reallly a stretch- help Heloise!

I am thinking you mean those pesky brown speckles that appear over time?

Well, an oven cleaner will strip them off, but I don't like chemicals like that. Causes me respiratory distress.

Elbow grease works, but I'd try salt and lemon. Cut a lemon, dip it in salt and scrub. It should get rid of it.

 

SOS pads work great for me, they also have oven cleaners that are supposed to be good for the enviroment & you, I bought one, it was citrus...didn't work great, but ok.

 

The oven cleaners kill me with the asthma...I can't use them...

 

SOS pads work wonders. I'm a yard sale freak, so most of the old Pyrex dishes I get are just like that.

If you can't get that old junk off with a straight SOS pad and hot water, give them a soak in some HOT water with a good dose of Soft Scrub with bleach for a half hour, then scrub with the SOS, then repeat the process until it's gone.

Some of the really bad old dishes I've picked up for a quarter, especially old pie dishes, turn out looking like new.

Good luck -
Em

 

I would not use sos pads on ceramic as it will damage the glaze. Do not use bleach... I would suggest you look at cleaners for (porcelain) floor tiles which will remove the hardened gunk without damaging the glazure. For any staining once that is removed use a denture tablet.

 

I've had luck with both, and haven't had troubles with the glaze being damaged on any ceramics. Maybe it's the amount of pressure you apply, but honestly, I do it all the time.

Em

 

Moisten a little DE and rub on it.

 

Toothpaste works too!