Metal utensils are an indispensable tool in our kitchen. Pots, pans, knives - cooking is simply unthinkable without them. Nickel-plated cookware has an attractive shiny look. What are its main advantages and how to clean it? This will be discussed further.
Pros of nickel-plated cookware
- Strength is the main superiority of nickel cookware. With proper treatment, she has the potential to serve for decades.
- Hygiene. The main difference between nickel-plated cookware is that it is actually quite possible to call it hygienic, since harmful microbes do not accumulate on a smooth polished surface.
- Nickel tableware is environmentally friendly and recyclable.
- Strength: this cookware is considered strong and not prone to various cracks, dents, besides, it can be used on various stoves.
- Easy to use: low maintenance, easy and quick to clean.
Let's consider further how and how to clean nickel-plateddishes. Our tips will help you easily cope with the task.
How to clean?
Nickel plated utensils are most often cleaned with vinegar and table s alt in a ratio of 2 to 1. This will be an excellent care.
After you wash the dishes, be sure to rub them with a dry cloth. Wash it exclusively with hot water. It is not allowed to clean it with soda, sand and crushed bricks.
Excellently cleans chalk dishes.
An old folk recipe for cleaning kitchen nickelware: collect ashes from used cigarettes and clean them well, then wipe the surface thoroughly with a cloth.
If the bottom of the dishes is very greasy, ammonia or a weak solution of hydrochloric acid will help clean it. Finally, rinse with boiling water and polish with chalk.
Prepare an ammonia solution by mixing it with water. Add some of this solution to the container. Wet an evenly soft sponge or special cloth. Rub the dirty area well. Then carefully rub the dishes with a sponge or cloth. Use force to rub very dirty places.
Never leave nickel-plated steel utensils in undiluted ammonia, as all coating may peel off.
Caution when cleaning with chemicals
When working with such harmful and dangerous chemicals as ammonia, you need to be very prudent and careful. Wear protective gloves and a maskon the face. It is better to do everything outdoors or in a room with open windows. Never mix different chemicals. Any combination can lead to dangerous reactions for both humans and the dishes themselves.
Things you need to start cleaning: cloth, special cleaner for metal utensils, rough iron sponge, ammonia or vinegar essence, warm water, large dish, oven cleaner, metal polish.
Clean dishes with ready-made cleaning products
Finish the surface. If the dishes are not very dirty and greasy, you can simply use alloy polish. Polish for chrome-plated surfaces is perfect for nickel-plated dishes. Apply not too much product to the surface, and then polish with light movements.
Search the mall for an antimicrobial disinfectant cleaner for the alloy. Apply this compound to heavily soiled areas on your cookware, especially the yellowed parts that often form on nickel-plated cookware. Leave the product to work for 30 minutes. In addition, WD-40 anti-corrosion agent is often used, which destroys oil stains.
An excellent option for cleaning nickel-plated dishes, the photo of which is presented in the article, is considered to be a cleaner for stoves and ovens, it can be extremely useful in eliminating greasy deposits.
It would be good to first test this method onnot a very large section of the plane. If the nickel-plating of the cookware is extremely thin, then use a metal sponge or scraper with care so as not to damage the surface. If the metal is stable, then you can gently rub the greasy place with a product, then with an iron sponge and then polish.
