Restoring Your Metal Cookware
Whether we find the perfect addition to our cook set at a garage sale or our trusty pieces just needs to be cleaned to remove the evidence of years of use, there comes a point in time when we need to breathe some life into an old piece of camping cookware.
We love to use our old percolating coffee pot to boil water when camping, and there is no better way of doing it than right on the fire. After years of neglect, it was time to breathe some life back into it and bring it back to it's original luster. For this project, we used Bar Keepers Friend to remove the accumulated soot and tar buildup.
We began by rinsing the pot in hot water and used a plastic scouring pad to remove any loose debris from the surface. Next we applied a small amount of Bar Keepers Friend to a wet wash rag, as directed on the back of the container, and worked it onto the surface.
We continued by rinsing the pot with warm water and reapplying the Bar Keepers Friend until all of the surfaces were clean. The result was a thoroughly cleaned coffee pot, ready for several more years of use.
*Note: Bar Keepers Friend should be used according to packaging directions and should not be used on enameled metal or anodized aluminum.
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| Our coffee pot in use |
We began by rinsing the pot in hot water and used a plastic scouring pad to remove any loose debris from the surface. Next we applied a small amount of Bar Keepers Friend to a wet wash rag, as directed on the back of the container, and worked it onto the surface.
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| Beginning to remove the buildup of soot and tar |
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| The coffee pot is beginning to show signs of its former self |
We continued by rinsing the pot with warm water and reapplying the Bar Keepers Friend until all of the surfaces were clean. The result was a thoroughly cleaned coffee pot, ready for several more years of use.
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| The finished product was a restored percolating coffee pot |