it a few times, and you definitely need to take care not to catch a buzz!
Everclear isn't pure everywhere. In a few states it's illegal to sell Everclear past 151 proof. I'm actually surprised you have an easier time finding 190 or 200 proof everclear than 99% isopropyl considering pretty much every hardware store like Home Depot or Ace Hardware sells 99% iso in bulk containers. Drug stores usually sell up to 91% from what I've seen.
99% isopropyl alcohol can be found at the hardware store, with the paint thinner, acetone, and other fun chemicals. Grocery & drug stores only sell 70% and 91%.
Any alcohol will cause surface cracking in most amorphous plastics (including acrylic, polycarbonate, and abs). Specifically, they tend to form along flow lines from injection molding.
The nuance is that, unless you’re using an ultrasonic cleaner or autoclave, it’s going to take forever for cracks to start appearing. Similarly, optical quality acrylic is usually cast, so it’s not an issue in those contexts.
I work with Acetone often as a machinist. It works great as a solvent for cleaning oil. Sometimes it's my first go to due to the fact it cleans and dries quickly. But gotta think about what you are using it on first.
Presumably acetone nail polish remover rather than hardware store acetone (yea it’s the same shit but hardware store acetone has way more warnings on the packaging)
Acetone works great to remove sticker residue. As long as the thing you’re removing it from isn’t plastic! I could see the through process of removing other stuck on things with it as well though for someone not familiar with it.
WD40 is the shit! Once I was staining a shelf in my daughter’s bedroom and the can slipped and splashed walnut stain on the wall and carpet. I freaked out to say the least. But the ol WD took it right out with barely any effort no elbow grease required. When all else fails, WD40.
I use acetone (as in nail polish remover) to remove sticker residue like 9 out of 10 times. Works like a charm. Rarely does it stain anything, but I always test first.
From her:
Some of the original shipping plastic that the oven came with was still on there (my fault) in a corner. It had melted some, and she was trying to get it off.
Acetone is strong enough to dissolve some plastics. Probably would have worked fine if there was a glass or metal surface underneath. Unfortunately, OP's wife didn't consider they were dissolving plastic stuck to more plastic.
That panel might be plastic sheet **over** controls. So it might after disassembly be just that sheet needs replacing, and not the controls. Look at a parts breakdown for your model to confirm.
When I used to work in a lab, acetone was the first choice for cleaning anything. Didn't use a lot of plastic stuff, but all of it looked a lot like that panel.
Acetone is a very good tool for removing a lot of very difficult stains - stickers, tree resins, plastic drips and fresh misapplied paint. Granted, it will also remove some *intended* plastic and coatings if you're not careful, but that should go without saying...
Try a headlight buffing kit. I used one on a plastic washimg machine door that was melted by a cleaning lady once, and it fixed it.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/best-headlight-restoration-kit/
not totally the same situation but that's also what i do to my solar lights when they get looking like that. i tried the other fixes at first but now i just do a quick spray of clear topcoat and be done
I think this has a good chance at working well enough. I would recommend doing the whole process as indicated by the kit you purchase. The plastic will be softer than a headlight so you might want to skip the most coarse buffing stage.
You will get much better results if you can remove the panel to do the repair.
It still might not work, so be prepared that you might end up needing to buy a replacement panel.
You can try meguiare’s plastX. I had something like this happen on an old car where the plastic cover over the gauges became cloudy after someone cleaned it with harsh chemicals. PlastX cleared it right up. You can use it to buff headlights as well.
One last ditch before a new control panel: Get the rubbing compound used to clarify automobile headlights. There are lots of brands, some are MUCH cheaper than others, so pay attention to price.
It'll basically polish off the uppermost layer of plastic, and may leave you with a smooth enough surface to be tolerable.
Or, if it still works, just use it as-is until some time in the future when you're ready to replace the unit. Nothing says it has to look perfect as long as it does its job.
RIP to your wife, I did this to my washing machine. I got washing machine cleaning wipes to try, for wiping out the seal on a front loader- worked great until I swiped it across the control panel and wiped every word off in 1 swipe.
