Contents
- How to clean the dishes
- How to clean the dishes
- Using coffee grounds, salt and soda
- Citric acid and apples
- Other tools
No matter how carefully the hostess handles the dishes, the question may still arise: how to whiten the enamel pot? Because of poor-quality water, a dark coating appears, some products are able to paint the walls, and sometimes you can miss the moment, and then the food will burn. But there are ways that will help restore utensils to their original purity.
Features of care
The main difficulty associated with care for enameled pots, is that with careless handling, the enamel can split. Such dishes are unfit for use, you can not cook anything in it. It is useful especially for storing bulk materials. Do not use abrasive cleaning agents, metal sponges: they leave micro-scraps, which soon turn into cracks. As a result, the coating cleaves.
Enamel reacts poorly to a sharp temperature drop. You can not put a pot covered with it on a heated electric stove, pour hot dish with cold water. It is necessary to wait until it cools down.
Of course, proper care helps maintain kitchen utensils in a normal state. But still its appearance may deteriorate with time. Whatever the reason - in hard tap water or burnt food, - for cleaning you have to take it, not postponing it. Dirt is eaten in enamel, later it will be more difficult to wash it. If at the moment there is no way to do this, then it is necessary to pour water into the tank.
How to clean the dishes
Minor dirt can be cleaned at home using a conventional dishwashing detergent and a medium-hardness sponge. If there are lumps of food left on the walls that can not be so easily resisted, then it is recommended to put water in the pan, add liquid detergent to it and let it stand for an hour.
It's not always easy to whiten the dishes. If the scum or burnt pieces of food remain, then it is not necessary to seek a particularly expensive and effective cleaning agent. It is worth using products that are sure to be found in every home.
Our mothers and grandmothers also cleaned enamel utensils with the help of such tools:
- coffee grounds;
- salts;
- soda;
- activated carbon;
- vinegar;
- apple peel.
All of them are quite effective. There are situations when the chosen remedy does not help. Do not despair, it is better to try another way.
Use of coffee grounds, salt and soda
Coffee grounds are used if you need to bleach the container after burnt milk. It helps dissolve the carbon deposits, so that the whiteness of the vessel returns.
Well saline solution proved itself. To make it very simple: add 5 large spoons of salt to a liter of water and stir until completely dissolved. The medium is poured into the pan and left for a couple of hours. The process will be accelerated if a container filled with a solution is put on low-fire for half an hour. Most often this is enough to restore the original look of the dishes.
Advice
You can boil a few peeled bulbs in a saucepan. This will help restore her previous state.
Another substance that perfectly copes with a variety of contaminants, including yellowness, is soda. Just remember that simply apply it on the sponge and rub the walls can not, because the enamel does not tolerate such treatment. It is necessary to make a solution on the same principle, as with table salt. Then pour it into a dirty pan and leave for a whole night or even a little more. Do not expect that the dishes through this time will become snow-white in itself. I'll have to use a sponge. But the dirt "will turn off" and it will be easy to be cleansed, so that the yellowness will soon go away.
With the help of soda it is possible to wash the pan not only inside, but also outside. To achieve this, it must be boiled in soda solution. To do this, you need to prepare a large container, which will put dishes that need cleaning. She must completely immerse herself in the water. Then the containers are put on the fire and held for about two hours after boiling. After that, allow to cool and wash as usual.
Citric acid and apples
Usually, salt or soda is enough to whiten enameled kitchen utensils. But you can try and other means. For example, citric acid. It is effective both for combating yellowness, and for purification from scaling or burnt food remnants. It's very easy to use it. It is necessary to put a pan full of water to the edges on the fire, and fill it with half of the package of the substance. Bring to a boil, and turn off after a quarter of an hour. Scale will leave almost before our eyes. If this does not happen, it is enough to rub with a sponge.
An alternative to citric acid may be the skins of green apples. They contain an acid that has a whitening effect. But it can not be said that this is a very strong remedy, therefore it is recommended to use it for a minor plaque. To achieve the result, you need to put the skins in a saucepan, fill with water and put on fire for two hours.
Other
If something burns in the pan, you can pour the bottom with vinegar. After a while, the contamination will be easily removed, as it will soften and become supple. Use is allowed and activated charcoal. Tablets must be crushed and applied to the affected areas. After half an hour, fill with water and leave for a short time. After a while, you should wash the container with conventional means. Another option is whey. It contains acids, due to which the burnt particles easily escape from the walls. You just fill the tank with the product and let it stand for 24 hours.
For very severe impurities, when other substances are ineffective, chlorine or "whiteness" is allowed. The pan is filled with water, the medium is poured into it - half the cap per liter. You can also use the product in tablets. Leave for an hour and wash. It is very important to thoroughly rinse the container to completely remove the product. There should not be any smell. Cooking will be possible only after it has disappeared. But the dishes will start to sparkle clean again.
To ensure that the enameled kitchen ware remains white, you need to take care of it properly. In time to wash, not to allow to be eaten by a touch and to use suitable means.