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Post by mach12 on Jan 8, 2015 14:45:37 GMT -5
Chuckie, I have a pot like that and am about to test it with the stuff my friend recommended. The pot was in a pile of donations a thrift shop got in and it's so bad that they were going to toss it. I have no idea what was burned into it but it's bad and DPD wouldn't even touch it. He says that if all else fails, the standby in the old days was paint remover, though I haven't tried that - yet. If the commercial cleaner doesn't do the trick then I'm going to dab some on the burn and see what happens, though to me that would be a last-resort option. Nasty stuff and is listed by OSHA as a hazardous chemical.
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Post by nana on Jan 8, 2015 19:58:06 GMT -5
My mom's friend spent two weeks at my parent's cabin by a lake, and in that time she scrubbed all the coating off a nonstick pan my mom had. She was an old fashioned lady from Russia and had never seen a non stick surface before, and thought the black was something she had done. She couldn't bear the thought of ruining my mom's pan, so the poor woman worked and worked at it with God knows what and probably a box or two of Brillo pads until it was nice and shiny. We think of Mrs. Yakimovich every time we use that pan.
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Post by Chuckie on Jan 8, 2015 22:58:04 GMT -5
Chuckie, I have a pot like that and am about to test it with the stuff my friend recommended. The pot was in a pile of donations a thrift shop got in and it's so bad that they were going to toss it. I have no idea what was burned into it but it's bad and DPD wouldn't even touch it. He says that if all else fails, the standby in the old days was paint remover, though I haven't tried that - yet. If the commercial cleaner doesn't do the trick then I'm going to dab some on the burn and see what happens, though to me that would be a last-resort option. Nasty stuff and is listed by OSHA as a hazardous chemical. Methinks the trick is to clean it IMMEDIATELY after you burn something in it. I have a midsized estate sale pot (old post somewhere on here: chamberscommune.proboards.com/thread/2287/estate-sale-find). ANYHOW, once we were boiling spuds in the thermowell to make into mashed potatoes later on in said pot. The timer went off after 20 minutes, no steam coming from the well, and I couldn't hear them boiling. Well, says I to meself, "let it go a few more minutes"--w/o turning on the radio like I ALWAYS DO WHEN SOMETHING IS IN THE WELL SO I DON'T FORGET IT!! ...and then we left the house...
An hour or so later, we came home. The pot had boiled dry, and the bottom approx. 2" of potatoes were DONE FOR. Thank GOODNESS it had NOT started to "smoke", so guess all the moisture wasn't outta the potatoes--YET. Once I salvaged the good spuds from the top & scooped out the bottom (burnt) part, the pan looked EXACTLY like the burned-on-crud 1/3 pot. Well, I IMMEDIATELY put it on to soak, w/just a little dish soap, figuring it was done for. I scooped out the big burned-on chunks the next day & scrubbed it w/a scruffy pad--SOME improvement. I then dampened it, sprinkled Bartender's Friend on, let it set and used an SOS pad on it, and OMG, it was cleaner than ORIGINAL!!! And I had COPIOUS amounts of DPD around, & never THOUGHT to use it!! (refer back to leaving burner on as to "why"!) Again, methinks the trick is to attend to it IMMEDIATELY after it happens--or @ least that's the way it worked for MOI!! {editors note/update: referring back to ORIGINAL POST, maybe I DID use DPD when I scrubbed it day #2!! I reiterate, of all the things I've lost over the years, I miss my MIND the MOST!!}
And mach12, as for using the 'paint remover', uhhhhhhhhh, I (personally) don't think after that application that I'd use an aluminum pot for anything more than a pop top can meself for fear of......
CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by chipperhiker on Jan 8, 2015 23:30:05 GMT -5
Well, then my single kelttle may already be as good as it will ever be again. I can live with that, but I still feel badly, since it was in beautiful shape before my little "incident." Live and learn. Now I know I can never, never, ever walk away from popcorn. My short-term memory can be shockingly bad sometimes.
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Post by Chuckie on Jan 9, 2015 0:08:31 GMT -5
Well, then my single kelttle may already be as good as it will ever be again. I can live with that, but I still feel badly, since it was in beautiful shape before my little "incident." Live and learn. Now I know I can never, never, ever walk away from popcorn. My short-term memory can be shockingly bad sometimes. Chipper--use our trick--turn on a radio in the kitchen or something that you normally NEVER use. That way, when you're gonna leave the house--us feeble minded folks often play through our heads "okay, the dogs are outside, the dishwasher is on, but what is that NOISE?!! OMG, thank GOD I left the radio on in the KITCHEN, or I'd of FORGOT I turned the well on"!!!!!! divecchio said they ALWAYS have a radio on, so I suggested turn on a bedroom TV LOUDLY or something else so you R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R that "something" needs tended to. At least that works for US two "fifty-plussers"!! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by wizardoftrance on Jan 11, 2015 0:09:19 GMT -5
Being the new guy here, I don't know much about things... but if this DPD was THAT good... and had the following that something THAT good would have had, there is only one reason it would be removed from the shelves... I would bet that it was discovered that it was also doing something BAD. This was posted on "the other site"--a gal wrote Dawn, as she couldn't find DPD: "I'm sorry you're unable to locate the Dawn Power Dissolver. However, this product has been discontinued and it’s no longer available. Generally, decisions to start or stop making products are based on consumer demand, so feedback like yours is extremely valuable. Please be assured I'm sharing your disappointment with the rest of our team.
We're glad to hear how satisfied you were with this product. Since the product you loved is gone, you may want to try the Dawn Platinum Erasing Dish Foam. I think you’ll really like it.
In addition, we appreciate your feedback about our website. Please be assured I’m sharing your comments with our webmaster.
Thanks for your continued support."And here's a link to post an email bitchin'! Maybe with enough (as in ONSLAUGHT!) of emails they'll bring it back!! www.dawn-dish.com/us/dawn/supportSo click the link, get on your keyboards, and voice your objections!!! CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by vaporvac on Jan 11, 2015 0:26:32 GMT -5
Hi WOT. It's still manufactured, just under the Dawn Grill Cleaner name which is only available seasonally. When we called P&G, they said sales weren't good enough. I guess only Chambers' folks were buying it. It was always with the dish washing detergent instead of with heavy-duty cleaners or oven cleaner so easy to miss. They said they considered the Foaming Dawn Cleaner a substitute, although admitted not quite as good.
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Post by mach12 on Jan 11, 2015 1:04:47 GMT -5
Being the new guy here, I don't know much about things... but if this DPD was THAT good... and had the following that something THAT good would have had, there is only one reason it would be removed from the shelves... I would bet that it was discovered that it was also doing something BAD. I wrote to Dawn and asked them just that and they sidestepped the issue, which in my mind pretty much confirms it. They came back with a list of three products, their regular Dawn detergent, their soaking detergent, and their dish detergent foam. None of them will even touch Dawn Power Dissolver. I pulled the MSDS on each of them and none are even close to DPD either. When I get the time I'd like to research the chemicals in DPD and see which may have been banned or restricted but don't have enough hours in my days lately.
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Post by wizardoftrance on Jul 3, 2015 11:53:22 GMT -5
I have posted elsewhere that "Fast Orange" hand cleaner is a wonderful gunk remover and made cleaning my stove very easy.
It has pumice in it that provides that extra umph when you need it yet it doesn't scratch (at least I haven't found any scratches yet after using it.)
Thought I would pass the word.
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