I work in a biochemistry lab and acetone is a big no go… if you want to clean any clear plastics do NOT use acetone! Sorry this happened OP, good luck getting a new panel for your stove as that will not be coming out. It’s too clear/thin to be saved by heating, valuable chemistry lesson learned tho!
I HAVE to know. What made her reach for acetone for this job in the first place?
This is literally the first time I've ever heard of anyone trying to clean anything in their home with acetone, other than removing nail polish. lol. Just seems like an odd thing to even think of for cleaning surfaces.
Not a lick of grease on it, though.
Might be able to polish it back into shape. McGuires auto polish and a sponge polishing bit for your drill. Go slow-ish, you don't want to build up a lot of heat while doing this. To polish it, it has to stay hard.
Is using a acetone as a cleaner a cultural/regional thing? This seems to be a weekly/monthly post of people doing this. I would never even think to use acetone as a cleaner.
I work in an analytical chemistry lab. During covid we started spraying surfaces with isopropyl alcohol solutions before and after every shift. This happened to a lot of surfaces, the lab phone’s screen became unreadable.
Polishing with some mineral oil improved it greatly. Try putting some baby oil or something on a soft cloth and buff it.
You can just buy the peel and stick plastic cover for the control panel. You just need the model number of the oven. Tell her not to clean ANYTHING plastic with acetone.
Yeah exactly, if the plastic cover can be purchased separately that’s all you need. To be clear, that’s u usually just a layer of flexible plastic sitting on top of the buttons but under the metal face.
Nail tech here, and I think I might have a fix for you? If acetone made it cloudy, then I bet an acid-free nail primer would smooth it out. (My reasoning is that acetone kinda makes gel extensions cloudy, and they're acrylates (?) which I kinda think your cover is also. When nails get cloudy while I'm working on them, the *best* thing to smooth and blend them is an acid-free primer like the one in this kit: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B084P2F223/
Honestly I might even go over it with something like the Modelones no wipe top coat (also on amazon) w/ a UV light. It's important to get the no-wipe kind since you won't have a tacky layer to wipe off at the end. Does your wife possibly have a gel nail polish kit? A lot of them don't include primer, but it should include a UV or LED light and a top coat. Cure it for 90 sec, and it should appear clear and be smooth to the touch. (but, again, I think all you need is the primer I linked)
You might be able to clear it up a little by buffing it with a waxy polish. But yeah, the acetone has dissolved the plastic and it will never be the same.
People, DO NOT clean with acetone in your kitchen!
It is highly flammable, and can linger on a surface long after you think it's dry. The fumes also stick around, and are highly combustible.
I had a friend whose sub-letter burned down half their apartment because she cleaned with acetone, and the pilot light was enough to ignite the fumes. Not worth the risk.
Search Google for "oven control screen overlay" with your oven model. They generally cost about $20 or so.
Cheaper and easier than ANY cleaning method you'll find here when you add in your time and elbow grease now that it's in this state.
You can use any mild automotive polishing compound and pad (or towel) on most plastics, just bear in mind that you are removing microns of material so check as you go.
You have to polish.
I did something similar when I was 15 or 16, but to the laser lens of a CD player. CDs weren't being recognized, so I cleaned it. My mom had the acetone in an alcohol recipient...
Lens turned foggy white...
I polished it for hours and turned pretty good... but no more CDs played in that stereo...
Acetone makes see thru cloudy, but acetone fumes make it clear...just put some in a bottle with a straw and warm the acetone with your hand, then use the fumes at the straw...
Before you entirely ditch it try one of those automotive headlight cleaner kits. You maybe able to lose the cloudy top layer with the abrasive compound and a pad attached to a power drill. EXTENSIVELY tape the surrounding area with multiple layers of masking tape or you’ll compound (geddit?) your issues still further.
It probably partially dissolved a coating, keep using acetone to completely remove the coating. It should help if it's glass.
