Cleaning burnt saucepans

neilnruth · Guru

Cleaning burnt saucepans

Bunkerbob · Senior Member

Used to work a long time ago in the Prawn industry as a deckhand. When the cook burnt the pans or pots, regularly I might add, we used to pop the pans into a small net called a shot net. It looked like a regular fishing net but really small. This was lowered to the sea floor and dragged behind the boat for about 10 minutes. By counting the prawns that were in the net after 10 minutes we could judge how many should be in the big nets after 3 hours. The pots and pans used to come out sparkling clean, no burn marks, no paint, no teflon, just bare metal.

Bob

neilnruth · Guru

Hmmm. Can't find my boat to do it that way!

GaryKelly · Guru

If a little bleach in water cleans tea and coffee stains from plastic/earthenware mugs. would it also clean burnt saucepans? Anyone tried it?

hako · Guru

No way Gary, the bleach will turn the aluminium black - it reacts and oxidises the surface of the aluminium. Steel wool is the go.
Regards

GaryKelly · Guru

Thanks, Hako. Glad I asked.

brian · Guru

hako wrote:
No way Gary, the bleach will turn the aluminium black - it reacts and oxidises the surface of the aluminium. Steel wool is the go.
Regards

Golly...Still using Aluminium cookware? I suggest you do some research on the subject.

The sale of it has been banned in many European countries due its links with Alzheimers

oldbobsbus · Guru

brian wrote:
hako wrote:
No way Gary, the bleach will turn the aluminium black - it reacts and oxidises the surface of the aluminium. Steel wool is the go.
Regards
Golly...Still using Aluminium cookware? I suggest you do some research on the subject.
The sale of it has been banned in many European countries due its links with Alzheimers

Probably linked to global warming too.....

Don't eat salt,sugar,water,red meat, dairy, alcohol etc etc the list is a mile long..

now we cant even cook in aluminum pans Shhhhhh how come we are all still alive ??????

Cupie · Guru

oldbobsbus wrote:
brian wrote:
hako wrote:
No way Gary, the bleach will turn the aluminium black - it reacts and oxidises the surface of the aluminium. Steel wool is the go.
Regards
Golly...Still using Aluminium cookware? I suggest you do some research on the subject.
The sale of it has been banned in many European countries due its links with Alzheimers
Probably linked to global warming too.....
Don't eat salt,sugar,water,red meat, dairy, alcohol etc etc the list is a mile long..
now we cant even cook in aluminum pans Shhhhhh how come we are all still alive ??????

Don't know about aluminium, but using cast iron regularly is not good for Hemochromatosis ... the say. (Iron overload disorder)

Seems like an outbreak in South Africa black population was traced back to their use of cast iron pots for all cooking & brewing of beer.

So there you go, all of you lot using camp ovens.

Sheba · Guru

The Aliminium/Alzheimers link was made at least as far back as the early to mid-60s' . I haven't used Aluminium since then.

Also only use Crystal Deoderant for the same reason. Haven't checked any recently, but most Deoderants used to contain Aluminium.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Kooroorinya Kelpie · Senior Member

Hi all. For burnt saucepans/pots shot blasting is the go, No4 shot at 25metres and if its not clean another barrel at 20 metres until its clean and, hopefully, still watertight. and Sheba you have to try the new deodorant.no aluminium but it makes you invisible and leaves everyone to wonder where the smell's coming from. Cheers.

neilnruth · Guru

No one said the saucepans were aluminium. I burnt a stainless steel one and Gary didn't say his was aluminium.

oldbobsbus said....'Don't eat salt,sugar,water,red meat, dairy, alcohol etc etc the list is a mile long..'

As far as food conundrums - read the other day that grapes are a no. 1 'no-no' for diabetics. Too much sugar. Same day I read how good grapeskins were for our health. So do we peel the grape and eat only the skin now?
I say all things in moderation.

fridaydog · Member

Hi NeilnRuth
Yes, including moderation.
Graham