🔵 Clean Your Copper Pots & Pans - Teach a Man to Fish

[@TeachaMantoFish]

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[@oopurpledove]

This link no longer works 😢

[@TheMeganExperience]

Revere vintage are my absolute FAVORITE! My grandma wasn't willing to give me her set just yet but between the two of us checking local thrift stores, I was able to drum up a solid set! LOVE THEM!

[@TeachaMantoFish]

The Megan Experience me too!

[@UncommonEyes]

Thanks for this😊, just came from burnt one at thrift store. You taught a woman who used to fish😂.

[@nicelady51]

I'm still using the set my in- laws gave me as a Christmas gift in 1975!!!

[@DiannaAtherton]

When I was a young girl all 10, all my sisters and myself had Hope Chests. Old school i know but true. I am still using the Revere wear 53 years later. I have every size frying pans, sauce pans with lids and stock pots. I have collected through the years. Yes I even fry eggs in my frying pans. If you season them eggs will not stick.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Dianna A that’s great story! I love them too and am still collecting. Great pots and pans, best around in stainless.

[@BEE-jv9rc]

I have a set of Revereware from my mother that needs some TLC. Thanks for the tips! I will use gloves however since I'm not a manly man! 😅✌️😊

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Awesome! I get it. Totally worth cleaning up, and not from a money standpoint.

[@oopurpledove]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us! I’m cleaning mine today 🎉🎉

[@TeachaMantoFish]

It is so satisfying seeing the end product and how bright it is vs where you started. Enjoy! Please let us know how it goes. I wish we could see pictures here.

[@BeachsideHank]

Revereware and Ekcoware are two of the best vintage cookware to own- I agree with the date range of 1939- 1968 too. I buy the ones that are bellied; overheated and sprung out on the bottom, they can be easily restored by placing them upside down on a workbench and using a rubber mallet giving a sharp blow to reverse the bell from convex to concave. Now use as normal, the belly may return but I found it stays true after only 2- 3 treatments. I scored a bellied Revereware 4- 1/2 qt. pot for $.75 (and that was a half- price sale day), these pans are the ones people avoid for obvious reasons and thrift stores heavily discount because nobody wants them- except guys like me. ☺ *Tip:* Used Revere Ware is often labeled vintage because it looks old, not because it has the original, thick cladding. Since the difference isn't visible, how does a buyer know which is which? Simple, look for the Process Patent hallmark. All Revere Ware made with the original, thick copper bottom carries the inscription: Pat Pend. or Made Under Process Patent (1939-1968). Newer Revere Ware (made after 1968) has no notation regarding patents. Then too even a later date make is far superior to what they produce today, they have the plating thickness controlled down to the 1- 2 micron level; it's more copper color than copper plating and it's gone in the first month of use.

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

You are DEAD wrong about POST-1968 RW being inferior. The BEST EVER RW was made in the early 1980s, which was the Paul Revere line with COPPER CORES (stainless steel - copper - stainless steel). Those Pauls cook like fine French copper cookware. ALSO, the RW DISC model is AWESOME (1985 TO 1999). I retired my old RW coppers for the Discs. As far as the RW Classic 1400 Line with copper bottoms and pistol grips, you are correct that pre-68s are best due to thicker copper.

[@Apollos59_]

I found today Revere stock pot with bail handle I was pretty excited. Thanks for the tip on cleaning the copper. I paid $2.00 for pan.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

janet baca I’ve never seen one of those. Now I’ll be on the prowl...

[@TimeLady8]

I have my mother's and grandmother's sets. They are both from some time in the late 50s or early 60s. I remember my grandmother's hanging in her kitchen before my grandfather died in 1964.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Nice! They are good heirlooms.

[@jkvv2006]

Haha I just came from goodwill and bought that same pot. Not sure the brand yet but that’s why I needed your vid thanks. Got 2 other of those pots and will clean them.

[@MelywoodMedia]

I can usually clean them right up with Barkeeper's Friend, but not today. I bought a skillet yesterday and it would not come clean! I tried this method and it worked! Be patient. It helps to let it sit for a half hour.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

I’m glad it worked well for you.

[@ADEehrh]

I have those pots; I use a bar of lava soap wetted use the bar directly on the pan. Easy!

[@1tiredcitizen796]

Yesterday I found a Revereware 2 1/2 quart pot and lid to add to add to my 40+ year old set and I use Twinkle Copper Cleaner to clean up my pots and pans.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

1tired citizen I’m collecting now for sure.

[@ArlenePMCM]

Thanks for the info! ** Q - How to refresh / restore dull handles and klnobs?

[@TeachaMantoFish]

I love my revere ware

[@ArlenePMCM]

@@TeachaMantoFish Me, too!

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

Thanks for showing us how to remove light carbonized grease and tarnish. BUT HOW DO YOU REMOVE HEAVY BAKED-ON CARBONIZED GREASE BLOTCHES AND STREAKs without using abrasive materials that scratch the copper. IF YOU CAN SHOW HOW to DO THAT, THEN YOU MADE A GREAT VIDEO. +++ By the way, the skillet was manufactured in 1982. And the 2 Qt saucepan is 1980. The trademark shows the year of manufacture. Lastly, I believe the skillet has a warped bottom that bows downward toward the stove surface. If so, that skillet will suck on a glass top stove as it would wobble while cooking. So, it is good you didn't put too much effort into the restoration. But, still great on gas and electric coil stoves.

[@ARasputinaFan]

I've had success with 0000 steel wool, a dab of water, and lots of elbow grease. There are some very fine scratches on my pieces I've done this to, but there were some already there when I inherited them. Some look like manufacturing swirls, so I follow their pattern 90% of the time.