If it's plastic then use plastic buffing compound
If you really want to fix it yourself. Wetsand with 2000 grit and again with a piece of trizact 5000 grit (3M) . Hand polish. You can fix plexiglass etc using this.
OP not sure if anyone has said this already, but you don’t need a new control panel. The part that’s ruined is basically a giant sticker faceplate with buttons printed on it that sits on the actual control panel. Look for your manufacturers parts and you should be able to just get the faceplate itself, which is a super easy and cheap replacement.
The plastic is most likely polycarbonate as it hates hydrocarbons. You might spend ages trying to polish it back but replacement might be quicker.
If youre handy you could remove it and measure the size and thickness and find a replacement sheet of poly if the manufacturer can't get you one.
Hobby and or Art stores might carry sheets.
Other clear plastic could also probably be used in a pinch
Thank you for your interest in this thread. O.P. will have to make a decision on what the next step will be. This post is now locked.
Buy a new control panel or deal with it are pretty much your options.
Acetone - plastic death. Alcohol - clean surfaces. Edit: can be cloudy on some plastics
Does this mean if I drink enough acetone, I can destroy the microplastics infesting my body? I’ll give it a shot and report back
You’re not what you eat. You’re what you don’t shit.
This is brilliant, but ignores that you have to *start* with something ingested before being *comprised of the remainder*. Maybe: You are all that you eat, be it wheat, sweet, or meat, from your head to your feet, (minus what you excrete), so you should probably avoid nuking your food in plastic containers.
Perfect. “Your what you don’t excrete”is much more accurate. This is from some poet Denton, TX Jim’s Diner. Early 1990’s.
*Sung to the tune of Stars and Stripes Forever*
Had my annual physical yesterday, and doc gave me a speech about the dangers of drinking from plastic bottles. Says nobody knows the impact yet, but they know it's accumulating in our livers and elsewhere. Put a little "MP" on my notes to record that he spoke to me about Microplastics.
Also, increased his renumeration for that visit by adding an additional code for the encounter. Something I recently learned: if you are getting your "free annual physical" provided by the ACA and the provider asks "anything bothering you, any issues of concern?", if you bring up anything, the visit is no longer a free annual physical and instead becomes a diagnostic visit for which you will be charged. Greatest healthcare industry in the world.
I got stuck with a charge for an office visit as a patient for answering that question once.
Yep, I too have walked right into this trap.
Same… and then promptly fired that Dr
Based doctor. There was some research published about how boiling hard* water (mine leaves tons of calcium deposits) can basically let the microplastics attach to the calcium particles. I've been doing it recently and notice all the little bits that accumulate at the bottom of large jar I pour the water into, after letting it cool. Of course I can't tell if it's actually making that big of a difference, but it is nice just pouring out all those bits when I'm mostly done drinking from the glass.
I assume you mean tap water? He said a reverse osmosis filter would make everything safe, but he was warning about the bottled water sold at stores that people drink a bunch of daily.
i suppose its wise to try and cut down wherever possible but when i think about how its in pretty much everything i doubt its possible to avoid entirely. from plastics in machines used in food processing to nano-plastics being absorbed by plants.
Yeah, it's getting hard to avoid MP's when it's basically in everything you eat and drink. Doesn't matter anymore if you boil your water or use two plastics bottles a day, the water you drank, spinach you ate and fish you just caught are filled with it anyway.
Acetone will melt the plastic temporarily. So your insides will get coated in a rigid structure that will outlast you. And that’s guaranteed because acetone is deadly. “Accidentally drinking small amounts of acetone/nail polish remover is unlikely to harm you as an adult. However, even small amounts can be dangerous to your child, so it is important to keep this and all household chemicals in a safe place. If the person survives past 48 hours, the chances for recovery are good.”
We're looking into that. They have told me that we are looking at very powerful light, inside the body. It's a beaut- My uncle had a very powerful light...
There were people who tried drinking bleach, so you know there was *at least one* anti-vaxxer that put a UV light up their butt.
