How to clean a meat grinder after washing it in the dishwasher
Rules are there to be followed. However, many of us have violated such rules more than once, hoping for a Russian “maybe.” But with the meat grinder, as we understand, this did not go away, and after washing it turned black so that now you are looking for advice on how to wash it from this unpleasant coating. We will try to help you with this by offering possible cleaning options and dispelling all doubts regarding the question, is it possible to wash a meat grinder in a PMM?
Why did the meat grinder turn dark?
First you need to understand why the meat grinder has darkened. The reason will allow you to find out whether it can be washed. Without knowledge in the field of chemistry it is impossible to understand this. The thing is that the metal from which the device is made reacts with a detergent dissolved in hot water. Most meat grinders are made of aluminum alloy, which interacts well with many substances, even water.
Conditions are created inside the dishwasher that speed up interaction processes. To make it suitable for use, a special oxide film is created on the surface of an aluminum device, which prevents the metal from deteriorating. But this film itself is easily destroyed under the influence of strong alkalis, which is what happens in the dishwasher. With prolonged contact with hot water, the metal begins to darken.
For your information! Some old meat grinders are made of cast iron and may not darken when washed in a PMM. But you shouldn’t wash them this way, as cast iron will begin to rust over time.
The most important thing is that the scary thing is not that the meat grinder has oxidized and become covered with a dark coating, but that the metal has undergone partial destruction. It can enter the human body.Scientists have long been talking about its negative effects on internal organs. Therefore, we draw your attention once again, do not violate the rules for operating equipment, do not wash aluminum cookware in the dishwasher, and you will find a complete list of such cookware in the article What dishes should not be washed in PMM??
Laundering methods
It is impossible to say unequivocally whether it is possible to wash a meat grinder after using a dishwasher. Firstly, everything will depend on the degree of darkening and oxidation of the metal, and secondly, it is important what alloy the device is made of. Even aluminum can be different. Therefore, you should not immediately despair, trusting the words on the forums that the black film is sodium tetrahydroxyaluminate, which cannot be dissolved at home. It may be impossible to dissolve, but who forbids physically cleaning it?
We will not rack our brains with complex chemical names and conduct dangerous experiments, but will try available means that have been tested by experience. It will help some, it won’t help others, the main thing is that it won’t get worse. Let's list these means:
- Baking soda. You need to pour it onto the damp surface of the meat grinder and rub it with a metal brush. After several such cleanings, the coating will come off and the smearing will stop, but the metal will not shine. Just don’t boil the meat grinder in a soda solution, you’ll make it even worse.
- Soap. Rub the darkened parts with a brush for a long time using soap.
- GOI paste for final polishing. You need to apply the paste to a felt cloth and rub off the dark spots with force.
- Dialux polishing paste.
- Rust converter HORS. This product is intended for washing machines, so you should only use it to clean the meat grinder as a last resort, after you’ve tried everything.
Important! Such improvised means as acetic and citric acid should not be used when cleaning the meat grinder after washing it in the dishwasher; they are weak and are unlikely to help.
Some tips from housewives
After washing the meat grinder in the dishwasher, housewives immediately begin to look for ways to clean the damaged device, sharing their experience. We read not a single review, but here are some valuable tips we found:
- Brush with toothpaste and brush. True, a man washed a damaged meat grinder in this way, apparently using good physical strength.
- Use the product “Shining Shine of Metals” from the Italian company CENTRALIN. My husband had to scrub the frying pan again using abrasive brushes. He dealt with all the spare parts in 20 minutes.
- Try JIF together with a wire brush. As mother and son assure, they managed to restore the shine to the meat grinder, but some minor scratches remained.
! When washing the meat grinder, wear gloves to protect the skin of your hands from gray deposits and the harmful effects of all substances used.
- Soak in Sprite or Coca-Cola. How much it helps is unknown, since the woman did not share the result.
- Wash with Sanitol Steel Shine and then polish, for example, with Biolan. The method is effective and affordable.
- Soak in hot water with tar soap. As the woman writes, everything comes off on its own, you don’t even have to rub it.
