Repair of rust hole in microwave oven

[andycad]

I've just managed to mend a hole about 1 cm diameter using a patch cut from the lid of a can. I tried soldering it, but had to use Araldite. It seems to be a good repair - does anyone know any reason why it shouldn't be safe?

 

[Steve]

If a microwave is rusting, throw it away. I'll bet it was a £30 jobby from Tesco or Woolies.

Araldite

 

[andycad]

an easy, but not very helpful answer. I could replace it but it could inevitably end up being used by someone else, so I'm not just asking on my own behalf!.
Incidentally it's an LG 800w 'Multiwave'.

 

[Leccy758]

Not a good way to repair a hole in a microwave cavity. Apart from the possibility of fumes or food contamination being produced by the araldite heating up and reacting with the food, why has the cavity corroded and is it going to go elsewhere allowing microwave energy to leak out either to atmoshphere or or onto other componants.

Having seen microwave ovens catching fire, parts melting, explosions from just not being cleaned correctly to do a repair like this on a cheaply built machine is not good and I very much doubt you would get any engineer to say it is ok to use.

Bodge repairs on microwaves are a no no as the things are dangerous.

 

[andycad]

It failed the acid test unfortunately. Testing with a small quantity of food made the microwaves attack the Araldite and made it a gooey mess. I suppose it would have had to have been welded, so have scrapped it. Thanks for the replies.