On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:44:06 -0500, Kate Connally >
wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:34:07 -0500, Kate Connally >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> David Harmon wrote:
> >>> For those who were asking about cheap unglazed clay tiles that you
> >>> can use as a pizza stone in the oven:
> > <snip>
> >> Thanks for the info. I've been meaning to replace some old
> >> tiles that got stuff burnt on them and I threw them out.
> >> The last time I looked at Home Depot the only tiles I could
> >> find were smaller (maybe 8" square) and looked like they had
> >> some sort of coating on them, although they were unglazed.
> >> I'll have to check them out. I think the animal tracks are
> >> kinda cute. ;-)
> >>
> > Kate, if your tiles are black that's a good thing. Think of them like
> > your cast iron skillet.
>
> The burnt on stuff could not be removed sufficiently to restore
> them to their original porous state. And they were dirt cheap
> so I thought I would just get new ones. Easier than cleaning them.
> (I tried scouring them but didn't help.)
>
> > If it's just crud, scrape them, put them in
> > the dishwasher or put them through your oven's self cleaning cycle.
>
> I don't use a dishwasher. I hate dishwashers.
>
> Also, I don't have s self-cleaning oven.
>
> But thanks for the suggestions anyway.
>
My point was KEEP them black. It's a good thing, not a bad thing. I
only suggested the other methods because you seemed so hell bent on
having "like new" tiles.


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