Enamelware has a large number of positive qualities. It is hygienic, easy to clean and does not enter into a chemical reaction with food. The dishes cooked in it are distinguished by good taste due to excellent heat conduction. You can also store cooked food in it for quite a long time. Therefore, she enjoys the well-deserved popularity and love of all housewives, taking her place in the kitchen.
The life of the pan depends not only on the care of it, but also on the quality of the product itself. To enamel pan served for a long time, first you need to choose the right product.
There are several criteria for choosing such dishes:
- Enamel should be applied by dipping. Then the layer is thicker and stronger, resistant to mechanical and thermal damage. When buying on the side of the pan, you can notice from 2 to 4 gray dots, which are the attachment point when immersed in enamel, the walls of such dishes will be thicker;
- The neck of the container must be metallic and smooth;
- It is desirable that the inside of the pan was white. Colored enamel can be toxic.
What are the pollution?
Contamination can be different, caused by time, improper use or burnt food.
In the summer season, the most common problem is a thick candied layer of burnt jam, which sometimes cannot be completely cleaned. Here it is important to remember that the enamel pan is not suitable for cooking such food, the food in it burns quickly.
In the process of exploitation, the hostesses encounter the resulting yellow or dark patina, darkening of the enamel. To prevent this, kitchen utensils need to be cared for. and from time to time cleaned with the help of folk and household means.
As previously stated, the food in the enamel pot quickly burns, if you don’t look after it. Therefore, pollution such as soot, burnt food or smudges often appears.
It is strictly forbidden to cook dairy dishes, for example, milk-based cereals, in such dishes. Milk quickly burns and leaves a whitish coating, which is difficult to clean in the usual way.
When cooking fatty foods, fat is formed. It is difficult to clean it from any utensils, so after cooking it is important to immediately start cleaning the pots. Scale may be formed due to poor quality water, in this case, sediment falls on the walls of dishes.
How to wash?
If the trouble still occurred, and the pan burned, you need to know several useful rules for cleaning it up:
- You can not leave the dishes for a long time, pollution should be dealt with immediately after the incident;
- In no case can not soak it in cold water. An abrupt change in temperature can damage the enamel (cracks will appear).
To clean the pan at home, you can use different types of tools - chemical (household chemicals) and folk.
How can I clean quickly?
Cleaning using household chemicals
Household chemicals can help quickly and without any effort to get rid of pollution. Before using chemical agents, be sure to familiarize yourself with the instructions.
It is also important to comply with protective measures, work only in gloves and ventilate the room. After application, it is important to rinse dishes thoroughly, and it is best to boil them to prevent the substance from entering the food. Consider some cleaning compositions and their application in more detail:
- Dishwashing Detergents. Heat the dishes on the stove and pour in hot water, add a few drops of detergent. We stand for about 2 hours, then we pour out the water and wash it under warm running water. If this does not help, then pour the stain over the tool and hold it for 10 hours with a sponge under warm running water;
- Sanita "Ultra Gloss" - Universal creamy cleaner that can be used to clean any pans. It copes well with dirt, thin fat and lime deposits (scale);
- Cleaning paste Astonish - is also a universal cleaner, suitable for both dishes and gas stoves, microwave ovens and sinks;
- Spray Tytan - A special tool that helps to fight with soot. It is enough to spray it on the contaminated area and hold for 5 minutes, then rinse under warm running water;
- "Schumann". A very strong substance that copes with even the most corrosive pollution. However, it is very toxic and has a pungent odor, so it is necessary to provide good ventilation in the room, work exclusively in rubber gloves and use the tool only from the outside of the dish. Application: we spray means on a surface and we maintain 30 seconds. Wipe with a damp sponge and carefully wash it under running water.
- "White". It can also be used only from the outside of the pan. Application: in a cold container, pour cool water, for 2 liters of water we take 2 caps of the product. We leave, even if the dishes and the water warms to room temperature (about two hours), and set on gas, bring to a boil. After drain the water and repeat the procedure. At the end, rinse thoroughly under warm running water to completely flush bleach.