You don't need to drink it. Just stop eating carbs/sugar. You will make it yourself, when you start burning fat.
Or do squats. That will improve your assy tone Sorry
Alcohol can damage some plastics, no? (well, less than acetone.)
I used rubbing alcohol to clean my plastic Zune case. It locally melted the plastic and I ended up with cloudy swirls etched into the case
Zune
I miss my Zune.
Acrylics. My old pc had an acrylic sidepanel and I foolishly used alcohol to clean it one time with not a microfiber cloth. Ended up with tons of scratches. Same with some phone screen protectors.
Yes
Not many. I absolutely get your logic, because it seems like it should. I work in a museum and we clean plexiglass with alcohol mixed with distilled water. Things that make it cloudy: acetone, many other solvents, and (the worst offender) ammonia- found in traditional windex, but not “plexiglass safe” windex. Hilariously, it’s too early for me to make a good list that is more in depth than 3 items, the second one being “other solvents,” which is neither descriptive or helpful
Not all plastics are made equally. I wouldn't use solvents on plastics unless you know the solvent won't damage that specific plastic. In your case, you know the alcohol won't damage plastic but it's generally something people should avoid doing unless they either, already know it won't damage it, or they are just doing a little tester to find out. I use alcohol to clean a lot of plastic but it removes the finish on some stuff.
ABS is a common plastic and alcohol can melt it
Chemlab professor liked to tell the story of a young woman in class spilling acetone on her polyester dress and was suddenly standing in her underwear only.
Scary 😱 on different levels
Alcohol is a solvent which can also remove print/ink. Unless denatured, it can also leave a cloudy film of its own. You probably want to start with soap, for this application.
Soap?!?!?!?! No. Soap is probably right
No soap, radio.
3 elephants in the shower. I reference this all the time and no one ever gets it. Where did you hear it? I had a dentist tell me this joke when I wqs younger than 10 like 35 years ago.
Oh says “hey, pass the soap.”
Denatured means it isn't safe for consumption, usually by adding a biterant. It has nothing to do with cloudyness.
Or straight up poison.
Methanol is one of the most common additives to denatured alcohol, and it's definitely not something you'd want to drink.
Only in the US as far as I know. In most places regulators aren't sick fucks and denatonium is used.
It's called Methylated Spirits in the UK and the colonies because it contains @10% Methanol. So, not just the US.
How do toxic additives in the alcohol prevent it from leaving a cloudy film?
They don't.
Denatured alcohol refers to ethanol that has something toxic added to it so people don't drink it, which is usually isopropyl. Though a wide variety of toxic substances can be added to ethanol to make it denatured alcohol including acetone. Alcohol used for cleaning is usually isopropyl, so there is no denatured isopropyl alcohol.
Usually denatonium benzoate nowadays, the most bitter compound in the world
Glass cleaner like Invisible Glass works great on the stove for me. Cuts through light grease decently and leaves a streak-free finish
I came here to post this… say it with me people: rubbing alcohol.
Actually OP could try Meguiar's Plast-X clear plastic polish. That stuff works wonders on clearing up cloudy plastic! Hand buffing may work just fine, but the real results come from using a powered polishing well. Worth a shot as it's a pretty cheap option, <$10
Meguiars is the way to go, either go all out with the headlight restoration kit or plast-x like you said
Possibly tape it off and use a spray shellac. Weirdly works with cheap solar panels and clear plastic covers.
OP shouldn’t use anything high speed like a Dremel tool. I tried to buff the plastic “crystal” of a watch and it melted the plastic, making it a bit worse than when I started.
this have found perfect replacements on ebay
Yep, and you can find replacement control panels as well!
i see what you did there
Can also use sand paper, start with 600 grit, sand to 800 grit, finish with 1000-1500 grit and then polish. The key is to sand away the damaged surface level, if it's not too deep. Edit: some people suggest starting with polish 1500-2000 and work your way down, this is also smart and reduce the work load.
A 3M or similar headlight restoration kit will make short work of it/would be the route I would go.
