On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:07:32 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Sat 16 Feb 2008 02:07:54p, Kenneth told us...
>
>> 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,
>
>Hi Kenneth,
>
>No it was a cast aluminum saucepan made by Club Aluminum.
>
>Thanks for asking...
>
>Wayne

Hi again Wayne,

I have one other question about your experience:

Would I be correct to guess that you put the ammonia into
the aluminum pan itself (rather than putting it in, for
example, a glass container) so that the fumes could act on
the aluminum?

If so, I may have more to offer about this...

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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