🗣️👂🏻🧠May 7, 2023
Dgar

For those wondering, ′′how did i do it?":
I boiled 10L of water, added 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate, two cups of coke, and half cup of lemon juice, then stirred well. Waited 3 minutes, put the pan in the solution for 45 minutes, then added a quarter cup of chlorine bleach to the mixture. Then I brushed it with a firm toothbrush and put it back into the liquid for another 25 minutes. I took it out, rinsed it, and it looked exactly the same, so I threw it away, and went and bought a new one.

Edit: Please don’t actually make this concoction! The resulting mixture may produce poisonous gases! This toot is a joke, the pictures are not even my pans. I didn’t throw any pans away. Following these directions, despite the fact it probably won’t do anything useful, would be fucking stupid and you may win a Darwin Award.

May 7, 2023 at 12:18pmWeb
Show threadDer Entgegner (Aka Ratatöskr)May 7, 2023
@dgar I knew it #lifehack 😆
Show threadArchieMay 7, 2023
@dgar 🤣 I have gone nuclear on a frying pan with an orbital sander. That works!
Show threadالتنينوكسMay 7, 2023
@dgar You got me in the first half.
Show threadJohn FrancisMay 7, 2023
@dgar 🤔🤔🤔🤔☹️😡🤣🤣
Show threadTammy GentzelMay 7, 2023
@dgar Same! 🤪🤣
Show threadkierkegaankMay 7, 2023
@dgar no lye
Show threadMelissa BearTrix 🏳️‍⚧️May 7, 2023
@dgar now you have a pot of pan soup to have ... Giggles
Show thread3wombatsMay 7, 2023
@dgar I know that technique
Show threadRoss of OttawaMay 7, 2023
@dgar another technique that works is to take a picture when it's new and save it until you need it after a couple of years.
Show threadarclightMay 7, 2023
@ottaross @dgar Some completely unwanted serious advice: fetch ye some popcorn kettle cleaner. That stuff is magical! #SecretsOfTheCarnies https://www.webstaurantstore.com/carnival-king-31-oz-kettle-kleen-popcorn-kettle-cleaner/382KETTLEKLN.html
Show threadT. Austin BrownMay 7, 2023
@arclight @ottaross @dgar When I saw this I assumed it would be super toxic, but the MSDS is not that bad for a corrosive chemical mix. https://cdnimg.webstaurantstore.com/documents/sds/382kettlekln_sds.pdf
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialMay 8, 2023
@AustinB @arclight @ottaross @dgar yeah it's not much different to dishwasher salt and detergent.
Show threadT. Austin BrownMay 8, 2023
@gsuberland @arclight @ottaross @dgar That, with copper wool, could really get some burnt grease off.
Show threadSharon Gibson MorganMay 7, 2023
@arclight @ottaross @dgar Webstaurant is wonderful. I got my first mortar and pestle from them in 2016 and have been using it ever since.
Show threadLuke in WindsorMay 7, 2023
@dgar Best !
Show threadJeff BronksMay 7, 2023
@dgar
Should have used #MoltenBoron.
Show threadGik  | 💙➡️🇺🇦May 7, 2023
@dgar at least you know how it will look after the same amount of use
Show threadWaterluvianMay 7, 2023
@dgar I have a feeling that most of those ingredients were unnecessary and that it’s like some accumulation of tribal knowledge. But you can’t argue with those results. 🤩
Show threadekesMay 7, 2023

@waterluvian
@dgar

I think op confused sodium hydroxide with sodium bicarbonate.

Baking soda helps removing paint, corrossion and tarnish while caustic soda dissolves grease, fats and protein-based deposits.

Show threadWaterluvianMay 7, 2023
@ekes @dgar Yeah but it doesn’t interfere with the final step.
Show threadVivian Schey 🏳️‍🌈 🇩🇪 <(FSM)<{May 7, 2023

@dgar

For a stainless steel pan, it's important that it looks the way at the inside bottom like this one looks on the outside; because otherwise, everything will stick in it. To get the pan to this, it took me more than half a year. But my former (and now long late) mother in law once thought the pan was dirty, and scrubbed until it was blinking again.
I could have strangled her on the spot...

Show threadDaniel PaveyMay 7, 2023
@dgar brilliant...
Show threadEn Buen Ora 🆗May 7, 2023
@dgar for ones that maybe aren't that bad people may be surprised how well Bar Keepers Friend works
Show threadStrugglingGuitaristMay 7, 2023
@dgar 🤣
Show thread@energiepiratMay 7, 2023
@dgar 🤣 🤣 🤣
Show threadKatiameMay 7, 2023

@dgar

Do this if you want to create chlorine gas and seriously harm yourself, by all means.

Please don't mix bleach with vinegar.

Show threadLaux Myth (aka Martin)May 7, 2023
@Katiame @dgar In 10 L of water and then adding baking soda … he should be fine. Granted he did none of this as it was a set up to a joke. Personally, black on the BOTTOM of my frying pans is not a problem as I see it.
Show threadKatiameMay 8, 2023

@lauxmyth @dgar

Joke or not, someone will read this and try it. It's human nature. Not everyone knows mixing these ingredients is extremely dangerous.

