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Yesterday we celebrated the hubster’s birthday! (Happy Birthday hun!) So it was a pretty low key day with regards to blogging and anything blogging related. Basically I didn’t do a whole lot. Instead we went out for breakfast and had decadent strawberry french toast…did a little shopping in the afternoon…and tonight went out for Mexican food and then home for German Chocolate cupcakes…the hubsters’s fav.)
Even though “blogging” was the furthest thing from my mind…while I was washing up some dishes in the morning, I came across one of my “much loved” cookie sheets that I hadn’t attempted any “miracle cleaning” on …..yet.
For some reason I was in the mood to experiment….so I did. I decided to pull out my trusty duo of Baking Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide and let it works its’ magic….again. But…this time I took a little different approach than in times past.
In the past I would make a paste of the two and start scrubbing. Today I decided to add an ingredient. Time. I didn’t feel like actually DOING much scrubbing, etc….but I had TIME to see what the “Miracle Cleaner” could accomplish if left to its own devices for awhile…without any interference from me.
I am here to report: “miracle cleaner” + TIME = RESULTS!
I started out with a medium-sized circle on the badly stained backside of this jelly roll pan that I have had for a million years. I wanted to try a “test patch” if you will just to see if it was worth trying out on the whole pan. You better believe it was!
After sprinkling the spot with baking soda, then hydrogen peroxide, then another layer of baking soda… I left it sitting there like that while we went to breakfast. When we got home I rubbed a little of the cleaner off and was actually quite astonished to see MOST of the gunk came right off! Minimal rubbing with my fingers (you could use a scrubbie too) was required.
This, of course, meant I HAD to try it on the rest of the pan. But hey….if all it involved was sprinkling on some baking soda…sprinkling on some hydrogen peroxide and then sprinkling on a little MORE baking soda….and waiting….I could do that.
Looks like SNOW in May!
Besides….we were still going out to dinner AND had the American Idols Finale to watch! It would have plenty of time to “work”.
And WORK…it did! Just about 2 hours later I checked on the experiment…(I couldn’t wait any longer! I was too curious!) I wiped/rubbed away one corner of the cleaning concoction…and felt almost giddy with excitement! There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with me! :-)
I then proceeded to wipe/rub off the rest and well….the pictures, as usual, speak for themselves.
Not perfect…yet…but a VAST improvement!
Remember folks….this was accomplished with literally NO SCRUBBING involved! The dynamic duo did all the “work”….while all *I* had to do was TRY to be patient! A fairly daunting task for YOURS TRULY.
But when faced with a choice between BEING PATIENT and SCRUBBING….I’ll take the former. :-)
Can’t wait to get to work on the OTHER side and the edges. I’m thinking a good, long shopping trip to the “big city” should suffice in keeping me away from it while it does its work! Hey….a girl does what a girl’s gotta do! :-)
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I love this blog! Little tips like this give me a reason to go buy stuff like Peroxide. Sure, I should already have some in my house for my first aid kit, but then it never gets used and I end up throwing away full bottles that have been expired for 4 years… Now I have a use for it other than expiring in my first aid kit.
Using hydrogen peroxide to clean out wounds, scrapes and cuts kills the good cells as well as the bad cells in your body. Just use some simple soap and water. Your cut will heal faster and with less scaring.
oh for heaven’s sake, am I ever excited about this one! You have the best ideas, and I love your blog.
I always wondered how to get that junk off! Thank you!
I think I’m going to try this on the underside of my pots and pans, too. They’re just as good with the gunk on them but I want them shiny and pretty again!
My stepdad manages rental property and so he does a lot of cleaning of really terrible things. He says that the mistake most people make is assuming that they have to do the work. You should find a good cleaner for the job you need to do and then get it on there and go away. Let it do it’s work. Sometimes, you’ll still have a little scrubbing to do, but nothing like if you just started scrubbing right away.
Which is one of the reasons why he’s so interested in my new homemade cleaners, because with the storebought stuff, you’re walking a thin line between giving it the time it needs and letting the harsh chemicals eat away at the surface.
Just wondering if it would take of the non stick stuff on it?
You must have been reading my mind. I have the brown build up around the edges and on the backs of my pans too, and I was just wondering yesterday what would take that off without a ton of scrubbing. I love all of your tips and tricks and read your blog daily and I “pin” most of your posts. Keep them coming!
How does one ‘sprinkle’ peroxide? Thanks in advance for the tips everyone!
I use a spray bottle to spritz it on.
