On 05/12/2011 11:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
stuart noble wrote:
On 05/12/2011 11:19, NT wrote:
On Dec 5, 10:32 am, The Natural
wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:
What exactly has carbonised?
If its the non stick itself then you are stuffed.

IME nothing takes hard carbon off anything except abrasion.

Which is why I do not use non stick pans any more..the average life is
about 1 week. Until they get crapped up beyond the power to remove the
crap without destroying the non stick.

Brian

Nothing removes it completely, but it is possible to remove some of it
IME. When non-stick comes out of the dishwasher still hot, the crud is
softened, and careful scraping with a fingernail slowly removes it -
too slowly to remove a lot each time. I've not found any other type of
scraper works.


NT

Leave the pan in soak for an hour. The lifespan of ours is 5 years

I sioked some smoke damaged china for a week in every household chemical
known to man.

In the end it was down to abrasive pads..

The most abrasive thing I ever use on non-stick is a nylon brush
(Vileda, not cheap but very long lasting). Curious that baked on animal
fats are easier to remove than veggie oil.