Digging into Pyrex with Toothpicks
Thursday September 7, 2006
I wrote up a strange little article today - on using toothpicks of all things to clean certain parts of Pyrex pieces. I know it seems strange, but so far we have had immense success with this little household item… and in the process are burning through our toothpicks like mad. Please note: this is an experimental technique, so if you’re going to try it don’t use it on your really valuable stuff! Rather, use it on one of your junk items. This is pretty much a good idea for ALL cleaning methods: test it out first on something you don’t care about.
All right, if you’re still here, you can read about using toothpicks to dig into Pyrex crevices. Hope this may help you out in your Pyrex cleaning chores.
April 11th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Hi,
I purchased 2 pie plates today at a recycle shop. I got both of them for a dollar. One is a flavor saver model with the number 229 on the bottom the other one is a older one I believe because it has the word pyrex on the bottom with a backwards dollar sign above and below it. My question is I can not seem to get what appears to be a milky film out of the pie plates, I wahed them by hand and when they are wet its much cleaner looking but as soon as they dry the film is back. Do you know of anything that I might be able to use to clean them up better. Thanks so much.
Love your web site, its so much fun to see what treasures other people find and its so informative. I learn so much.
Thanks again,
Linda Lovely
April 12th, 2007 at 11:13 am
linda - I think we have the exact same pie plate… interestingly the backwards dollar is actually two “cent” signs stuck together, at least on some of the older pieces we have. I think I know what you’re talking about with the film on the glass… try do a search for “sick glass” as I believe that’s the name for the hard water deposits (and other minerals) that occur on some of the older pieces. As for cures, we haven’t had much luck with one of the most popular remedies which is soaking the piece overnight in a bath of vinegar and water (or lemon juice?) We tried this on an old Pyrex loaf pan with no results. Another reader had suggested trying “Lime-Away”? There was a forum which detailed other possible cures, but I forget the name of it just now.