Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?
Thanks for
reading Steve

On 21 Nov, 17:30, devonsteve wrote:
Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) *Is it possible to make it
shine again ?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks for
reading * * *

Boil up some rhubarb in it.

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Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?

Scouring pad and baking soda may be worth a try.

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Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?

Scouring pad and baking soda may be worth a try.


I'd use a stainless scourer after a long soak. If it's really bad, a wire
brush on a drill will nicely polish stainless. Stainless is extremely hard!

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:24 -0000, "Fred" wrote:


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Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?

Scouring pad and baking soda may be worth a try.


I'd use a stainless scourer after a long soak. If it's really bad, a wire
brush on a drill will nicely polish stainless. Stainless is extremely hard!


IME it slowly gets better on it's own.

Derek

devonsteve wrote:

Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?
Thanks for
reading Steve

A copper scourer is the thing of choice for most types of muck on SS
Better not to use a steel one, that would scratch the SS and ruin any
chance of shine.


NT

On 21 Nov, 17:30, devonsteve wrote:
Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) *Is it possible to make it
shine again ?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks for
reading * * * *Steve

Barkeeper's Friend is fantastic for cleaning anything made of
stainless steel.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homecre-Home.../dp/B000TAW5TA
It seems to do something chemical to the steel and requires just a
quick wipe with virtually no elbow grease at all. I've never used it
for the sort of blackening you're describing, but it must be worth a
go. Don't pay Amazon's price though.

Cheers!

Martin

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:24 -0000, "Fred" wrote:


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I'd use a stainless scourer after a long soak. If it's really bad, a wire
brush on a drill will nicely polish stainless. Stainless is extremely
hard!


IME it slowly gets better on it's own.


Now that's my kind of DIY


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devonsteve wrote:
Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?
Thanks for
reading Steve

Many, many years ago, I left a pan on a very low gas burner. IIRC I
found it on return from work (i.e. something like 24hrs after turning it
on). It contained a piece of porous charcoal. Which was quite impressive
as it had started out full of soup.

Anyway, all I did was clean it with normal things (maybe Cif or similar
and washing up liquid) - and use it. A decade later it was still in use
and quite decent looking.

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On 21 Nov, 17:30, devonsteve wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,

Barkeeper's Friend, which is oxalic acid as a white powder. Same stuff
as rhubarb, but easier to work with. If you are using rhubarb though,
leaves are better than stems and remember that it's quite toxic stuff.

Otherwise scrubbing with such things as a Garryflex block (abrasive
grit in rubber). Then for kitchen use, passivate again afterwards to
avoid future staining. Use 15% citric acid solution (homebrew shop).

devonsteve writes:

Hi Can anyone tell me how to clean blackened stainless steel pans ,
the pan is clean but the steel has gone black in areas , inside and
out. (presume her indoors let it boil dry!) Is it possible to make it
shine again ?

Depending on what the black is, you might have some success
with boiling a really concentrated solution of dishwasher
powder in it. You might find you need something else, but
if you already have dishwasher powder, it's minimal effor to
try this (it has worked for me, though not on every type of
blackening). Harder to do on the outside, though.

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Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2008-04-26)