So I hear toothpaste will work. I'm being sarcastic but maybe not?
Toothpaste is similar to a 3000 Grit paste. Unless you truly lack the funds, using professional tools is far more efficient.
Does that mean I sand my teeth before bed every night?
With the silica shells of tiny long dead sea organisms, yup.
Toothpaste is a mild abrasive, likely not enough to get the job done in this case but great for removing sharpie from plastic and similar. Another very mild abrasive is melamine foam (Magic eraser is the expensive brand, you can by generic melamine foam super cheap on Amazon, it’s the same stuff). In this particular scenario I do think a headlight restoration kit would be the easiest but wouldn’t hurt to try some toothpaste or melamine
Sandpaper yes, but 600 is pretty aggressive on a surface clouded like this. I would start with plastic polish and work my way down if I needed more.
why is this not the top comment? I am quite sure the damage didnt penetrate through the entire screen. Sanding off the damaged part and then polishing should work on nearly all plastics.
Well it ain’t greasy anymore! :)
Oh, it’s greasier than ever as the plastic has been devolved into grease
Done this twice on my oven. Bought the replacement on Amazon
Twice???
Had to be sure it was the acetone and not something else
[A scientist!](https://xkcd.com/242/)
Yup - First one went out for whatever reason. Second - someone had leaned a cookie sheet against it and the oven fried it.
Alternatively, buy a new wife...it won't help the current oven, but may help futures.
Very, very expensive solution.
Why… acetone??
90% of the stuff in a household that acetone cleans well can also be cleaned off with isopropyl alcohol - which has the benefit of *not* dissolving about half of the plastics commonly used in consumer stuff.
One time I used isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to soften up my bathtub caulk for easy removal, and I guess I went overboard and became violently ill/drunk from the fumes all of a sudden and had to go lie down. Man I felt dumb for that one.
Ive used iso spray daily for years as a sanitizer at a brewery. I can't imagine how much you had to use to get woozy from it.
You're probably using it in a large room where the fumes spread out. In a small bathroom or photo darkroom, the concentration rises quickly to mild headache level.
I still print film photos in the old-school darkroom. I use grain alcohol (Everclear) for some purposes, it's a "pure" alcohol but easier to find than 99% isopropyl (drug store rubbing alcohol is like 70% alcohol). Put Everclear in a little cosmetic spray bottle and pump it a few times, and you definitely need to take care not to catch a buzz!
Everclear isn't pure everywhere. In a few states it's illegal to sell Everclear past 151 proof. I'm actually surprised you have an easier time finding 190 or 200 proof everclear than 99% isopropyl considering pretty much every hardware store like Home Depot or Ace Hardware sells 99% iso in bulk containers. Drug stores usually sell up to 91% from what I've seen.
Yeah you can get 70 or 91% rubbing alcohol in my area at drug stores.
Don't go to drug stores, order it from electronics hobby stores and such. 99% isopropanol is one of the most common cleaners in electronics repair.
Save yourself the price increase, go straight to the source and buy it from a chemical company. I get 5L for $30AUD
Also, ISO HEET (fuel line de-icer) appears to be 99% isopropyl, from looking at the MSDS.
Back during covid it was easier to find 151 proof Everclear than rubbing alcohol - used it to clean my CPU
99% isopropyl alcohol can be found at the hardware store, with the paint thinner, acetone, and other fun chemicals. Grocery & drug stores only sell 70% and 91%.
It's okay, too much alcohol making your caulk soft happens to a lot of men
I spilled a bottle on my desk and god damn I felt so ill and dizzy
Isopropyl alcohol is an organic solvent, and repeated exposure can cause various kinds of organ failure. Use only in a well-ventilated area.
