Cleaning pots and pan bottoms

Lisa Sheppard
by Lisa Sheppard
Can someone tell me how to get the stains off my T-Fal pots and pans. I have a nice pot rack but my pans look terrible. HELP
  13 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jan 11, 2018

    Try Bar keepers friend

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    • Wanda Wanda on Jan 11, 2018

      keep doing it and leaving it on while before scrubbing off. And you can also use baking soda and I believe it was vinegar and sit it in that - and then wipe off (saw this on one of the TV shows)

  • Amanda Amanda on Jan 11, 2018

    HI Lisa. I use bar keepers friend. It works great!

  • Phyllis Phyllis on Jan 11, 2018

    Try using spray on oven cleaner. (May want to do outside, I hate that stuff but usually works.) Let it soak 20+ min. an wash off. May need to do more than once.

    • Sharon Seiber Sharon Seiber on Jan 11, 2018

      I had this problem and now am using the scentless oven cleaner! I love it for my pan bottoms. I have a new black glass top and do not want to use dirty pan bottoms.


  • Joan hunter Joan hunter on Jan 11, 2018

    I tried the oven cleaner once but it changed the color to a very dull grey, so that didn't work to well. Now I just use Brillo pads and it does a nice job but requires a lot of "elbow grease" to get the job done. I hate cleaning my pot bottoms. Bar keepers friend works really well to remove utensil marks on stone ware and Corning ware plates and stove tops.

  • Jean Gordon Jean Gordon on Jan 11, 2018

    Belive it or NOT, GooOff, try it. Spray on bottom of pan to rid grease. Let sit for a couple minutes, then use the scrubber side of a kitchen sponge lightly in order to remove grease between the ridges . Walla, melts off. Think about it, grease is Goo! lol (Love my T-Fal)

  • Joy30150932 Joy30150932 on Jan 11, 2018

    Try a ceramic cleaner with a scrubbie to see if you can get it off. I recently did mine and they came up much better than they were.

  • Trisia Trisia on Jan 14, 2018

    Magic erasers

  • Helen Helen on Jan 14, 2018

    I use Astonish oven & Cookware cleaner.

    I works great not hard on hands and don't scratch surface.

  • Helen Helen on Jan 14, 2018

    Ordered Astonish Oven & Cookware Cleaner from Amazon. ..

  • Kima Kima on Jan 14, 2018

    A mixture of course salt and lemon. Let it sit for a few minutes. Or coffee grounds(used), and dishsoap.

  • Trisia Trisia on Jan 14, 2018

    Well, okay then. They work for me.

  • Ruby Mora Ruby Mora on Jan 15, 2018

    I've never used it, I hear beekeepers friend is great, but I shake baking soda onto them then out some dawn dish soap on it. Scrub with my dish brush and get almost anything off.

    • Lisa Sheppard Lisa Sheppard on Jan 16, 2018

      I did that, but it still didnt clean it enough so i took it a step further and steamed my pots and pans over boil water for about 5 min. then scrubbed with baking soda vinegar and Dawn. It got almost all of it off.


  • Ruby Mora Ruby Mora on Jan 16, 2018

    Well alright! I learned what to do if mine don't come clean. Thanks.