Comments on: How to Clean Nasty Drip Pans http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/ Domesticity by Trial and Error Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:47:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: BreadBox http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-233 BreadBox Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:15:21 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-233 Yup, vinegar is pretty magical stuff --- though cleaning is about the only thing that I use white vinegar for:-) This suggestion, using cream of tartar, is from a book that PBS was giving away as a pledge incentive a few years ago, something like "How to clean everything" or "Household tips" or some such title. Works really well. Don't know the reason why.... N. Yup, vinegar is pretty magical stuff — though cleaning is about the only thing that I use white vinegar for:-) This suggestion, using cream of tartar, is from a book that PBS was giving away as a pledge incentive a few years ago, something like “How to clean everything” or “Household tips” or some such title. Works really well. Don’t know the reason why….

N.

]]> By: admin http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-229 admin Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:58:16 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-229 Good tip Dawn. I just used my regular dishsoap... I haven't tried that Dawn stuff yet. Might soon though. i'm most out of my regular stuff. Breadbox, isn't vinegar just awesome for so many things? I haven't heard of mixing it with cream of tartar though. Good stuff! Yayanana, now she knows, just in case she ever has drip pans again. ;) Good tip Dawn. I just used my regular dishsoap… I haven’t tried that Dawn stuff yet. Might soon though. i’m most out of my regular stuff.

Breadbox, isn’t vinegar just awesome for so many things? I haven’t heard of mixing it with cream of tartar though. Good stuff!

Yayanana, now she knows, just in case she ever has drip pans again. ;)

]]> By: YaYaNaNa http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-222 YaYaNaNa Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:16:19 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-222 You didn't learn this from your mother. I'll bet she wishes she had known about this tip when she had drip pans. You didn’t learn this from your mother. I’ll bet she wishes she had known about this tip when she had drip pans.

]]> By: BreadBox http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-215 BreadBox Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:53:42 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-215 Something else worth trying, not as greasily noxious as wd40 is a combination of white vinegar and cream of tartar; mixed in a ratio so as to form a thick paste: spread it on, leave it, and most crud will just wash off. Oh, but be sure to buy your c of t at a bulk spice place, for $5 a pound or so instead of $2 an ounce in those tiny bottles in the store! N. Something else worth trying, not as greasily noxious as wd40 is a combination of white vinegar and cream of tartar; mixed in a ratio so as to form a thick paste: spread it on, leave it, and most crud will just wash off.
Oh, but be sure to buy your c of t at a bulk spice place, for $5 a pound or so instead of $2 an ounce in those tiny bottles in the store!

N.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-211 Dawn Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:07:27 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-211 Since the WD-40 is so greasy, the best thing to wash THAT off, might be Dawn Direct Foam dish soap (the kind where you only wet the sponge and use the foam on the greasy item).. works GREAT for the greasiest of messes. Since the WD-40 is so greasy, the best thing to wash THAT off, might be Dawn Direct Foam dish soap (the kind where you only wet the sponge and use the foam on the greasy item).. works GREAT for the greasiest of messes.

]]> By: admin http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-207 admin Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:27:19 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-207 What was the WD-40 for on the battery, Jessica? That would make me pretty paranoid too! Mrs.Dragon... I wonder if the WD40 would've worked there. Guess we'll never know! Katie, I guess if nothing else works (including this) you could buy new ones. But I agree that throwing stuff away all the time isn't the best thing... and if a can of WD40 can help, you may as well try it before you buy new ones. What was the WD-40 for on the battery, Jessica? That would make me pretty paranoid too!

Mrs.Dragon… I wonder if the WD40 would’ve worked there. Guess we’ll never know!

Katie, I guess if nothing else works (including this) you could buy new ones. But I agree that throwing stuff away all the time isn’t the best thing… and if a can of WD40 can help, you may as well try it before you buy new ones.

]]> By: Katie http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-206 Katie Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:06:28 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-206 You can get a brand spanking new set for less than 20 bucks....I do not advocate throwing things away all the time, but if you rent and they are nasty -- ask for new ones or buy your own. My new house has the ceramic cooktop and I am worried about keeping it clean too. Guess I will figure it out when I get there. You can get a brand spanking new set for less than 20 bucks….I do not advocate throwing things away all the time, but if you rent and they are nasty — ask for new ones or buy your own.

My new house has the ceramic cooktop and I am worried about keeping it clean too. Guess I will figure it out when I get there.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-205 Jessica Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:57:59 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-205 Ryan and I were just using WD-40 around a car battery the other day. We were also a little paranoid... at least with a stove there is nothing to explode BUT the WD-40, so it would probably burn off quickly... Ryan and I were just using WD-40 around a car battery the other day. We were also a little paranoid… at least with a stove there is nothing to explode BUT the WD-40, so it would probably burn off quickly…

]]> By: MrsDragon http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-204 MrsDragon Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:45:40 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-204 Oh, I wish I had known about that in our last apartment. Those things were so filthy from years of use that we were NEVER able to get them totally clean. I bet this would have worked wonders! Oh, I wish I had known about that in our last apartment. Those things were so filthy from years of use that we were NEVER able to get them totally clean. I bet this would have worked wonders!

]]> By: admin http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-203 admin Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:09:42 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/07/04/how-to-clean-nasty-drip-pans/#comment-203 Lisa, I washed them and dried them a bunch of times because I was paranoid about it. I didn't explode though, so it must've worked! mub, I agree about those flat ones looking dirty easily... but they're sooo easy to clean I wouldn't mind wiping them down every day! Wendy, please do let me know if you try it out. I think the foil lining thing always looks odd... Lisa, I washed them and dried them a bunch of times because I was paranoid about it. I didn’t explode though, so it must’ve worked!

mub, I agree about those flat ones looking dirty easily… but they’re sooo easy to clean I wouldn’t mind wiping them down every day!

Wendy, please do let me know if you try it out. I think the foil lining thing always looks odd…

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