OT? Clean-up Question

[sraun]

We had a small accident last night, and now have a pyrex dish half-covered (on the inside, but both the base and the cover) with pork-fat soot.

Any suggestions for getting it off?

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[azurelunatic]

That doesn't sound very pretty. And did you forget the colon in the OT: marker? :-P

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[azurelunatic]

(I've never had to deal with anything like that, so I wouldn't know what to do about it other than maybe soap, and soaking.)

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[sraun]

I suppose I should go find the community write-up and re-check - but I thought that clean-up after the cooking couldn't be too off-topic!

:-p

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[sraun]

And I just realized I didn't post this were I meant to post it - it was supposed to go to food_porn.

:-(

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

First stage: try a mix of rubbing alcohol and liquid detergent, or mix solid detergent with a little hot water. I use about 5% detergent to 95% alcohol. Rub it over the glass, wipe it off (paper towel!), repeat several times.

Finally, if there is soot left, just let it evaporate so as to leave a layer of detergent over the soot, you can even add a lot more detergent to the last of the mix so it's around 50% detergent. Set aside to let it dry, in a warm place if your house is cold. Then take a scrub brush or plastic scrub pad to work the dried detergent loose, then wash with warm water. The drying detergent seems to 'soak' into greasy layers, breaking them up; when you scrub and wash with water the layers come off.

If the soot has a lot of oxidized grease left in it, it may not come off with that treatment. I usually try soaking in a hot solution of washing soda with a bit of detergent, given that it's on the inside you could just fill the base, and afterward invert the top and use the base as a stand for it.

I buy most of my glass/ceramic kitchenware second hand. It usually has the baked-on grease/soot, the about treatments generally clean it up. If it's really stubborn and not chipped, I'll run it through the self-cleaning cycle of an oven.

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was going to suggest a chimney sweep (my chimney needs doing) but I don't think they do pyrex.