I bought a generic shaker at local food supply store. You can get them for like 50 cents or a $1 sometimes. Amazon has a set for just about $5. I do a lot of cleaning with baking soda, so it is SO worth it for me. I bought on that has a lid on it so not to let moisture into the shaker holes.
http://www.amazon.com/Commercial-Stainless-Pepper-Shakers-Dredges/dp/B000JUTCEQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365444502&sr=8-1&keywords=salt+shaker
Also, I use baking soda sprinkled in my stainless steel sink, around my faucet, etc and spray with vinegar. It does all the cleaning work for me and I just rinse away with water or sometimes get a small toothbrush for the hidden areas. Wipe up any water on the counter with a towel and done.
I re-purposed a green plastic container from parmesan cheese. Works great – the lid has options for pouring or sprinkling and it snaps shut.
Cool! Thanks!
again! Awesome tips! Cleaning my oven this weekend with you oven hints! Long weekend = clean oven! LOL!
I must say I am thoroughly impressed with this site regularly! I go home with a new cleaning experiment or homemade cleaner recipe and I am so excited, and the best part the results are always amazing! Thank so much for all your hard work, it truly has made me a happy camper and my house sparkles and shines much longer between cleanings:)
My husband wants to thank you for all of your cleaning tips. I read your blog daily, and then when
there is a new tip I’m like you and go “I have to try that.” Needless to say, our house is a lot cleaner than it was before. He’s very OCD about cleanliness( I’m more of a chaotic type) so he’s a lot less stressed now. Thanks Jillee!
Would it work on non-stick pans?
I would not try it on non-stick, since the baking soda is abrasive it may scratch the surface.
I am going to try this on the back of my good Pampered Chef professional cookware that my hubby uses. Needless to say I have given up trying to keep the back of egg/saute pan clean. LOL I’ll let you know how it works.
I can’t wait to try this, thank you for all your tips!
Amazing!! Thanks for the tip.
I wonder…glass stove top…hmmm. Also, do your cookies stick more if you get the gunk off?
Andrea -
I use baking soda and vinegar to do my glass stove top! :)
Same theory, just different products!
I have a bunch of non-stick pots that need this. I don’t have to scrub the inside, since they’re non-stick, but now the outsides have gotten bad because I don’t spend time cleaning them. I’ll definitely do a test spot first, though.
Every year I replace fishing lures because they dull, stain etc. I just tried your miracle cleaner and saved a ton of money with newly refreshed lures. It makes the spinners shine, and removed the unknown gunk that seems to build up mysteriously. I had one white hair jig that was headed for the trash because the hair and threads were so stained with rust. I used the +time method and the jig is back to white as new. Thanks.
Not long after I read this, someone left a grimy toaster oven on the “giveaway” table in my office. It looked disgusting. I took it home and tried the “miracle cleaning” formula. I didn’t even have to wait an hour to see how well this stuff just lifted the grease and grime right off the oven door. I plastered this stuff all over the oven – inside and out. It doesn’t even look like the same junk toaster no one wanted. Now I have a “like new” 6 slice Bella Kitchen convection toaster oven for free!
I have several half-jelly roll pans that have multiple uses; my husband snags them occasionally and uses them as drips pans under the grill (don’t get me started) when he does ribs or smokes butts. They are nearly impossible to clean-up – I learned that you can put them in the oven and run them through a self-clean cycle and they come out looking nearly brand new. This WILL NOT work on non-stick pans and they never cook as good as they did when new; so I keep them separate from my “good” ones and always make sure to put parchment or silicone on them if I need to use them!
I have for years used hydrogen peroxide and ammonia (equal amounts in a spray bottle) it is an amazing stain remover and I have never had a problem with fading my fabrics or anything. It is amazing on grease spots and food stains. I also put baking soda in my wash and use baking soda all over my kitchen but for some reason have never thought to mix baking soda and peroxide. Thanks for the tip and I LOVE the pics.
I will have to try this on my stainless cooktop. Thanks
My kitchen counter tops are white tile with what used to be white grout. I put the baking soda and peroxide paste on the grout and waited a few hours. Well this worked, the grout is now white with just a small amount of scrubbing on my part. Thanks
Ehhhh….. No. I tried this tonight on my parent’s pans and it didn’t work.
Had the bottle of peroxide been opened for too long before you used it, maybe?
Ketchup works too. Just smear on a good thickness, let it sit and then wipe away.
Thank u so much! Im hoping u just saved me many $$$ by not having to replace my pans!! Granted i have had them for like 7 years, but as someone that wud rather spend money on crafts… Love this!! Thanks again!