That's about all we managed to find. Of course, there are also chemical methods, but they are not safe, so we will not describe them. It’s better to remember and tell everyone that you can’t wash the meat grinder in the PMM, no matter how much you want to. Good luck!
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21 reader comments
I stupidly used all the chemicals that were recommended here. I didn’t believe it about tar soap - it was too simple. When nothing helped, I decided to try everything with soap. I just soaped the sponge and washed it like I would just wash dishes, with almost no effort. Well, I didn’t believe it) And a miracle happened, the raid disappeared. In general, I wash Finish Quanium with tablets. That time I decided to save money. No more experiments!
This is Finish Quantum that I used. The result is like everyone else - a gray coating.
We managed to clean it using sandblasting!
I managed to wash it in 2 minutes using anti-rust sanitary (black bottle). I wash taps with this product all the time. I applied it, rubbed it with a regular sponge and washed it off.
It’s not a matter of the tablets used (or rather, not only them!), but what program was used to wash them. If the temperature is above 50 degrees, then you will definitely get this plaque.
Just baking soda, a sponge and a toothbrush for hard-to-reach places helped! The tablets were Finish Quantum, the temperature was more than 50, the result was a gray coating. Thanks for the info!
I poured vinegar on it and everything went away without any pain. Good luck everyone!
Greetings to all! I moistened the sponge and parts of the meat grinder and rubbed them with dry mustard powder. I was pleased with the result
Without any effort!
Clean with baking soda and a sponge, then polish with goi paste. Like new.
The daughter-in-law did not use the meat grinder for a long time, and when she took it out, she saw dark spots on the auger and tube of the Zelmer meat grinder. I soaked it in vinegar and indentations formed where the stains were.
What is the meat grinder made of?
I also washed my Zelmer in the dishwasher and it turned dark. I don’t remember what I used to wash it with, it was a long time ago. I don’t do such experiments anymore)
The most important thing is that the scary thing is not that the meat grinder has oxidized and become covered with a dark coating, but that the metal has undergone partial destruction. It can enter the human body.
I also snatched it from my wife once when I put the removable parts in the dishwasher to wash. Then there was a meat grinder from the REDMOND company. I opened the machine and turned pale from the black elements of the “kitchen helper”.
I tried it myself: Pemolux, SARMA, vinegar (apple and regular), soap and even Shumanit (that’s what it’s called)... I thought that was it, I was finished. A certain product, or rather a gel called “Haus Frau,” helped a lot (though not perfectly, but still). It's fairly inexpensive and works.
How I did it:
I applied the gel to a clean, slightly damp sponge, worked the “affected” parts with circular movements without much effort, and waited for approximately 15-20 minutes. Next, rinsed with slightly warm water. All. But for the New Year I gave it a new one, and this copy went to the dacha.
All the best! Good luck!
Using Vietnamese toothpaste helped me. I had to go over the entire surface with a toothbrush. It doesn't look like new, but the shine has appeared.
Wash with soap and water/cleaner. Three, we remove everything that can dissolve and be physically removed. And then we simply polish it with felt, goi paste, toothpaste, etc. A grinding wheel will make the job a lot easier.
Pepsi helped me. I soaked the parts of the blackened meat grinder for 6 hours. Then I washed it with baking soda. Everything came off easily and was polished to a shine using the lightest sandpaper. There is a minimum of abrasive chips.
Or maybe just wash it by hand, otherwise everyone here does it. They just created the problem first, and then they are happy that it was easy to clean up.
Wash it off, but now after moisture, white oxidation appears on the surface... what to do with them?
And when the problem has already arisen, what do you propose to do?! You are also here on the site for a reason - by some miracle, you, so correct, were brought here :)
Isn’t a meat grinder dangerous after everything has been washed?
It didn’t turn dark, it just peeled off all over. It felt rough to the touch. In the trash 🙁
Feri capsules and hot water turned my shiny Redmond meat grinder into a coal stained with black soot, tar soap and a metal sponge returned it to its former shine.