"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> Doug Kanter > wrote:
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>>"KOS" > wrote in message
>
>>> Hello, I have a yellow enamel pot- I was cooking something in oven and
>>> had to put foil paper on outside of pot.... Now there is dark coloring
>>> on the outside of yellow pot from foil paper... Dont know how to clean
>>> this, wont come off with soap and water..please help
>>> KOS
>
>> From the supermarket: Bon Ami powder, or a tougher version,
>> Barkeeper's Friend. The first one is preferable.
>
> Kosher salt is another approach.
>
> Barkeeper's Friend can clean enamel so that it looks good,
> but then its surface is somehow altered so that it gets
> dirty-looking faster in the future. (There's a warning about
> this on the container.)
>
> Steve

That's why Bon Ami is a better choice. Same basic type of product, but a
much finer grit.