9 Jan
2006
9 Jan
'06
8:20 p.m.
Pete Turnbull wrote:
I'd also think it was done chemicaly. I tried cleaning an aluminum pan,
that I thought was steel with lye. It bubbled a lot, and came out with
a sandblasted texture.
Normally, I wouldn't mistake aluminum for steel, but this was a well
used restaurant pizza pan that had a thick build up of carbonized
oil/grease on it, so it felt heavy enough to be steel!
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
surface of the
soft plastic handles of our Revereware pots. Liquid
detergents don't cause this problem.
I don't think it's silicon dioxide, though. I've often seen the effect
you describe; it seems to happen when the wash cycle is hot and I think
it's mainly the harshness of the detergent.