how do you clean old aluminium pots?
say...a tea kettle. looks kinda nasty inside. black crud in the metal and showing some decay. somehow I remember my grandparents telling of boiling it with some powder or concoction.
anyone know?
any of you campers with alloy stuff know what I mean too?
anyone know?
any of you campers with alloy stuff know what I mean too?
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I just tell my wife to clean them. Don 0 -
Got 2 Dishwashers..if one fails let the other one try. 0 -
I toss them into the burn barrel or recycle bin and go get a new one. It is the American way. 0 -
I run vinegar through my pots, coffee makers, etc. 0 -
Aluminum Cleaner 
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I know oven cleaner does wonders for cookie sheets. I don't know if that would work or not??? If you spray it be careful of the fumes......oven cleaner will make you feel like you need to call 911 if you get a little whiff of it. 0 -
Nope.....don't do that. I just looked it up and it says oven cleaner will DISSOLVE aluminum So, that is a bad idea. 0 -
Do you have some good red clay dirt? 0 -
I use oven cleaner on the bottoms of my old pans. Maybe it would work. 0 -
In a more serious manner I have cleaned aluminum pans with a air powered sanding disk with great success. I have a couple of very heavy aluminum pans that were in bad shape with one having burned on food residue (a story for a different time). I used a air grinder with increasing grits on the pan and it turned out as good as new. The 3M flex disks, ones used for automotive applications did the trick. They are basically Scotch Brite pads with a quick change base that really can fix your pans back to like new. Do you have a die grinder? 0 -
In a smelter.... 0 -
elbow grease always worked for me 0 -
Every year Thanksgiving and Christmas we fry a turkey in a huge AL pot and every year a thick brown & black residue remains
on the bottom. I pour in 1 full cup of powder laundry detergent and add enough water to cover it and keep wet. Let sit overnight and
hose it out. Looks like new.0 -
bobski wrote:say...a tea kettle. looks kinda nasty inside. black crud in the metal and showing some decay. somehow I remember my grandparents telling of boiling it with some powder or concoction.
anyone know?
any of you campers with alloy stuff know what I mean too?
"Get in that kitchen and move those elbows, Mildred, or no 'Matlock' for you tonight!"0 -
cream of tarter works well for cleaning aluminum 0 -
im remembering the vinegar trick. btw...crud is on (inside) not outside. 0 -
clean em with a caustic chemical of some kind ..isn't aluminum one of the main american vitamins now ?????????..... 0 -
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I hear a #12 lb ax works great if you scrape it correctly !!! 0 -
Make a thin paste by mixing potassium hydrogen tartrate and dilute acetic acid. Let it soak a while, rinse off with water.
If you can't find those, try cream of tartar powder mixed with white vinegar.0 -
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If I was to clean aluminium (cook wear) ? Im NOT cause I use 'cast iron' : Aluminium is A useless pain in the AZZ !!!
I would use a Sand-Blaster !!!!
Scrap it & carry on !!!!!!
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WearyTraveler wrote:In a smelter....
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Me? I wouldn't!!! Aluminum being so soft and pourus I would use nothing other than soap and water,and thorough rinse. Anything that goes on aluminum,goes into aluminum. And will leach back out. No thanks,toss it and buy something new. JMHO YMMV 0
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