"Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>> I have a fairly new, rarely used Revereware pan. No copper bottom. It has
>> a
>> spout on it. I bought it specifically to make ginger tea but I no longer
>> make that.
>>
>> The problem? Somebody Kuthed it!
>>
>> The culprit won't tell me what he did but it appears to be a layer of
>> burned
>> on sugar that was followed up by another layer of instant oatmeal. As in
>> many packets of oatmeal and water, but somehow the sugar or honey or
>> whatever it is underneath that, not mixed in.
>>
>> The burned part is not a solid layer. It comes up around the sides of the
>> pan by about 1/2 an inch. There are spots on the bottom that didn't get
>> burned, but most of it is.
>>
>> My standard treatment is to cover with baking soda and hot water. I used
>> to
>> boil this but discovered that hot tap water works just as well. I did
>> this
>> method many times. It did bubble off some of the burned stuff, but not
>> all.
>>
>> I scraped some off with a butter knife. Only a tiny bit came off.
>>
>> Pan scraper didn't work.
>>
>> Green scrubber did nothing.
>>
>> Brillo pad didn't do much.
>>
>> I have resorted to boiling water in it repeatedly. This is loosened a few
>> specks. At the rate I'm going, I might get it clean by 2022.
>>
>> Help! What else can I try? Thanks!
>>
>>
>
> Oven cleaner. Let it sit for awhile. Put it outside because of the fumes.
> You may need to do it more than once. Scotchbrite also now makes an
> €œextreme€� scrubber, its purple, and it works better than the green ones.
> Target sometimes stocks them. You can also try boiling a dryer sheet. My
> mom has used that method with success, but it did not work for me when I
> had pan with burnt syrup.

No dryer sheets as I have a HE dryer. No oven cleaner either. I'll look for
the purple thing. If that doesn't work, I'll get some oven cleaner. Thanks!