Carbon deposits on a pyrex dish

Lucie_2

aeuerby wrote:

I've never paid more than £3.00 for it, infact just at the end of summer asda were selling the BBQ pride (same stuff but different name) for £2.00 each so I bought a few boxes.

I too got BBQ Pride for £1.50 a box at the end of the summer in Sainsbury's. The first box did such a good job of cleaning my oven shelves that it has motivated me to keep them clean. Now I just give them a quick rub over with a spontex every other week or so to get rid of any gunge.

The other decent scouring product I use is Astonish (paste in a blue tub). It's soap based, dead cheap & last for ages.

aeuerby

Lucie wrote:

I too got BBQ Pride for £1.50 a box at the end of the summer in Sainsbury's. The first box did such a good job of cleaning my oven shelves that it has motivated me to keep them clean. Now I just give them a quick rub over with a spontex every other week or so to get rid of any gunge.

The other decent scouring product I use is Astonish (paste in a blue tub). It's soap based, dead cheap & last for ages.

I agree, it does make it easier to keep the oven clean!

Poppy9

I too use bio washing powder. Fill with boiling water from the kettle then put it in the microwave for 5 minutes. Not only is the dish then clean but it gives your microwave a clean too.

I also used to microwave grass stained socks and grubby flannels with bio powder to get them nice and clean. Easier and quicker than boil washing.

elona

Poppy

That is a really good idea! :):)

Queenie

aeuerby wrote:

I don't wash up I have a dishwasher!!!!!

I have 3 - dh and dk's (Had 6 at one point but 3 have left home now)

vanoonoo

JackieO wrote:

Hi,
is there any bright spark out there who can tell me a good way to get rid of burnt on deposits on a pyrex dish.I have tried soaking in bio powder,Cillet-Bang ( which wasn't very good at all and cost me £2.99
I even have tried the Bettaware Carbon Deposit Remover (it didn't)Heavy-duty Wire-wool from a paint shop I'm stumped any ideas??
JackieO

have you got one of those razor blade things for getting paint off windows? that might work if you give it a scrape. or even a bic type might work? *PLEASE BE CAREFUL THOUGH* i will not take responsibility for severed digits as a result of this suggestion

ok - I know I will get slated cos i have been before but sahll don my flame resistant suit and i will share with you something I learnt from my lodger last summer.

he cleaned my very old, very stained casserole pot (pre slocooker) using some mr muscle foam oven cleaner. and its all lovely and shiny and clean and stuff now and has remained so.

we just happened to have it in the cupboard anyway (from when I first moved in and blitzed the whole kitchen pre moneysaving ways) so I didnt have to pay out for it.

yes i appreciate that there are probably environental concerns but then there would be by using bio washing powder which is full of chemicals too. even vinegar is in effect acid and mixed with other chemicals could cause potentially harmful vapours. so would creating and producing a replacement dish. so - my suggestion is - if you have something like mr muscle foam ovencleaner in the cupboard, a little squirt on the carbon deposits may work at shifting them.

Ticklemouse

Off topic but just reminded me of a quick and hygenic tip. When cleaning your kitchen and you want to make sure you're not spreading the bugs around, make sure your dishcloth is wet and bung it in the microwave for 1 minute. Kills all the bugs and steams your micro. Beware - obviously VERY hot when taking it out so use gloves, & leave to cool slightly before carrying on cleaning.

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vanoonoo wrote:

have you got one of those razor blade things for getting paint off windows? that might work if you give it a scrape. or even a bic type might work? *PLEASE BE CAREFUL THOUGH* i will not take responsibility for severed digits as a result of this suggestion

ok - I know I will get slated cos i have been before but sahll don my flame resistant suit and i will share with you something I learnt from my lodger last summer.

he cleaned my very old, very stained casserole pot (pre slocooker) using some mr muscle foam oven cleaner. and its all lovely and shiny and clean and stuff now and has remained so.

we just happened to have it in the cupboard anyway (from when I first moved in and blitzed the whole kitchen pre moneysaving ways) so I didnt have to pay out for it.

yes i appreciate that there are probably environental concerns but then there would be by using bio washing powder which is full of chemicals too. even vinegar is in effect acid and mixed with other chemicals could cause potentially harmful vapours. so would creating and producing a replacement dish. so - my suggestion is - if you have something like mr muscle foam ovencleaner in the cupboard, a little squirt on the carbon deposits may work at shifting them.

I have tried the boio powder and various other things I am going to try my little trianle shaped saNDER TO SEE IF THAT WILL SHIFT SOME OF IT.
i WOULDN'T MIND BUT THE BLINKING DISH BELONGS TO MY SIS-IN-LAW AND i SAID i'D TRY TO CLEAN IT FOR HER AS SHE HAS ARTHRITIC HANDS AND CAN'T SCRUB THINGS VERY WELL.iF i CAN'T SHIFT IT i WILL GO TO A BOOT-SALE AND BUY HER ANOTHER ONE.cHEERS FRIENDS
jACKIE IN nORTH KENT

purplepatch

Not sure if pyrex is different, but my husband managed to leave a lovely carbon deposit on my new stainless steel pan whilst cooking my valentines day dinner!

Tried the usual suspects, biological washing powder, vinegar, bleach. None of them did the job.

Finally tried a green scourer with neat washing up liquid and loads of elbow grease and it did come off. It took ages and loads of hard scrubbing (by husband!), but it did come off in the end.

foreverskint

try a flash eraser. A bit of elbow grease and they remove quite a lot. No nasty smelly chemicals involved.
mind you if someone knows how they actually work would they let me know, as i have found so many uses for them but i reallly cannot work out how they do it.