Will denture cleaners remove stains in coffee pots?
Mike Shortreed
coffee pot and one of my lab mates made a smart remark that I
should get some denture cleaner to clean my pot. After laughing
for a minute I considered the merits of the idea. Anyone know
if this would work?
-michael
Jay Crews
Never tried that, but put about a cup of salt, followed by 2 or 3 cups
of crushed ice in your coffee pot and swirl it around.
It works great!
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Vanessa Stern
wrote:
> In article <2i3vap...@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> msh...@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.Edu (Mike Shortreed) writes:
> >I was brewing a pot of coffee the other day in my 'tar coated'
> >coffee pot and one of my lab mates made a smart remark that I
> >should get some denture cleaner to clean my pot. After laughing
> >for a minute I considered the merits of the idea. Anyone know
> >if this would work?
> >
> >-michael
> >
>
> Never tried that, but put about a cup of salt, followed by 2 or 3 cups
> of crushed ice in your coffee pot and swirl it around.
> It works great!
>
> -Jay Crews
Something that works at least on Corningware tea kettles that have built up
ugly looking stains is to fill it with water and add cream of tartar (I
don't think the amount matters all that much - I'd use a couple of
teaspoons) and bring the pot to a boil. The stains vanish. I don't know
what that says about cream of tartar, though!
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Vanessa R. Stern
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Kyle Comproski
msh...@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.Edu (Mike Shortreed) wrote:
Michael,
I have no idea if the denture cleaner will work, but baking soda (in a
paste form) will. If it's as bad as your lab mates feel, you may also need
alot of elbow grease.
Kyle
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Judy Anderson
>From: comp...@crd.ge.com (Kyle Comproski)
>Subject: Re: Will denture cleaners remove stains in coffee pots?
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 06:20:32 GMT
>Michael,
I've often wondered the same, but there is a commercial product called
"Dip-it" which works very well (with no elbow grease) in both my Farberwares.
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Joan Killeen
>In article <2i3vap...@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>,
>msh...@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.Edu (Mike Shortreed) wrote:
>
>> I was brewing a pot of coffee the other day in my 'tar coated'
>> coffee pot and one of my lab mates made a smart remark that I
>> should get some denture cleaner to clean my pot. After laughing
>> for a minute I considered the merits of the idea. Anyone know
>> if this would work?
>>
>> -michael
>
>Michael,
>
>I have no idea if the denture cleaner will work, but baking soda (in a
>paste form) will. If it's as bad as your lab mates feel, you may also need
>alot of elbow grease.
>
>Kyle
Denture cleaner works very well. I've often used this method for cleaning. You'll
probably need to leave the pot soaking overnight.
JK
K.V.Rummery
No, they aren't being idiotic, it is actually true. Back in the days before
washing up liquids that actually worked, my grandad used to do this with the
enamel mugs he stained with his black tea. I use it on mugs, teapots and
anything else that has tea/coffee stains that are heavy going with a steel
wool. Just soak the offending item in some warm water with denture cleaner -
a couple of tabs should do it - for about an hour and it'll be gleeming!
You may want to rinse it thoroughly before you use it again though.....
Kirsty
Hal Laurent
In article <2i3vap...@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>,
>msh...@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.Edu (Mike Shortreed) wrote:
>
> I was brewing a pot of coffee the other day in my 'tar coated'
> coffee pot and one of my lab mates made a smart remark that I
> should get some denture cleaner to clean my pot. After laughing
> for a minute I considered the merits of the idea. Anyone know
> if this would work?
Denture cleaner works *great* for cleaning coffee pots. Drop a
couple Efferdent tablets in an fill it with water. Mind you I've
only done this on glass pots and carafes, never metal ones. Don't
know what kind you have.
Hal Laurent
Baltimore Maryland USA
lau...@tamrc.enet.dec.com
Joan Killeen
>couple Efferdent tablets in an fill it with water. Mind you I've
>only done this on glass pots and carafes, never metal ones. Don't
>know what kind you have.
