On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:57:32 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Sat 16 Feb 2008 07:14:04a, Kenneth told us...
>
>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:10:28 -0800 (PST), maxine in ri
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> If the pan is aluminum it will be totally ruined. Stainless steel
>works
>>>> okay.
>>>>
>>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>>>
>>>Thanks for the correction. I didn't realize aluminum wouldn't work.
>>>
>>>maxine
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> With respect, the information you are seeing about it being
>> ill advised to use ammonia on aluminum is not correct.
>>
>> As you will see elsewhere in this thread, aluminum is used
>> in all sorts of industrial applications that work with
>> ammonia precisely because the metal is not harmed.
>>
>> (Also, I have used the ammonia cleaning method many times on
>> my own aluminum pans and it works perfectly.)
>>
>> All the best,
>
>When I have attempted cleaning aluminum with ammonia, the metal became
>pitted and the finish dulled. Just my experience.

Hi Wayne,

Is there any possibility that the thing you thought to be
aluminum was, in fact, made of something else?

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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