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Tue, Dec 20 2011, 1:31 pm
I took out the glass chanukah cups from last year
and they are all oily and yucky. how can I clean them?
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chocolate moose
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Tue, Dec 20 2011, 6:33 pm
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dee's mommy
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 10:01 am
I tried this last year, and it helped a lot: I use steel wool (scouring pads.) It doesn't get it all perfectly clean, but it is a big improvement.
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PinkFridge
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 11:54 am
Get ammonia. Dilute heavily - three to one? - with water, with water being the dominant. Put glasses in zipper bag, pour in solution. Let sit somewhere safe, probably overnight. Works like a dream! This is what I did last year. Not sure of exact proportions. But they ALL came out like new. It made lighting last night so special.
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Optione
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 11:56 am
PinkFridge wrote: | Get ammonia. Dilute heavily - three to one? - with water, with water being the dominant. Put glasses in zipper bag, pour in solution. Let sit somewhere safe, probably overnight. Works like a dream! This is what I did last year. Not sure of exact proportions. But they ALL came out like new. It made lighting last night so special. |
I second this one.
The other suggestion is to rub them with dawn (no water). Let sit for a bit and then scrub. Then rinse off.
Good Luck!
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PinkFridge
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 11:59 am
As a P.S. I forgot to mention what to do the next day: pour the liquid out, rinse well, but you'll see that there will be no scrubbing needed.
Gloves and good ventilation are helpful.
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MGmom
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 12:06 pm
I treated myself to new ones! They were too sticky to even look at, very pretty n economical. Dont think I will even bother washing them this year.
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RachelEve14
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 12:46 pm
Laundry detergent. Put them in another container, sprinkle laundry detergent (powder) over them. Cover in boiling water (don't put hte boiling water right on the cups, I put it off to the side and let it fill up the cups). Cover completely and let cool overnight. In the morning you should just have to rinse.
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emhabanim
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Wed, Dec 21 2011, 1:30 pm
amonia- or any household cleaner with amonia in it
just stick the holders in a ziploc bag with amonia or the amonia cleaner and let it soak - comes out clean with no work
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Lambqueen
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Thu, Dec 22 2011, 1:19 am
baking soda
put some on A DAMP paper towel
use it to rub out the oil and black marks
you can do the same thing with your neronim
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graphixmom
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Thu, Dec 22 2011, 1:20 am
I use oil every shabbos when I bentch lecht and stick them in the dishwasher after shabbos. its the easiest way to go if you have a dishwasher!
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PinkFridge
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 11:13 am
Optione wrote: | PinkFridge wrote: | Get ammonia. Dilute heavily - three to one? - with water, with water being the dominant. Put glasses in zipper bag, pour in solution. Let sit somewhere safe, probably overnight. Works like a dream! This is what I did last year. Not sure of exact proportions. But they ALL came out like new. It made lighting last night so special. |
I second this one.
The other suggestion is to rub them with dawn (no water). Let sit for a bit and then scrub. Then rinse off.
Good Luck! |
Reprising this thread. I just found my cups where I left them. It didn't work. Any precise directions, like degreasing first? I think I may have done that the year before. And proportions for water and ammonia? And how long does ammonia stay potent? I bought it for the previous Chanukah and hadn't used it since. Thanks!
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DvoraG
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 1:59 pm
Anyone know where you can get ammonia in Israel?
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Strawberry2
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 2:00 pm
I put them in a bowl standing up, I put a bit of soap into each one & then fill to top with boiling hot water. I leave it for an hour or 2 and then all it needs is rinsing. If their really bad I leave them overnight.
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Fabulous
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 2:01 pm
Did you try steel wool? I use the "disposable" kind for chanukah and even though I use candles for shabbos, it is very hard to clean the glass and steel wool is the only thing, aside from the dishwasher (which I don't have) that works.
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PinkFridge
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 2:01 pm
Strawberry2 wrote: | I put them in a bowl standing up, I put a bit of soap into each one & then fill to top with boiling hot water. I leave it for an hour or 2 and then all it needs is rinsing. If their really bad I leave them overnight. |
I'm sure this has been asked before but they don't crack from the hot water?
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PinkFridge
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 2:04 pm
Fabulous wrote: | Did you try steel wool? I use the "disposable" kind for chanukah and even though I use candles for shabbos, it is very hard to clean the glass and steel wool is the only thing, aside from the dishwasher (which I don't have) that works. |
Yes, I've used steel wool and it's really tedious. I used ammonia the year before this past Chanukah and I ended up with cups that looked as good as new. I don't know why it didn't work this year and am wondering if I forgot a first step, if there are precise proportions and I was off, etc.
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dee's mommy
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 3:28 pm
[quote="chocolate moose"]soak in lestoil[/quote]
I tried this last year, and it worked beautifully. It's like they are brand new.
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sped
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Sun, Feb 19 2012, 3:38 pm
DvoraG wrote: | Anyone know where you can get ammonia in Israel? |
I think you can't, maybe because it is used in explosives.
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PinkFridge
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Sun, Feb 26 2012, 10:55 am
The rest of the story/oops/never mind/etc:
So it's rosh chodesh Adar and I look at these soaking menorah cups and figure that I have to put them away, even if I don't see the gunk floating around like I did the year before, and I open the window, put on gloves to rinse them out and discover that very gently rubbing my finger around inside I dislodge just about everything that's left. Not quite like the first time I tried the ammonia but such an improvement over all the years before that I can put them away in good conscience.
Thanks and a freilichen Purim and chag kasher v'sameach!
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