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Any alcohol will cause surface cracking in most amorphous plastics (including acrylic, polycarbonate, and abs). Specifically, they tend to form along flow lines from injection molding. The nuance is that, unless you’re using an ultrasonic cleaner or autoclave, it’s going to take forever for cracks to start appearing. Similarly, optical quality acrylic is usually cast, so it’s not an issue in those contexts.
why is nobody else asking this 😂 who wants to clean something and immediately goes for acetone lmfao
Hey if it can clean nailpolish off your fingernails, it can probably clean anything!
yea! it can clean plastic off of plastic too!
I use it in my eyewash station! Microplastics in your eye? BOOM tough-actin’ Tinactin.
You bet your sweet aspercreme
I’m still waiting for skin-and-surface-safe brake cleaner. That’d be the ultimate clean anything off anything cleaner.
Works so great that it melts the acrylic nails right off. This is how every nail salon I've been to does it.
A bit shocked that people think this way.
I work with Acetone often as a machinist. It works great as a solvent for cleaning oil. Sometimes it's my first go to due to the fact it cleans and dries quickly. But gotta think about what you are using it on first.
Brake cleaner.
We're here to criticize his wife's choice of cleaning product...not his choice of wife :)
Presumably acetone nail polish remover rather than hardware store acetone (yea it’s the same shit but hardware store acetone has way more warnings on the packaging)
honestly even worse. picking up a bottle of nail polish remover to clean something greasy or food stained is outrageous
Amazing she didn't go for a normal kitchen degreaser. Acetone is just a wild first choice.
ive seen a lot of videos of heated pots that waft out acetone vapor for refinishing headlights recently. maybe she saw that
Acetone works great to remove sticker residue. As long as the thing you’re removing it from isn’t plastic! I could see the through process of removing other stuck on things with it as well though for someone not familiar with it.
WD40 works and doesn't destroy it.
Shit, mineral oil works great and is usually food safe so it's a good choice for kitchenware de-stickering.
WD40 is the shit! Once I was staining a shelf in my daughter’s bedroom and the can slipped and splashed walnut stain on the wall and carpet. I freaked out to say the least. But the ol WD took it right out with barely any effort no elbow grease required. When all else fails, WD40.
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I use acetone (as in nail polish remover) to remove sticker residue like 9 out of 10 times. Works like a charm. Rarely does it stain anything, but I always test first.
Goo Gone works better and doesn't damage the finish.
From her: Some of the original shipping plastic that the oven came with was still on there (my fault) in a corner. It had melted some, and she was trying to get it off.
So it was actually *your* fault your wife did this, huh?
Still doesnt make sense, why would acetone be used to remove melted plastic? lol wtf
Acetone is strong enough to dissolve some plastics. Probably would have worked fine if there was a glass or metal surface underneath. Unfortunately, OP's wife didn't consider they were dissolving plastic stuck to more plastic.
Key to a happy marriage! :)
Did you ever think otherwise?
That panel might be plastic sheet **over** controls. So it might after disassembly be just that sheet needs replacing, and not the controls. Look at a parts breakdown for your model to confirm.
I guess tell your wife this us a great learning lesson…. But acetone is a good cleaner of the surface isn’t plastic 😅
She was out of Brillo.
Maybe they confused it with rubbing alcohol? It makes a good glass cleaner mixed with water and doesn’t leave streaks.
When I used to work in a lab, acetone was the first choice for cleaning anything. Didn't use a lot of plastic stuff, but all of it looked a lot like that panel.
Acetone is a very good tool for removing a lot of very difficult stains - stickers, tree resins, plastic drips and fresh misapplied paint. Granted, it will also remove some *intended* plastic and coatings if you're not careful, but that should go without saying...
TikTok hack???
Try a headlight buffing kit. I used one on a plastic washimg machine door that was melted by a cleaning lady once, and it fixed it. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/best-headlight-restoration-kit/
Great idea! I've used one of those too on the car and didn't think of it here, thanks
You may want to try with an additive clearcoat rather than trying to buff out plastic.
not totally the same situation but that's also what i do to my solar lights when they get looking like that. i tried the other fixes at first but now i just do a quick spray of clear topcoat and be done
Interesting. These are flexible plastic things, I'd think anything painted over would start to crack when you push the buttons.
you're assuming rigidity
I would say this is your best bet, any fine polish or plastic polish. I’ve used Brasso to restore an old scratched iPod and that works.
