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?

"Pylls, Barry" wrote in message
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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?

Nope -- mine are fine and I've had my Rubbermaid containers for going on 20
years. What are you storing in them, are you using them in the microwave,
and how are you cleaning them?

ObPedant: Rubbermaid is not Tupperware is not Rubbermaid -- Tupperware and
Rubbermaid are separate products/brands.

-j

I've also had good luck with mine. For years, I have used two
rectangular ones, like you descibe--usually for lettuce and romaine
storage. (I "burp" the air out of them, and the romaine stays fresh
and crisp.) I put them in the dishwasher, and they clean up very well.

Pylls, Barry wrote:
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?

Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? Just turn them in for
replacement.
-L.

On Mon 16 Jan 2006 12:40:32a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pylls, Barry?

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?

I've only had this happen with ancient Tupperware. However, Cascade has a
relatively new product on the market called Plastic Booster 2N1 that's
supposed to work miracles on cleaning up all sorts of plastic items. You
might give it a try.

--
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"Pylls, Barry" wrote:

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?

I quit using rubbermaid.

They leak.

I've switched to the ziplock and glad disposables.

I can use each one at least a dozen times. When they start leaking, I
throw them away and replace them.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:40:32 -0500, "Pylls, Barry"
wrote:

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?

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

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"-L." wrote in message
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Pylls, Barry wrote:
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?

Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? Just turn them in for
replacement.

They guarantee replacement for "chipping, cracking, breaking or peeling" not
'stickiness'. When I've run into this stickiness, I've used a paste of
baking soda on a damp cloth and it's taken care of it.

Gabby

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

I can use each one at least a dozen times. When they start leaking, I
throw them away and replace them.


That's what a Scotsman once said about his condoms!

;---p

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Best
Greg

jacqui{JB} wrote:
"Pylls, Barry" wrote in message
...


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?


Nope -- mine are fine and I've had my Rubbermaid containers for going on 20
years. What are you storing in them, are you using them in the microwave,
and how are you cleaning them?

I'm storing them in the cupboard above the sink (and incidentally,
above the toaster, used on average once a day). They are stored with
lids of plastic tubs for margarine & other things. Only the Rubbermaid
lid gets the sticky film.

I don't use them in a microwave.

I clean them in hot soapy water, with a cloth and a scrub brush (plastic
bristles).

ObPedant: Rubbermaid is not Tupperware is not Rubbermaid -- Tupperware and
Rubbermaid are separate products/brands.

Oo. My bad. Thanks for clearing that up.

Gabby wrote:
"-L." wrote in message
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Pylls, Barry wrote:

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?

Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? Just turn them in for
replacement.


They guarantee replacement for "chipping, cracking, breaking or
peeling" not 'stickiness'. When I've run into this stickiness,
I've used a paste of baking soda on a damp cloth and it's taken care
of it.

I wonder what the sticky film is, though. I store the tupperware with
plastic tubs formerly used for margarine, and the tubs & their lids
don't get sticky. I've heard that plastics sometimes secrete a film
when they age. If it has reached that point, perhaps I will toss it
rather than having the secretion make its way into my food.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Mon 16 Jan 2006 12:40:32a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Pylls, Barry?


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?


I've only had this happen with ancient Tupperware. However, Cascade has a
relatively new product on the market called Plastic Booster 2N1 that's
supposed to work miracles on cleaning up all sorts of plastic items. You
might give it a try.

If it's the aging plastic that is secreting this stickiness, though,
I think I'll toss it instead of constantly trying to clean it off.
It's informative to know that it actually happens to other, though.

"Pylls, Barry" wrote in message
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Gabby wrote:
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Pylls, Barry wrote:

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?

Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? Just turn them in for
replacement.


They guarantee replacement for "chipping, cracking, breaking or
peeling" not 'stickiness'. When I've run into this stickiness,
I've used a paste of baking soda on a damp cloth and it's taken care
of it.

I wonder what the sticky film is, though. I store the tupperware with
plastic tubs formerly used for margarine, and the tubs & their lids
don't get sticky. I've heard that plastics sometimes secrete a film
when they age. If it has reached that point, perhaps I will toss it
rather than having the secretion make its way into my food.

I've had some of my Tupperware for over 20 years and have not experienced it
much. I've found though that it is usually the items kept in high cupboards
& not used much. They don't get washed as often, for obvious reasons, and
tend to accumulate whatever grease is in the air. My worst experience with
the phenomenon was with Frig-o seal containers. Again, the baking soda
paste worked well.

Gabby

Gabby wrote:
"Pylls, Barry" wrote in message
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Gabby wrote:

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Pylls, Barry wrote:


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?

Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? Just turn them in for
replacement.


They guarantee replacement for "chipping, cracking, breaking or
peeling" not 'stickiness'. When I've run into this stickiness,
I've used a paste of baking soda on a damp cloth and it's taken care
of it.

I wonder what the sticky film is, though. I store the tupperware with
plastic tubs formerly used for margarine, and the tubs & their lids
don't get sticky. I've heard that plastics sometimes secrete a film
when they age. If it has reached that point, perhaps I will toss it
rather than having the secretion make its way into my food.


I've had some of my Tupperware for over 20 years and have not experienced it
much. I've found though that it is usually the items kept in high cupboards
& not used much. They don't get washed as often, for obvious reasons, and
tend to accumulate whatever grease is in the air. My worst experience with
the phenomenon was with Frig-o seal containers. Again, the baking soda
paste worked well.

Yes, I too thought that it may just pick up grease in the air. The margarine
tubs and tub lids do not do this, however, and neither does the body of the
rubbermaid container. That's why I was being cautious about the possibility
that the rubbermaid lid is simply secreting it. If this is true, then having
seldomly cleaned lids on a top cupboard shelf would also allow it to accumulate.

Thanks for the baking soda tip.

Curly Sue sez:

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

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Wash what? The condoms??!?

Spitz
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