I’m hooked. My granddaughter introduced me to Pintrist and I love it! I keyed into this one to see if someone could tell me how to restore my Calphalon cookie – I clean them thoroughly, but used parchment paper to bake bread & wound up with a sticky, greasy film in the middle of the pans. Don’t know what happened – love the bread, hate the messed-up cookie sheet. I’ll try the baking soda-ammonia idea, and maybe the ketchup one, too! Thanks to all of you for brightening my day! And Sara, if you see this, thanks again! Love you!
I tried your method for cleaning baking sheets. Perhaps mine were too far gone, but it did not work. I left them “soak” overnight and still nothing. Guess I will just have to leave them for the drip pans and use new ones.
I’m not sure if I did something wrong, but I like Debby J let them soak all night and nothing came off. I poured on the peroxide and put on a lot of baking soda… Any suggestions on what will help would be greatly appreciated!
I tried the baking soda-peroxide too, helped but not perfect. Maybe I’ll just buy new cookie sheets? Or not look at them too closely?
Unfortunately SOME cookies sheets are just too far gone. I have some like that. I just cover them with foil when I use them and they look shiny new! ;-)
When I use foil, it retards the baking process and leaves stuff underbaked on the bottom. Anyway, the peroxide and baking soda didnt work for me either. :(
If the baking soda and peroxide method isn’t working for you, you could try ammonia. I use it on my gas range grates and it works beautifully. Just put them in a large trash back with a few table spoons worth of ammonia and let them sit (outside to avoid fumes) over night. The fumes actually soften the gunk so that it wipes right off with minimal scrubbing. :)
Ammonia was my mom’s secret for cleaning anything greasy & cooked on. She even throws the oven shelves & outdoor grill stuff in a sealed trash bag with the ammonia and it works beautifully!
I wonder if this works on silicone pans. I’ve a muffin pan that is dreadfully hard to clean and it is all black and stained. I am going to try it. Certainly can’t hurt it!
It didn’t work on my sheet pans :(
Does your miracle cleaner work on non stick baking pans too?
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I was disappointed with the results, but I used old baking soda. I am going to retry with a fresh box and put the old one in the fridge. I still have hope>
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Would this work on the baked on crud on stove tops?
i use this method on my flat top, sprinkle baking soda, a spray of vinegar and and spray of peroxcide and then place a damp dish rag and leave for a while so it can pentrate then wipe up
Curious would this work in an oven(not self clean one). I tried many products and got no wheres to be able to clean it.
What ratio of peroxide to soda should you use?
Do I use this on both sides of the cookie sheet? I am not worried about the bottom on the outside I am more worried about the cooking side.
Thanks! Just shared on my FB page!
Didn’t work on my sheet! They were not to stained. Just didn’t work.
I have two things I use for this. One requires a pan big enough to immerse the grungy one in. Put the grungy one in the bigger pan, add enough water to completely cover it plus another inch or so. Cook it in the oven for 30-60 minutes, depending on how grungy it is. Take it out carefully so you don’t burn yourself or spill the hot water. Rinse both pans off in hot water. That should do it, but repeat if necessary. I use foil disposable turkey baking pans for the biggest things, like iron skillets. I rinse out the foil pan and keep it though. This will clean an ancient crusty, rusty, nasty second-hand iron skillet with ease. Wash and dry iron immediately and re-season it as soon as possible afterwards.
Method #2 – Not nearly as green as the first or yours. Dawn makes a gel that comes in a spray bottle. It works great, although it may take more than once if the pan is really nasty. I use this for things with wooden or plastic handles that I can’t “bake” in the oven. It does wonders for my metal mesh splatter screen I use when I fry things.
Solution for nasty drip pans~~ get one of those silicon pads made for lining the bottom of a stove or microwave, line the pan with it. It would be easier to just get a new cookie sheet and save the old one as a permanent drip pan. Then it wouldn’t matter what it looked like.
Put the peroxide in a squirt bottle.
I use something similar to clean the sticky goo left from a sticker on a metal surface and also for cleaning my stainless tea kettle. Make a paste of baking soda and Dawn dish soap. Rub paste with your finger or with an old tooth brush for stubborn stain. Makes any dirty stainless steel item brand spanking new.
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Didn’t work for me either. Left out on 24 hours on both a cookie sheet and the back of a regular pan. SOS pads worked better.
Can’t wait to try this. I have another tip for you. My city water leaves an orange film on my fiberglass shower walls. My grandmother suggested using fumeless oven cleaner. Spray it on, leave for five minutes, scrub lightly with a stiff brush and rinse. It was so simple and my shower looks brand new. It even took the spots off the floor the bleach always misses.
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