My mom has passed on two very old but very useful loose bottom cake tins to me. Unfortunately, as they are over forty years old and haven't been used for many years they are very rusty. I would appreciate a thrifty household remedy for removing this rust. Thanks for a wonderful site.
spray them with oven cleaner and put them in your oven when you are cleaning it --worked for me. otherwise try using navel jelly (ask for it at your hardware store).
I confess I'm not familiar with shopping in South Africa, but in the United States we have a product called naval jelly. You brush the "jelly" on the rust and it removes the rust very cleanly. Of course, you would then have to make sure that the pan is washed in hot soapy water. It has been my experience that once a pan has rust on it, it is very likely to come back.
I realize these were given to you by your mother and they may hold sentimental value. If you choose to buy other cake pans, perhaps you could do something "craft-wise" with your mom's pans and hang them in your kitchen. I have cooking tools from my grandmother (and I'm 64 years old - today! so many of them would be over 100 years old) that I have hanging in my kitchen. They're too old to use, but I'd like to keep them for sentimental reasons.
My lady friend has been an RN nurse for 35 years. And when I told her about one of my baking pans that had rust on it, she told me to throw it out! She told me, rust is very dangerous for our health. From then on if I see anything with rust on it I dispose of it right away. After scrubbing the rust till it disappears, it may still show signs of coming back.
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Archived on 11/05/2008
How can I remove rust from metal baking pans?
Doreen from Suffield, CT
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RE: Removing Rust From Baking Pans
There's a product called ZUD. I don't remember who makes it anymore. It's in a green and yellow can just a bit smaller than a Comet can. It's in the same isle as Comet and such. It works wonders! Try that, if that doesn't work, try soaking your pans in a small solution of crystal automatic dishwashing detergent. It only takes but a small bit and only soak them for a half an hour. That should do the trick. Let me know if you have any luck.
Chris (05/10/2007)
By Chris from PA.
RE: Removing Rust From Baking Pans
Try a Bar Keepers Best Friend powder and scrub. It is sold near the Ajax and Comet. It works great on burnt on OLD grease and burn marks from a BBQ pit grill. Good luck. (05/10/2007)
WD-40 is my cure all for rust.
(b)Editor's Note:(/b) Because WD-40 is not edible, it could be harmful on baking pans. Maybe scrubbing good and spraying with cooking spray, putting them in the oven and seasoning them to give them a new coating. (05/10/2007)
By teresa
RE: Removing Rust From Baking Pans
I have bought many a baking pan and pots and pans that have a little rust. I take steel wool and scrub until the rust is removed. Then I wash in good hot sudsy water and dry with a towel. Metal baking pans seem to rust when run through the dishwasher so I always hand wash my pans. (05/10/2007)
By Debra in Colorado
RE: Removing Rust From Baking Pans
Soak it in Coke. It sounds gross, but Coca-Cola is GREAT for removing rust. (05/10/2007)
By mk_writer
RE: Removing Rust From Baking Pans
I had the same problem. I washed the pans, got the rust off, and the rust always came back. Finally I found a whole set of glass pans at a yard sale and have never had the problem since! (05/11/2007)
Rinse the pans in water, don't dry them. Instead sprinkle some baking soda on the rusty areas. Allow to sit approximately 30 minutes, then scrub. Depending on the size of the rusty area, you might have to do this twice. (05/12/2007)
If I have pans that tend to rust in the drawer I always use a paper towel with some cooking oil on it and wipe them all over. This seems to keep them from getting rusty again. The oil won't hurt you, you can even heat them a little after oiling before putting them away. (05/13/2007)