>
Joan K.
Anita Epler
Denture cleaner would most likely work, although it's probably stronger
than what you need.
When I was waiting tables (working my way through school), we cleaned
coffee pots with a mixture of lemon juice and crushed ice, adding a bit
of salt to help the ice melt slightly. It always worked very well. Of
course, the idea is to do it often enough to keep it from building up --
every day in a restaurant would probably be more like ever 2-3 weeks of
home use. Be sure to remember to rinse the pot well afterwards...
lemon/salt flavored coffee is probably not what you're after.
- Anita
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lump...@halcyon.com
<aep...@zdlabs.ziff.com> wrote:
> In article <2i3vap...@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Mike Shortreed,
> msh...@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.Edu writes:
> > I was brewing a pot of coffee the other day in my 'tar coated'
> > coffee pot and one of my lab mates made a smart remark that I
> > should get some denture cleaner to clean my pot. After laughing
> > for a minute I considered the merits of the idea. Anyone know
> > if this would work?
> >
> > -michael
>
You can buy powdered citric acid at your local pharmacy.
Here's what I do:
I mix about 2 tbs of the citric acid in half a pot of cold water. Pour it
in your coffee maker. Cycle about half the water through the system. Turn
it off and wait about 15 min. Then turn it back on and cycle the rest of
the water through. Before you pour out the pot of 'acid water', take a
cloth and wash the inside of the pot and all around, cleaning off all the
gunk. Then run two or three cycles of clean water through. This will also
clean the lime and other residue from the inside of the coffee maker. You
will see it in the first pot of clean water you cycle through.
The citric acid is a white powder which looks like sugar. I used to use it
to lower the pH of certain chemicals in the lab, because it doesn't affect
any other properties. I looked on the label of one of those coffee pot
cleaners that you can buy at the coffee shops at the mall, and citric acid
was the main ingredient.
IMO it works like a charm, and you don't have to worry about coffee tasting
different after you use it.
Hope this helps.
John
Jason E. Durbin
deposits from your tea cups.
Jason
Joan Killeen (kil...@hslrswi.hasler.ascom.ch) wrote:
: >Denture cleaner works *great* for cleaning coffee pots. Drop a
Sharen A. Rund
: In article 260194...@eds-comproski.crd.ge.com, comp...@crd.ge.com (Kyle Comproski) writes:
: >In article <2i3vap...@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>,
: >msh...@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.Edu (Mike Shortreed) wrote:
: >
: >> I was brewing a pot of coffee the other day in my 'tar coated'
: >> coffee pot and one of my lab mates made a smart remark that I
: >> should get some denture cleaner to clean my pot. After laughing
: >> for a minute I considered the merits of the idea. Anyone know
: >> if this would work?
sure - so also will dishwasher soap
I use it all the time to clean out my coffee/tea pots & cups
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is how you get the brown stuff out. The second is how you get the smells of
ancient brews out. The first complicates the second.
The brown stuff is held together by oxidized tannins and such. The easy
wayto getHthem out is to use something alkaline. Lye, i.e sodium hydroxide,
works spectacularly well, but is dangerous. A much safer alternative is
sodium carbonate, i.e. washing soda. If you don't have that around, you
can make it quite easily. Put some fairly hot water, well above 60 degrees
Celsius (Barely tolerable coffee or tea is at about 80 degrees Celsius),
and *very gently* sprinkle in some sodium bicarbonate, i.e. baking soda.
The bicarbonate decomposes to form sodum carbonate, which is sufficiently
alkaline to do the job. If you add the bicarbonate too rapidly, the
effervescent carbon dioxide will froth over, and make a serious mess. And
that is not without risk either, so be careful. Even so, it is vastly less
dangerous than messing around with sodium hydroxide.
To get rid of the smells, put the container in an oven and leave it there
with the pilot on, and no more, for a few days. Th~ smells will bake out.
Vinegar might help that, too, but I would hate to have to justify that
claim.
- Shankar