SC - Calaphon pots & pans

[Par Leijonhufvud]

On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Tara Sersen wrote:

> elbow grease into cleaning it, he resorted to the method that works well
> with stainless steel - he squirted in some liquid dishwasher detergent
> and left it to sit.  Remember when the Joker landed in the vat of
> industrial waste in Batman?  It looks like that.  So, they're not

Aluminium reacts rather strongly with strong bases (for spectacular,
destructive, and hazardous effects put sodium hydroxide in an aluminium
bowl and add water).

> green scrubbies.  They're not delicate, they're just not 100%
> non-reactive like stainless steel.

Stainless steel is not non-reactive. Perhaps under cooking conditions,
but it is unusable in many laboratories since it will not stand up to
it.

As to the Calaphon stuff; never seen it so I can't comment. I tend to
use either cast iron or stainless steel. Dependable and not too
expensive.

/UlfR

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Par Leijonhufvud                                      parlei at algonet.se
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