How to clean stainless steel pans at home?

Without a doubt, the most practical, convenient, durable, and at the same time beautiful kitchen utensils are dishes made of stainless steel.

Over time, your dishes lose their attractive appearance, its shelf life is reduced. That's why you always need to timely, efficiently, and most importantly, painlessly for your dishes, clean them from dirt and keep their properties as long as possible. In this article, we will look at how to clean a stainless steel pan at home.

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Features of stainless steel cookware

Convenient, easy to maintain and store, and the food prepared in it is very tasty and wholesome - all this is about stainless steel dishes. Thanks to special additives, stainless steel is very resistant to external influences. Radiation, corrosive processes, temperature - all these factors negatively affect steel. The oxide film, which is the main protective element of stainless steel, is constantly being updated at the molecular level.

But if your dishes have pollution in the form of grease, scale, oil, then the update process is slowed down. Therefore, it is necessary to find a solution to the problem in time, how to clean pots from stainless steel at home.

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How to clean stainless steel?

To understand how to clean a stainless steel at home, you need to determine the degree of contamination of the pan. Choose the most suitable cleaning agent after a thorough inspection of your kitchen utensils, and following the simple rules and our tips, you will achieve the desired result.

Experts recommend such tools to restore the surface of this metal:

• Lemon acid.
• Activated carbon.
• Detergent.
• Special means.
• PVA glue and laundry soap.
• Soda.
• Vinegar.

Now consider how to use each of these tools to clean pots from stainless steel at home.

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Method 1

This option is good because it will also wash away from calcareous deposits:

1. Boil water according to the level of soot in the pan.
2. Add 2-3 (depending on the complexity of soot) tablespoons of citric acid.
3. Boil for 15-20 minutes.
4. Then carry out the usual pan washing procedure.

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Method 2

If something hurts you, you take a first-aid kit and save yourself with the right medicines. So in this case - did your pan burn? You do not know how to clean a pot of stainless steel at home? This is a headache, and a tablet will save you from it, not only for you, but also for your vessel:

1. Take a package of activated carbon.
2. Interrupt into powder and apply to a contaminated surface.
3. Rub lightly into the stain.
4. Then fill with warm water and stand for 25-30 minutes.
5. In the end, complete the procedure by washing the pan with detergents.

This method will easily remove all contaminated places.

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Method 3

Glass detergent is very suitable for prevention. It will remove all greasy fingerprints, oil droplets and dust. Apply the detergent evenly to the dishes and wipe with a microfiber cloth. Rinse with warm water.

Important! Please note that the glass cleaner includes various substances harmful to human health. When used in the recommended application, they do not cause much damage.But if they get inside your body from the pot after cleaning it, the consequences can be far from comforting. Therefore, rinse the surface very carefully, several times after such cleaning.

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Method 4

Our modern market is saturated with all kinds of cleaning agents for scale, carbon deposits, and various greasy contaminants. And they do a good job of their tasks. “Amway”, “Shumanit”, “Sanitol” - the choice is great.

So what is the best way to clean a stainless steel pan at home. In this case, you have a choice of price / quality and our tips:

1. Warm the product well.
2. Then apply the product on the dirty part of the pan.
3. Wait 15-20 minutes.
4. Wash dirt off the surface of the pan with a soft sponge and rinse well.
5. Wipe with a dry towel.

Important! If you use any of the above tools or their analogues according to this principle, you won’t have to work hard to clean pots from stainless steel.

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Method 5

This old Soviet recipe is remembered by many. He fights well with stubborn soot and fat:

1. Take 5 liters of boiled water and add ⅓ grated soap in the shavings.
2. Then add 1 tablespoon of PVA glue.
3. In the resulting mixture, boil your pan for 30-40 minutes.
4. With the help of a sponge, the adhered plaque will easily fall off.
   

And you will again see your reflection in the pan.

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Method 6

Baking soda is a panacea for all types of ailments of our kitchen utensils. With this miracle, you can clean the stainless steel pan inside and out of carbon:

1. For light dirt, gently wipe dirty areas.
2. If everything is a little more complicated, then you need to boil the pan in a deep container with the addition of 1 cup of soda.

Important! It takes more than half a glass of baking soda to wash one unit of kitchenware. For economy and ease of use, it can be diluted with water to a mushy state.

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Method 7

A very simple way, but requires a copious amount of vinegar:

1. Pour your stainless steel pan with 9% vinegar.
2. Leave to soak for 3-4 hours.
3. Then carry out the usual washing procedure.

Important! It is contraindicated to clean a stainless steel pan with sodium chloride. Salt provokes darkening of the metal, and ultimately leads to corrosion.

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Helpful hints:

1. You can add dazzling shine to your kitchen utensil by rubbing it with a slice of raw potato.
2. You can remove water stains by soaking the pan in vinegar for 10-20 minutes.
3. Persistent stains need to be fought with a mixture of tooth powder with ammonia. Mix the component 1: 1, apply to a napkin and carefully wipe the surface of the pan. Then rinse with warm water.
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Do not neglect the rules for the care of your kitchen utensils, and in particular for the dazzlingly beautiful stainless steel appliances. Pay minimum attention every day, and they will always delight you with their appearance and durability.