reallly a stretch- help Heloise!

[priszilla]

it is kind of chicken related. I buy dishes to feed my chicks from - straight sided ,ceramic or glass not too deep- from Goodwill type stores. When I was in one the other day I was talkign to an employee about how wxpensive some little white nondescript little bowls were- and she explained how Martha Stewart made them popular ( Fireside brand) again and that they were $$$ in antique stores so they had been pricing them higher. Well at another store I scored a casserole dish of that brand for a chicken feeder for a big pen of chicks- but now am thinking hmmm if I clean it up a bit maybe I can have more chicken money to spend ( I scrimp on feeders etc- but not on feed or birds) so if anyone has nay ideas on how to clean old gunk off bakeware- I am all ears-- or eyes -LOL

 

[MaineChickens]

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.

 

[Parson's Wife]

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.

 

[SpottedCrow]

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

 

[priszilla]

thanks- I send everything through the dishwasher- if it doesn't get clean the first time it gets to ride again-lol.I am not good this kind of stuff-

 

[mangled]

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

 

[dlhunicorn]

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.

 

[mangled]

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

 

[GlacierNan]

Moisten a little DE and rub on it.

 

[LynneP]

Toothpaste works too!