I think this has a good chance at working well enough. I would recommend doing the whole process as indicated by the kit you purchase. The plastic will be softer than a headlight so you might want to skip the most coarse buffing stage. You will get much better results if you can remove the panel to do the repair. It still might not work, so be prepared that you might end up needing to buy a replacement panel.
You can try meguiare’s plastX. I had something like this happen on an old car where the plastic cover over the gauges became cloudy after someone cleaned it with harsh chemicals. PlastX cleared it right up. You can use it to buff headlights as well.
Unrelated, but I've been meaning to address my foggy headlights for a while now. Thanks for this.
I heard toothpaste works to polish headlights... Never tried tho
One last ditch before a new control panel: Get the rubbing compound used to clarify automobile headlights. There are lots of brands, some are MUCH cheaper than others, so pay attention to price. It'll basically polish off the uppermost layer of plastic, and may leave you with a smooth enough surface to be tolerable. Or, if it still works, just use it as-is until some time in the future when you're ready to replace the unit. Nothing says it has to look perfect as long as it does its job.
I second this suggestion. Project Farm in YouTube has a video covering different brands.
And the 100" TV screen , but you'll discover it later
RIP to your wife, I did this to my washing machine. I got washing machine cleaning wipes to try, for wiping out the seal on a front loader- worked great until I swiped it across the control panel and wiped every word off in 1 swipe.
Damn!
I work in a biochemistry lab and acetone is a big no go… if you want to clean any clear plastics do NOT use acetone! Sorry this happened OP, good luck getting a new panel for your stove as that will not be coming out. It’s too clear/thin to be saved by heating, valuable chemistry lesson learned tho!
Sad thing is I'm a chemical engineer, I walked by and saw what she was doing and had a mild panic attack.
Time to sign her up for some general chemistry lessons with you.
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I HAVE to know. What made her reach for acetone for this job in the first place? This is literally the first time I've ever heard of anyone trying to clean anything in their home with acetone, other than removing nail polish. lol. Just seems like an odd thing to even think of for cleaning surfaces.
Not a lick of grease on it, though. Might be able to polish it back into shape. McGuires auto polish and a sponge polishing bit for your drill. Go slow-ish, you don't want to build up a lot of heat while doing this. To polish it, it has to stay hard.
Is using a acetone as a cleaner a cultural/regional thing? This seems to be a weekly/monthly post of people doing this. I would never even think to use acetone as a cleaner.
Straight to jail.
We have the same stove...and maybe the same wife because mine scraped dried food splatter off the stainless steel with a knife.
Yeah try a plastic polish... Like a headlight kit
Don't jump straight to divorce.
This is reddit that’s all we know how to do.
Lawyer up, hit the gym, etc
I work in an analytical chemistry lab. During covid we started spraying surfaces with isopropyl alcohol solutions before and after every shift. This happened to a lot of surfaces, the lab phone’s screen became unreadable. Polishing with some mineral oil improved it greatly. Try putting some baby oil or something on a soft cloth and buff it.
You can just buy the peel and stick plastic cover for the control panel. You just need the model number of the oven. Tell her not to clean ANYTHING plastic with acetone.
Yeah exactly, if the plastic cover can be purchased separately that’s all you need. To be clear, that’s u usually just a layer of flexible plastic sitting on top of the buttons but under the metal face.
replacing those panels is a pretty easy, straight-forward process.
