How to Make a Synthetic Diamond

Step 4 Setup (i.e. clean) the Microwave Oven

I didn't really tell my wife what I was up to. (It is, after all, a surprise.) But when she saw that it involved our microwave, her response was, "please don't burn the house down."

I assured her it wouldn't, and that I'd need to clean the microwave before my "experiment." This ended her objections.

So, while the oil was soaking into the graphite, I cleaned the microwave. The sites I'd read from others folks doing this insisted that a clean microwave would yield better results. Maybe, maybe not, but it sure looks better.

Comments

[wombat12]

lol

[itsalladream]

I guess a dirty microwave could introduce impurities. ;)

[mrcrumley]

Yes. But the main advantage to a clean one is that your wife will have less objections.