How to clean the pan outside and inside - 8 simple ways for difficult cases

Sometimes the dishes lose their beauty and brilliance as a result of long-term operation, and sometimes it happens that cleaning is needed because of our carelessness — when the pan is burnt and the bottom is covered with a smoke that cannot be washed in an ordinary way.

• As a rule, before cleaning a burnt, old or just a very dirty pan, we soak it in a soap solution, and then we try to wash it with brushes and hard sponges. Often this procedure solves the problem. But what to do in particularly difficult cases, when soaking does not help or when you just want to deal with your routine as quickly as possible? In this article, you will learn 8 tricks on how to clean pots as quickly as possible and with minimal effort with tools and special tools.

Before you start working, try to understand what material your pan is made of. After all, metals react differently to cleaning products. So, salt is harmful for stainless steel, acid is for enamel, soda is for aluminum, any abrasives are harmful for all types of non-stick coatings. More information about the rules of care for pans, depending on the type of material, read the end of the article.

Method 1. First aid for a dirty / burnt pan - boiling with soapy water

This simple but effective method is often sufficient to remove most low and moderate contaminants.

1. Fill the pot with hot water and add a few drops of dishwashing liquid to it. Then put the utensils on the stove and bring the solution to a boil.

2. Cook the soap solution over low heat for another 15 minutes or more (depending on the amount of soot).
3. Use the spatula to scrape the remaining carbon from the pan. And what remains on the walls and bottom, wipe the hard side of the sponge.

Method 2. How to clean the pan with soda and vinegar

This simple, but working method is suitable for cleaning all types of pots (enamelled, cast iron, teflon and steel), but is NOT suitable for washing aluminum cookware without a non-stick coating or enamel.

Instruction:

1. Dilute the water and 9% vinegar in a 1: 1 ratio in a dirty saucepan so that the solution covers the contaminants, then bring it to a boil.
2. Remove the boiled solution from the heat (!) And add 2-3 tablespoons of soda to it - the mixture should foam and hiss! Let it stand for another 10-20 minutes (you can put it on low fire again). As the burner softens, scrape it off with a spatula.

3. Wash and rinse the pan in the usual way.

Tips:

• It is important to remove the pan from the heat as soon as the vinegar boils and then add the soda. If this is not done, then along with the dishes have to wash the stove. At the same time, do not hesitate with the addition of soda.
• Soda and vinegar work great and separately.
• Strengthen soda-vinegar solution can be added to it a third bar of soap (72%).
• Local pollution can be rubbed with a hard sponge with soda paste (soda + water in a 1: 1 ratio).
• Stable carbon and grease outside and inside can be removed by boiling the pan for 30-120 minutes in a large container.

Method 3: How to clean burnt or very old pots

This Soviet trick with soap and silicate glue is suitable for the most neglected cases when the pan is covered with multi-layered black soot and grease inside and outside.

You will need: At 4 liters of water will need households. soap 72% (1/3 or ½ bar), 1 cup of silicate glue. Also prepare a medium grater and a large saucepan or metal bucket (for example, a 10-liter).

Instruction:

1. Immerse the dirty pot in a larger bucket / pot, fill it with water and bring to a boil.
2. While the water is warming, rub the soap on a medium grater.
3. Add soap chips, silicate glue, and soda (optional) to boiled water.

4. Boil the mixture for 30 minutes or more, depending on the degree of soiling, then wash the dishes as usual. Black burner and fat bloom easily go away.

Tip: to enhance the effect, baking soda or soda ash can be added to the solution at the rate of 1/3 package per 4 liters of water (except for aluminum pots without coating).

Method 4. How to clean the pan from fat and scale with salt

The best way to clean the cast iron pot or cauldron, as well as enamel utensils - with the help of salt. She perfectly absorbs fat. In addition, being a soft abrasive, well cleans and burns.

1. Put a few handfuls of salt on the bottom (the more fat there is, the more salt you need to use) and rub it with a paper towel with a few drops of dishwashing liquid.
2. Just rinse the pan under water (dishwashing liquid can not be used).