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

@@ARasputinaFan Aye, a used piece is likely to have scratching ... so a few more micro-scratches are no biggie. You were to correct to follow the grain pattern of the metal ... it helps to minimize the appearance of scratches from abrasive scrubbing. Try to find a bamboo scrub brush with stiff bristles -- it scrubs off tough stuff without scratching.

[@lillian9676]

Do u know if u can scrub antique copper - I just burned my antique copper kettle it’s all black

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Lillian age shouldn’t matter

[@potkas7]

In the past I've used salt and half a lemon to clean copper. The lemon provides the acid and gives you something to hold onto while you scrub.

[@MikeTrieu]

Salt and vinegar? Just use Barkeep's Friend. It has oxalic acid and works much better on copper than acetic acid (vinegar).

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Mike Trieu nah, I’ve always got salt and vinegar in the kitchen.

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

Barkeeper is fine if you are scrubbing a daily cooker that already has noticeable scratching. BUT if you have a near mint RW, use Bon Ami & watery Dawn and a natural fiber bristle brush, like bamboo, to keep the piece looking like NOS.

[@randibgood]

​@@ChristinaMitchell-USA Barkeeper's Friend doesn't scratch.

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

RW Trademark History of the classic 1400 Line 1938 - Revere Copper & Brass'' trademark with 'Revere Ware' added to it. (actual first year) 1939 - the famous Revere Riding Pony trademark (official first year) 1940 - 1942 and 1946-1947 - the Single Circle with Patent Pending 1947 - 1968 - the famous Double Circle with Patent Process 1969 - 1969 - Single Circle with location of factory 1970 -1971 - "Revere Ware" only as trademark 1972 - 1973 - "Revere Ware" with location of factory (city, state, usa) 1974 - 1977 -- "Revere Ware", size of the cookware, and location of factory 1978 - 1999 -- "Revere Ware", size of the cookware, date of manufacture, and location of factory Date of manufacture was located to the right of cookware size and designated by the year's last two digits. Also, if a two digit year was followed by a letter, the letter was code for month of manufacture.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

This is great! Thank you

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

@@TeachaMantoFish My pleasure ... and thank you for your video. It is nice that people still remember America's greatest cookware.

[@MelywoodMedia]

Thank you for taking the time to type this out. I found it VERY useful!

[@Alaska-Jack]

That’s pretty amazing!

[@TeachaMantoFish]

jerro19711971 it’s cool how well it works

[@avavictoriasongbird]

Dude..how much time? What kinds scruber dod u use after using your hand? Too many steps left out here

[@TeachaMantoFish]

2-3 minutes Scrub pads link amzn.to/3vP95Vi

[@leslieharris9088]

My mothers Copper bottom Revere Ware is so blackened on the bottom that your method didn't work. Any hints?

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Maybe try purple power degreaser and a scotch brite 3M green scrub pad. Be careful with the surface though and soak it for a day in the purple power degreaser.

[@kulewa1]

If the salt is mainly an abrasive, would vinegar and sand work just as well?

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Duane Char interesting, I don’t know.

[@MJorgy5]

Salts react with vinegar's acidity to produce an oxi type cleaning action. Same theory with baking soda and vinegar, or a juiced citrus scrap can work as a milder acid and scrubbing device- opposed to using vinegar.

[@marguitvaldez4792]

It will probably work fine, regular salt and lemon juice are also effective. I've heard my grandma telling me that back in the day of wood stoves, people would clean pans with lemon juice and ashes. The solids act like sand paper, and remove surface corrosion.

[@ARasputinaFan]

Great idea! Next time I'm going with sand.... The salt oxidized one of my pans!

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

VINEGAR & SAND! OMG. Just use sandpaper and destroy your piece without enduring the smell of vinegar.

[@wellnesspathforme6236]

Will a soak make this process easier? Maybe a soak, clean, soak, clean cycle...

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Maybe a little, but that stuff is baked on but good.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

To get the copper new penny look on your copper bottom pots; tightly wrap a cloth around your middle and index fingers, (lightly) moisten the tip then just buff, elbow grease until you have the shine you want.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

oh yeah! I bet that is amazing looking.

[@Peaceful4627]

Mines are about 25 years old my mother-in-law's are probably 50 years old because my father-in-law used to work at Revere.

[@dorothybluebell7380]

I to got mine at thrift shop, thank you for cleaning hack

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Hope it works as well for you.

[@dorothybluebell7380]

Did work for me they look like new thks

[@TeachaMantoFish]

@@dorothybluebell7380 fantastic

[@sarashalmani6844]

How to clean inside the pot?

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Sara Shalmani 3M green scrub pad and detergent is the best.

[@ChristinaMitchell-USA]

@@TeachaMantoFish What a very abrasive method. Bon Ami, Dawn, and a bamboo bristle scrub brush keep the stainless steel on my RW shining.

[@spindleswift8667]

I got that exact pan on eBay, and cooking in it is a pleasure, but I can't stand seeing it discolored every time I cook and having to scrub it.

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Yeah, I get it. Once you achieve a good clean it is actually very easy to keep up that way.

[@GhostlyTeehee]

Vinegar is the most useful product

[@aaronthenorm5400]

1. damp cloth 2. baking soda, 3. elbow grease! Easy on the pan, new penny bright!

[@TeachaMantoFish]

Thanks for sharing!

[@aarone1777]

Baking soda, water, rag...dampen tag dip in bs buff off stain!

[@TeachaMantoFish]

I'll have to try that.

[@laurazarboni9647]

ketchup left on for 2 hours just wipes it clean

[@TeachaMantoFish]

It's the vinegar and acid in the tomatoes that does it