How to clean a burnt enamel pan

Any housewife in the house has a large number of dishes. It just so happened that the most popular and beloved is enameled. Outwardly, she is very beautiful, and affordable for everyone, without exception. But there is one caveat - enameled dishes require delicate care, because enamel can be very easily damaged and spoiled.

It happens that you are distracted by something during the cooking process, and the pan remains on the stove with jam or milk porridge. As a result, everything boils away, begins to no longer cook, but fry, forming a “beautiful” carbon deposit. To cope with it efficiently and quickly, without harming the enamel coating - this is the main task. After all, throwing out a pan every time is also not an option.

Household cleaning methods

In order to clean your favorite pan, it is not necessary to spend money on expensive means, because you can do this with improvised means that can be found in every kitchen.

1. Cleaning with salt. When the pan is burnt, you must wait for it to cool completely. Then pour five tablespoons of salt to the bottom and leave for three hours. After time, it remains only to wash with hot water. If carbon deposits are not behind the enamel, then you can try boiling with saline: pour the same amount of salt with water and boil for about an hour.
2. Activated carbon. To get rid of carbon deposits, take one pack of tablets (can be bought at any pharmacy), grind into powder and pour them with carbon in a saucepan. After an hour, fill with water (always cold) and leave for another 70-80 minutes. The enamel coating is then easily washed off.
3. One of the easiest ways is acid cleaning (vinegar, lemon juice, citric acid). It is necessary to pour acid into the pan, cover and leave for three hours. Now you can wash.
4. Soap solution. If the pan is not very burnt, then you can just boil it with a soapy solution for about 40 minutes. Add liquid soap to hot water.
5. Serum. Pour the serum a couple of centimeters above the carbon deposit and leave for a day. After that, you can wash the pan in the usual way.
6. Soda. Make a soda solution: add about six tablespoons to water and leave overnight. Boil for an hour in the morning.

In order to find your ideal cleaning method, you may need to try a few. After all, the degree of soot can be different and the time and complexity of its elimination already depend on this.

Modern way

Enamel can also be cleaned using food. This method is in demand mainly among young housewives who want to experiment.

1. Sparkling water. Many have already heard about the properties of a carbonated drink like Coca-Cola: it is not only sweet and tasty water, but also an excellent cleaning agent that removes scale, deposits, carbon deposits, etc. Pour Cola into a saucepan and leave for an hour. If the pollution is very strong, then you can boil for half an hour.
2. Fruits and vegetables. Finely chop the sour apple, pear or onion. Spread evenly on the bottom and fill with water. Boil for about an hour.
3. Coffee. Take coffee grounds (preferably from natural coffee) and apply on the soot. Leave it under the closed lid for three hours.
4. Mustard. Dilute the mustard powder to the state of slurry, cover the place of soot and leave overnight. Wash the pan the next morning.

To the above, you can add another proven and good way to clean - boiling in a paste. You will need a pan more than the one that is burnt.It will be necessary to pour water into it, pour out half a pack of soda and a tube of silicate glue. Boil the resulting mixture, and then immerse in it the burnt enameled dishes. "Cook" for about half an hour. Nagar should be washed well.

Cold carbon removal

We all once had to tear gum from our clothes. The most popular way is to send your favorite item to the freezer. In the case of soot cold also should not be neglected. Place the enamel pan in the freezer for two hours. Then, under running cold water, remove carbon deposits.

If after removing carbon deposits there are ugly dark spots, then generously grease the sponge with vodka or alcohol and wipe these places. After this procedure, the pan should shine again.

Also, for cleaning, you can use special products designed specifically for enameled dishes, but, as a rule, they are always expensive and some are not very effective.

It is strictly forbidden to use!

• means for cleaning carbon deposits in the grill and other ovens;
• various gels and powders for cleaning plumbing;
• chlorine-based products;
• washing powders and other chemicals.

All this can cause significant harm to your health. Means that are not intended for cleaning enamel, not only do not help wash off the carbon deposits, it is also unknown how they will behave when heated.

Proper storage and care

Every housewife should monitor the cleanliness in the kitchen and know the rules for storing dishes. Here are some helpful tips:

1. In order for the enameled pan to serve you for a long time, before first use it is necessary to fill it with saline and boil it. After it cools, rinse with cold water.
2. Never pour cold water into a hot pot and vice versa. From temperature extremes, enamel may burst. It is also undesirable to put a cold pan on a hot surface.
3. Always place the pan on the burner that is the right size.
4. Do not subject any enameled dishes to shock. After all, chips can form and the pan will no longer be suitable for cooking.
5. Always clean the pan in a timely manner. This will save not only your time, but also the quality of the enamel.
6. If your favorite pan still burns, cover it with a damp towel for twenty minutes to get rid of the acrid and harmful smell of burning.
7. For washing, use a sponge with soft fibers only.

If you competently follow our advice, then enameled dishes will serve you for a very long time and escaped milk or burnt porridge will not seem something terrible and irreparable.

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