Show threadLaux Myth (aka Martin)May 8, 2023
@Katiame @dgar Good point. Many will not know to consider it a joke and not follow the proportions given. Dilution in this case is our friend.
Show thread@energiepiratMay 7, 2023
@dgar Reminds me a athabaskian recipe for Loon, a wildlife Bird living mainly on the water ant well known for long diving. Catch the loon, throw him into a pot of boiling water, add vegetables, seasoning, salt, and three big stones. Than cook it until the stones are soft. As soon as stones have a smooth consistency, throw away the Loon and eat the stones.
Show threadPeter CohenMay 7, 2023
@dgar I feel seen.
Show threadCrowjaneMay 7, 2023
@dgar
You made me laugh out loud.
Thanks
Show threadDgarMay 7, 2023
@Crowjane 😊
Show threadEric S BurdonMay 7, 2023
@dgar Such an amazing lifehack. 😂
Show threadberlin_radler😷🐘May 7, 2023
🤣 🤣 🤣
Show threadDoreen32128 ready to rumble!May 7, 2023
@dgar 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Show threadadheeth🐘May 7, 2023
@dgar 😂😭
Steel wool, baking soda and lime based soap and a lot of scrubbing would have done the job
Show threadAngela GMay 7, 2023

@dgar Ahhh the importance of reading the details!

Well done.

Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023

@dgar Next time donate it. There are Goodwills and Salvation Army stores
f*ing everywhere. There's a poor person out there who knows the formula, is willing to put on the elbow grease, and will keep it out of a landfill.

Yeah, I get it. I'm not impressed.

Show threadDavid Penfold May 7, 2023
@janisf @dgar I'm just guessing here, but I think the whole thing was made up for comedic effect.
Show threadcostrikeMay 7, 2023
@davep @janisf @dgar I'm stating it as fact.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023

@davep @dgar I know, but we're just laughing at our throw-away culture, then, and I can't lie, that pisses me off. We've got a myriad of solvable problems that can aptly be addressed by mass cognition on the full life cycle, (including sourcing), of of the products we buy, and eventually dispose of.

I don't want to rob anyone of their sanity laughter. What I need to do, ethically, is be one voice in the sea of cacophony that says if enough of us engage, there's still hope.

Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMay 7, 2023
@janisf @davep @dgar If you’d made your reply even mildly silly and still made your point it would’ve been more effective. Humor motivates and is remembered. Chiding in response to humor may make you feel better but it diminishes your goal. - ex I did all that and mine looked worse!!! 😉 Then I remembered I had some Muratic acid. Stupid interweb hacks, I could have had lemonade & a clean pan.😜
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023

@Pineywoozle @davep @dgar No, it wouldn't have. I've tried it a million times.

Thanks for the advice, though?

Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMay 7, 2023
@janisf @davep @dgar You may not have seen an immediate effect but I guarantee you humor sells everything better than any other approach.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023
@Pineywoozle @davep @dgar When I need to sell, I'll sell.
When it comes to volunteer engagement, outrage has a better track record. There are good things to be anxious and angry about. It's an untapped, if not bursting energy source for a whole slew of us.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMay 7, 2023
@janisf @davep @dgar LoL Ok. I still disagree but no biggy.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023

@Pineywoozle @davep @dgar It depends on the situation of people you're trying to engage. We've got a despair epidemic in the US. People are feeling incredibly ineffective. You can't cajole your way through that. It's tactless, insensitive, and exacerbates the problem. Too many people *need* to tap into their anger to use it productively, and they need to know it's not a bad thing to be, and act, pissed at things in which they can make a dent.

That's hope.

Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMay 7, 2023
@janisf @davep @dgar Still disagree about the motivating effect of chiding. Get engagement with humor then engage their anger. Even the limited responses you got kind point out that you didn’t engage their anger about your cause simply at you for throwing ice water on much needed humor.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023
@Pineywoozle @davep @dgar So, I think it's a biggie. Otherwise I wouldn't be here with my angry ass hanging out as an open target.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMay 7, 2023
@janisf @davep @dgar I ment our disagreement over the most effective way to get a productive response.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023
@dgar You can buy muriatic acid at the hardware store, btw. Yes, I'm poor.
Show threadAndy in IndyMay 7, 2023
@janisf @dgar Goodwill rarely sells stuff that needs fixing or heavy cleaning. They don’t have to; people throw away plenty of perfectly good stuff.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023
@naptowncode @dgar Ours does.
Show threadAndy in IndyMay 7, 2023
@janisf @dgar I'm just saying, any time I've volunteered to sort donations I see plenty of stuff that I'm like "really? you won't even try to salvage this?" and I get told "Nope."
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023
@naptowncode @dgar Yeah, it can be pretty bad. I tend to donate to our local veterans' donation center, they do a better job with that kind of thing. Imagine what might happen if we all started donating to that end and pressuring these orgs, you know, just because we can.
Show threadAndy in IndyMay 7, 2023
@janisf @dgar To the point of the original joke, there's a lot of nonsense in "DIY" culture that people want to believe in order to feel better about buying so much cheap disposable crap and abusing what we buy.
Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023

@naptowncode @dgar Your earworm for the day: look for... the union label....

"What are you going to do with what you know now?" - Dario Calmese

Show threadJanisMay 7, 2023
@naptowncode @dgar "Have to" to what end? Keeping its employee training program going? maintaining donations? It's a non-profit. It doesn't have to be there at all.
Show threadvvvvanMay 7, 2023
@dgar Step one is heavy duty sponge (abrasive) and Bar Keeper's Friend (abrasive & acid). Scrub like fuck, rinse. Step two is sponge and CLR or Sanivac (acid). Repeat as needed. Cleans just about anything.