How to clean aluminum cookware at home?

Aluminum cookware is very popular with many housewives. Cooking in it is a pleasure, but such dishes are very whimsical to care for. Our article will tell about the features of cleaning aluminum dishes at home.

Everyone knows that aluminum is a very delicate, malleable metal. When cleaning dishes from this metal, its properties should be taken into account, only in this way you can preserve its original brilliance and beauty:

• Start washing the pan or pan only after it has completely cooled down. The fact is that the heated metal can be deformed under the influence of water, and therefore change the shape of the product.
• When cleaning, use a soft sponge and a wooden spatula to avoid scratching the item.
• When choosing a detergent, give preference to products suitable for glass and ceramics.
• Do not use abrasive or alkaline cleaners as they can easily damage the surface of the cookware. Dirt can easily get into the resulting cracks, which will be difficult to clean out.
• Pre-soak the dishes in soapy water for a few minutes. After that, you can easily wash off simple dirt.
• For more serious contamination, use the boiling method.To do this, pick up a large basin, place an aluminum pan or other utensil in it and boil the product by adding ordinary soda.
• To prevent the appearance of streaks after washing, wipe everything dry with a soft cloth.

Aluminum often loses its luster with use. However, it is possible to return the dishes to their original appearance at home, you just need to follow the following guidelines:

• If your pan has turned black, then kefir, cucumber pickle or yogurt will help get rid of this blackness. Apply these products with a soft sponge to the surface and leave for two hours. For heavy soiling, pour the liquid to the bottom and leave for four hours. After that, clean the pan in the usual way and dry it.
• Vinegar will also help restore the shine to your pot or pan. Soak a cloth in vinegar and rub it on the surface of the product. Rinse it in cool water and dry it with a paper towel.
• The next way to restore the original appearance of the bottom of the dishes is to boil with onions. Fill the pan with water, wait until it boils and then lower one onion inside. Continue boiling for another ten minutes. After cooling the dishes, wash them with running water and dry them.
• Curiously, you can return the shine to aluminum using ordinary apples. Grate the apples and apply the resulting slurry to the surface of the pan.

In the process of cooking, greasy traces remain in any pan. To clean grease stains from aluminum cookware use the following methods:

• If the pan has become greasy on the outside, then find a larger basin and pour a soapy solution of warm water into it. Place the soiled dishes inside and leave them for one hour. After the time has passed, wash the pan with a soft sponge and dry with a rag.
• If aluminum utensils become greasy inside, then pour water into it and add citric acid and vinegar in equal proportions. Boil the contents for half an hour. After that, rinse the pan and wipe it dry.
• In order to wash cutlery, select a suitable container and place your spoons, forks and knives in it. Boil them in a solution of lemon and vinegar for a quarter of an hour. Then rinse them with water and dry them on a towel.

Sometimes it happens that in the process of cooking, carbon deposits form on the dishes. You can clean the surface from soot in the following ways:

• Wait for the dishes to cool completely, otherwise they may be deformed under the influence of water.
• If the soot has not had time to soak into the surface, try cleaning it with a soapy solution. To do this, grate a piece of laundry soap on a grater and put the chips in warm water. Let the dishes stand for a while. Then wipe it with a soft sponge and dry it dry.
• Difficult stains are removed with a mixture of laundry soap, silicate glue and soda.
• If it is necessary to remove carbon from the outer surface of the dish, then boil it in a larger container.

Often scale and plaque appear on the dishes, this is due to the characteristics of the metal:

• To remove them without damaging the products, never rub the surface with a hard brush.
• If the scale is strong, then the boiling method with soapy water, silicate glue and soda will help to cope with it. Boil the dishes for at least half an hour.
• If the scale on the pan is not strong, ammonia can help. Wipe the surface of the product with it, wash with soapy water and rinse with plenty of water.
• Table vinegar will also help in the fight against scale. Boil aluminum kitchen utensils with it for half an hour.

So that you do not have to apply enhanced measures to clean aluminum utensils from various contaminants, try to initially follow some rules for the care of such dishes:

• Before using aluminum cookware, boil it in salt water. Thanks to salt, it will become more rigid and less scale and fumes will form on it.
• In order for the dishes to shine, wash them in a soapy solution with the addition of ammonia.
• The shine of aluminum utensils will last for a long time if you wash it periodically with toothpowder. To do this, you must first dissolve it in a small amount of liquid and apply to the surface with a soft sponge.
• It is also recommended not to cook dishes without adding salt in aluminum cookware.

For information on how to clean aluminum dishes without chemicals using waste, see the following video.