cleaning Stove Pans

[greglepore]

Oven cleaner is strong enough to remove the ano from bike parts, use it for that all of time. But yeah, I suspect those will be fugly underneath. But Shaun can plate...

[john70t]

There might be some rust under all of that. Be prepared. You might be able to convert it and oil to slow it down.

Peeks Polish, Barkeepers Friend, or WD-40?
Most posters recommended Autosol (and tinfoil? but that would probably scratch)
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1685639

"NEVER, EVER use a polish on chrome that contains ammonia because Ammonia dissolves chrome"
https://www.answers.com/Q/Can_you_use_ammonia_on_chrome

[Danimal16]

If there is a appliance repair shop near by, you know the one with all the old appliances in the yard; contact them and see if they have used parts. You never know.

[Superman]

Dang chemistry. I dunno whether these were chromed seventy years ago when they were new but I certainly do not expect to find a nice chrome finish underneath all that burnt crud. So I guess I'm not afraid of using ammonia. Heck...it might be best if it does eat off all the chrome.

Then again, oven cleaner ought to work.

[Superman]

Yeah, I refurbished this stove a year ago or so and needed some parts. They can be found, I suppose. But I just want to get these clean.

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by Superman

Show her the picture. Ask her if she has ever cleaned something this dirty.

Well, she did marry Nick.

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[masraum]

Originally Posted by Superman

Yeah, I refurbished this stove a year ago or so and needed some parts. They can be found, I suppose. But I just want to get these clean.

Nice, pics? We'd love an old stove for our old place, but we don't currently have gas or propane, and I'm not sure that I want to screw with trying to keep something that old running if it's electric if they even had electric back in the 20s/30s.

Originally Posted by Norm K

Well, she did marry Nick.

_

ROFLMAO!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I would media blast them and then paint with high temp Cerakote

[cabmandone]

^^^
Ha! I knew cerakote would enter the discussion.

[Superman]

LOL. I wonder if Shaun has cerakote'd his garden tools.

Perhaps I will snap a pic of this stove when I am there next. It's electric. It would have been something of a Cadillac in 1953. About a yard wide, four burners and a pancake grill. I looked into just replacing it (with gas, which this house has) but the dimensions of a new one would fk up the counter it is set into, which is old school tile built around this stove.

25 drawers and nearly a dozen wide cabinets in this kitchen. Galley shape. Best kitchen I have ever cooked in.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Norm K

Well, she did marry Nick.

_

True! But my mind is still full of filth! And she ain't takin ammonia to it! Although I'm pretty sure she has tried to slip a 2 gallon ziplock over my noggin when I'm sleepin.

[shadowjack1]

Originally Posted by cabmando

It's ammonia in a plastic bag and then out into the sun. She said she uses about a quarter cup. She lets it out in the sun a couple of days and the crud just kinda wipes off.

This^^^^^^. The fumes created by the ammonia in the bag is what does the cleaning. Let it set out in the sun all day.