Tips:

• It is better to clean burnt cast iron pan with coarse coarse salt.
• Any pan, except for steel, can be easily cleaned of scale and scale, boiling in it a steep brine (for 1 liter of water 5-6 tablespoons of salt) 30-40 minutes on low heat.

Method 5. How to clean the burned pan with vinegar

Vinegar - a powerful tool against burns and limescale. However, it is undesirable to use it for cleaning the enameled pan.

Instruction:

1. Fill the bottom of the pot with vinegar (9%) and let it stand for 1-3 hours. As the burner softens, gently scrape it off with a spatula. You can reduce the smell of vinegar by wrapping the pan in a bag or wrapping it in plastic wrap. And, of course, do not forget to open the window!
2. Wash the dishes in the usual way.

Method 6. Cleaning with citric acid

If the vinegar was not at home, clean the burnt pot or lime-lime dishes with citric acid. As citric acid vinegar is contraindicated for enamelware.

Instruction:

1. To clean the pan, boil water in it (you don’t need much, as long as the water covers the fumes), add 2 tbsp. spoon of citric acid and boil the resulting solution for another 15 minutes.
2. As the burner softens, scrape it off with a spatula. Finally, wash the burnt bottom in the usual way.

Method 7. How to clean the pan from carbon and grease using grease removers

Special fat removers help out in the most hopeless cases when you need to wash very old and burnt pans with minimal effort. It is important to carry out cleaning with rubber gloves and with the windows open, and after that - thoroughly wash off the remains of the product itself. Keep in mind that most grease removers are contraindicated for washing aluminum and teflon pans.

• Here are some super-effective tools: Schumann (Bugs), Oven Cleaner (Amway), Chister, Sparkling Kazan, Giant (Bugs).

General instructions:

1. Treat problem areas with a means inside the pan or outside.
2. Pack the pan in a bag or wrap it in plastic wrap (!) - this trick will reduce the spread of caustic odor in the apartment. Let the tool work for 10-40 minutes.
3. Wash the dishes as usual, then rinse them thoroughly several times.

Tip:

• To be safe, the chemical residues inside the pan can be removed with vinegar (9%).
• If you have children or pets, it is better to use the Amway Oven Cleaner (oven cleaner). It is sold only through the company's online store and dealers, it is quite expensive, but it acts more efficiently and faster than its counterparts, is economically consumed, and most importantly, it hardly smells.

Method 8. How to clean the pan "Belize" or other chlorine bleach

Perfectly cleans the pots and the usual "White" or any other of its counterparts.

Instruction:

1. Fill the pot with water and add the Whiteness to it at the rate of 1 tablespoon / 3 liters of water (approximately).
2. Bring the resulting solution to a boil and cook for another 15-30 minutes.
3. After boiling, wash the pan in the usual way, and then boil the dishes again with clean water to completely remove the residual bleach.
4. For fidelity, you can wipe the pan inside with vinegar.

Contraindications and recommendations for washing different types of saucepans

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	Stainless Steel Casserole	Enamelware	Cast Iron Pan / Cauldron	Aluminum cookware WITHOUT non-stick coating	Teflon pan (dishes with any non-stick coating)
Contraindications	Does not tolerate the use of salt (the pan can darken and lose luster)	Acids and hard abrasives are contraindicated	You can not soak for a long time, otherwise the dishes may rust. For the same reason, cast-iron cauldrons and pans cannot be washed in the dishwasher.	Do not use soda to clean aluminum cookware, use alkali based products - this can be harmful for both utensils and humans. It is not advisable to wash the aluminum pan in the dishwasher.	Abrasive products (including soda), hard brushes and sponges and even more so scrapers are unacceptable
Recommendations	Return shine stainless steel pot can be special cleaners for utensils stainless steel	It is good to use vinegar or salt - they can remove the dark bloom or burnout inside the dishes	Nagar, grease and rust from a cast-iron pan are easily removed with salt	Make good use of ammonia based alcohol, special detergents for cleaning porcelain or glassware.	Manufacturers recommend cleaning non-stick saucepans with a method of boiling a soap solution for 20 minutes.

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