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Pylls, Barry
 
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Default Rubbermaid lids get sticky

Curly Sue wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:40:32 -0500, "Pylls, Barry" >
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>>I find that lids for rubbermaid tupperware get sticky for no
>>reason when they are several years old. Scrubbing with soap
>>and warm water doesn't seem to help. These are the flat
>>rectangular containers, frosty semi-translucent body and
>>beige lid. However, I've found usenet testimonies of the
>>longevity of rubbermaid tupperware. Does anyone else experience
>>this?

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> Do you wash them in the dishwasher? This seems to help.



I don't have a dishwasher, but I scrub them in hot soapy water
with a cloth and a scrub brush with plastic bristles. It helps
for a while, but the stickiness comes back again. Cleaning them
off is not my main concern, it is more about whether the stickiness
is secreted by the plastic itself. If that's the case, I'd just
toss the container rather than have it get on food. The funny
thing is that my margarine tubs don't get this stick film, and
neither does the body of the rubbermaid container. Only the lid
does. However, Gabby came up with another possible explanation,
that the plastic simply attracts grease more than other plastics.
So I'll just wash it with baking soda as per her suggestion.