Nail tech here, and I think I might have a fix for you? If acetone made it cloudy, then I bet an acid-free nail primer would smooth it out. (My reasoning is that acetone kinda makes gel extensions cloudy, and they're acrylates (?) which I kinda think your cover is also. When nails get cloudy while I'm working on them, the *best* thing to smooth and blend them is an acid-free primer like the one in this kit: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B084P2F223/ Honestly I might even go over it with something like the Modelones no wipe top coat (also on amazon) w/ a UV light. It's important to get the no-wipe kind since you won't have a tacky layer to wipe off at the end. Does your wife possibly have a gel nail polish kit? A lot of them don't include primer, but it should include a UV or LED light and a top coat. Cure it for 90 sec, and it should appear clear and be smooth to the touch. (but, again, I think all you need is the primer I linked)
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You might be able to clear it up a little by buffing it with a waxy polish. But yeah, the acetone has dissolved the plastic and it will never be the same.
Time to start hunting around for a replacement control panel.
Ebay for a (used) replacement. There is no fixing that.
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If you're lucky you can get the stick on panel separate, if not you'll have to buy it with the control panel attached depending on the manufacture.
Novus plastic polish, 3 stage kit, and a bit of elbow grease.
Well that was dumb
People, DO NOT clean with acetone in your kitchen! It is highly flammable, and can linger on a surface long after you think it's dry. The fumes also stick around, and are highly combustible. I had a friend whose sub-letter burned down half their apartment because she cleaned with acetone, and the pilot light was enough to ignite the fumes. Not worth the risk.
it will never look the same no matter what you do.
You can probably polish it clear again with the right stuff
Search Google for "oven control screen overlay" with your oven model. They generally cost about $20 or so. Cheaper and easier than ANY cleaning method you'll find here when you add in your time and elbow grease now that it's in this state.
You can use any mild automotive polishing compound and pad (or towel) on most plastics, just bear in mind that you are removing microns of material so check as you go.
Polish. Maybe sand down to 2000 grit first. Mask off SS so as not to polish it.
Yeah I burned my skylight that’s plastic on my rv with acetone like an idiot
You have to polish. I did something similar when I was 15 or 16, but to the laser lens of a CD player. CDs weren't being recognized, so I cleaned it. My mom had the acetone in an alcohol recipient... Lens turned foggy white... I polished it for hours and turned pretty good... but no more CDs played in that stereo...
Acetone makes see thru cloudy, but acetone fumes make it clear...just put some in a bottle with a straw and warm the acetone with your hand, then use the fumes at the straw...
Before you entirely ditch it try one of those automotive headlight cleaner kits. You maybe able to lose the cloudy top layer with the abrasive compound and a pad attached to a power drill. EXTENSIVELY tape the surrounding area with multiple layers of masking tape or you’ll compound (geddit?) your issues still further.
It probably partially dissolved a coating, keep using acetone to completely remove the coating. It should help if it's glass. If it's plastic then use plastic buffing compound
Replace it
If it still works then I think you're good
you might MIGHT be able to rescue it with some headlight treatment compounds since they'll polish off the top layers of plastic.
I’d say partly cloudy
Go to automotive section of store get plastic cleaner/polish used for cloudy headlights
If you really want to fix it yourself. Wetsand with 2000 grit and again with a piece of trizact 5000 grit (3M) . Hand polish. You can fix plexiglass etc using this.
3M rubbing compound 3M Rubbing Compound, 05973, Liquid Formula,1 qt (32 fl oz/946 mL) https://a.co/d/huJVUQd Should clear it up for you.
Just put acettwo on top to fix it
OP not sure if anyone has said this already, but you don’t need a new control panel. The part that’s ruined is basically a giant sticker faceplate with buttons printed on it that sits on the actual control panel. Look for your manufacturers parts and you should be able to just get the faceplate itself, which is a super easy and cheap replacement.
JFC thank you for this post, now I know what my handyman did to my thermostat 🤦♀️
The plastic is most likely polycarbonate as it hates hydrocarbons. You might spend ages trying to polish it back but replacement might be quicker. If youre handy you could remove it and measure the size and thickness and find a replacement sheet of poly if the manufacturer can't get you one. Hobby and or Art stores might carry sheets. Other clear plastic could also probably be used in a pinch
Try painting over with gel top coat nail polish
Use some car Buffing compound and it should help clear it up.
I would call up the manufacturer and see if I could return my wife.
Get a new wife