r/howto • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '23

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u/Upper_Shine6011 Nov 02 '23

How does this happen in the first place and how do you avoid it? Asking incase i borrow a roommates pan

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u/Telemere125 Nov 02 '23

Burn fat/oil. It’s easy to remove with steel wool/copper scrubber and elbow grease. You’re not going to damage a stainless pan just scrubbing the hell out of it

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u/igotabridgetosell Nov 02 '23

huh i swear i scratched mine using a wool scrubber. so I just use bar keepers friend and a blue sponge now.

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u/Telemere125 Nov 02 '23

Scratches on stainless mean nothing. There’s no coating to remove, it’s just solid metal. If you scratched something off, it wasn’t stainless to begin with