Home remedies
The advantage of home methods is their availability and health security:
- Acetic essence, baking soda and citric acid. In a small amount of warm water dissolve 30 grams of soda, about the same vinegar and half a bag of citric acid. In the end should be a watery gruel. We take a sponge and with its help distribute the tool on the bottom and walls with rubbing movements. We stand for 30 minutes, after rinsing under warm running water. The recipe is suitable for removing darkening and soot;
- Coffee cake. You can use both fresh and stale. Do not worry about the safety of enamel, coffee is not able to damage its integrity, but copes well with contaminants. We collect a sponge thick and three places of pollution, from time to time we wash away the dirt and apply a fresh batch of thick. Cleaning takes a maximum of 15 minutes;
- Salt. To get rid of the black inside will help ordinary salt. We collect a handful of coarse salt and sprinkle soot, after pouring water so that it covers the polluted area completely. Withstand 2 hours. Then set on fire and boil for 30 minutes. Black areas literally before our eyes will move away from the coating;
- Soda ash will help from the burnt milk. Pour water into a container and stir 60 g of soda in it, boil for 3 minutes;
- Against the dark plaque will also help recipe based on persol or vinegar. One tablet of persol is dissolved in warm water and boiled for 60 minutes. Vinegar: liter of water + 50 ml of vinegar. Boil for 2 hours;
- From the yellow bloom will help get rid of the vinegar solution. On a liter of water we take 150 ml of vinegar. Boil the solution for 2 hours. As a preventive measure for the appearance of yellowness, the procedure can be carried out up to two times a month;
- Dark soda well remove sweet carbonated drinks. They contain orthophosphoric acid, which is able to split organic matter. To do this, pour a soda into the container and leave for 50 minutes. If the plaque does not disappear, then boil for an additional 30 minutes;
- Exposure to cold.This is the easiest way, put the cooled pan for 60 minutes in the freezer, and then scrape the carbon;
- Milk serum. Fill the pan 1 cm above the contaminated area. Leave for 24 hours and wash with the usual means for dishes. Serum contains lactic acid, which will return enamel primordial white color.
The enameled pan is not suitable for prolonged boiling, preservation or boiling. However, if this happened, from the burnt jam help to get rid of the following tools:
- Concentrated salt solution. We prepare a working solution: a liter of water + 120 g of salt. Pour the solution so that it covers all contaminated sites. We boil for a maximum of 45 minutes, watching the process, if the dirt comes off earlier, the gas can be turned off;
- Activated carbon. Take one blister (10 tablets) and crush to the state of powder. Cover powder burnt bottom and withstand 30 minutes. We add waters and again we maintain 30 minutes. After washing under running water with the use of conventional cleaning products;
- Laundry soap. Take one bar of soap and grind on a fine grater. We pour the chips into the water, change them until they are completely dissolved, and cook for 2 hours.
- Tablets Finish. Dissolve one tablet in water and boil for 20 minutes;
- Apple peel from sour apples. Fresh burnt jam can be scrubbed with fresh apple peel and then rinsed with hot water. If the burner has not moved, then pour the peel with water and boil for 20 minutes. Malic acid cleaves sugar crust well from jam;
- Ash. The method is perfect for those who are in the country or in nature. Fall asleep pan 1/3 and pour in warm water. Capacity set on fire, boil for about 30 minutes. Pour the liquid and wash as usual.
Ordinary not burned stains on the outside are easily removed with a sponge dipped in vinegar or medical alcohol. Slightly burnt smudges are removed with a saline solution, for this we moisten a sponge and wipe contamination.
If the smudge burned badly and turned black, then:
- Cool the tank;
- Prepare the cleaning mixture: 100 g soda + 5 ml detergent + 50 ml hydrogen peroxide. The mixture is distributed by sponge over pollution;
- Withstand for 10 minutes and wash under running water.
To completely clean the dishes you need to pick up the appropriate container in which it can be loaded entirely, for example, a basin or an iron bucket. Fill the tank with water and set it on fire, heat it. Add to the hot water: 5 liters of water = a bottle of stationery glue + 150 grams of baking soda. Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and lower the pot in water for 20-30 minutes. After waiting for cooling and wash under running water.
In the summer, you can use the old, but proven way - sand cleaning. To do this, pour sand onto a saucepan with three tough sides of a sponge or cloth. Sand change from time to time. The procedure lasts about 60 minutes, after cleaning the surface of the dishes will shine like new.
Folk councils
To extend the life of enamelware must be respected. several rules:
- Buying a pot should not be in a hurry to use it, you first need to "harden" it with hot water. To do this, pour cool water to the top so that it reaches the neck. Put the container on the stove and bring the water to a boil, then turn off the gas. It can only be drained after the water has cooled. After this procedure, you can safely cook in a saucepan;
- It is not necessary to store foods that contain acids, for example, a salad with vinegar or lemon juice, sliced apples for a long time in a dish;
- Do not put a cold pan on a hot stove and pour cold liquid into a hot pan;
- Damage to the enamel on the bottom can occur for reasons such as sudden changes in temperature, if the bottom of the pan is much wider than the hotplate when drying dishes on a hot stove;
- If the food still burned, you need to empty the container and fill it with warm water. It can only be washed with soft sponges;
- Do not use metal brushes or chemical abrasives when cleaning. This can damage the integrity of the enamel and lead to the ingress of harmful toxic substances of the alloy into the food, and with it into the body; Chips on the enamel surface indicate the unsuitability of the dishes.
Thus, it is possible to clean the burned enameled pan both with the help of the achievements of modern industry and folk methods.
Enamelware should be used carefully, adhering to the rules of operation.
And then she will long please you with tasty dishes and beautiful appearance.
To learn how to properly clean the enameled pan with vinegar, you can learn from the following video.
Burnt milk is a problem that can be managed without effort. Details can be seen in video councils.