# Crap, a hot Calphalon pan hit a Hefty slider bag **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842 "2013-06-25T02:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/1 "2013-06-25T02:52:57Z")
And now I have a big blue bunch of glop melted onto the bottom… I cannot seem to get it off. It touched the slider thingie. Any ideas? Barkeepers didn’t help and I don’t know where to go from here. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/2 "2013-06-25T02:59:34Z")
Freeze it and see if it will chip off, or heat it with a candle to see if you can re-melt and then wipe off? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/3 "2013-06-25T03:14:18Z")
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000CFH36/ref=redir\_mdp\_mobile](http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000CFH36/ref=redir_mdp_mobile) Give this a try. It’s made by Calphalon and it’s meant to clean the outside of the pans. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/4 "2013-06-25T03:56:14Z")
This just happened to us bit it was a Zip-loc bag. Heat up some water to a boil and then slowly pour over the melted plastic. This should heat the plastic up enough to to wipe it away with a towel. Freezing it should also work. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/5 "2013-06-25T05:19:37Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > [Amazon.com: Calphalon Dormond, Hard-Anodized Cookware Cleaner & Polish, 7-Ounces : Health & Household](http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000CFH36/ref=redir_mdp_mobile) > > Give this a try. It’s made by Calphalon and it’s meant to clean the outside of the pans. I have some if this. If barkeepers didn’t work, I don’t think this will at all. I found this product to be an overall waste of money. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/6 "2013-06-25T05:33:13Z")
Put it on an outdoor barbecue grill then next time you barbecue AFTER you have finishing the main cooking, but the coals are still hot. The plastic will melt off and drop onto the coals. Use e steel scrub pad and a paint scraper while the plastic is still soft to remove the remains of the plastic. Being outdoors will let the plastic burn off without generating a toxic cloud of burned plastic indoors. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/7 "2013-06-25T06:22:38Z")
If all else fails, try a lye-based oven cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/8 "2013-06-25T12:16:25Z")
> [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](#): > > I have some if this. If barkeepers didn’t work, I don’t think this will at all. I found this product to be an overall waste of money. Good to know. I have only used it for spiffing up the outside, not for actual cleaning off gunk. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/9 "2013-06-25T13:35:57Z")
I remember quite a few toaster ovens that bore the imprint of a Wonder Bread bag on their top surface for decades. I think what we have in this situation is the closest thing to hot-film lamination, which is an incredibly durable surface treatment. Put it in the oven at 275-300 and scrape with a sharpened bamboo spatula. Repeat. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/10 "2013-06-25T15:32:04Z")
[QUOTE=Jeff Lichtman] If all else fails, try a lye-based oven cleaner. [/QUOTE] **Do NOT do this** unless you want to destroy the pan’s surface. Lye and aluminum do not get along well. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-a-hot-calphalon-pan-hit-a-hefty-slider-bag/661842/11 "2013-06-26T02:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > This just happened to us bit it was a Zip-loc bag. Heat up some water to a boil and then slowly pour over the melted plastic. This should heat the plastic up enough to to wipe it away with a towel. Perfect, all gone, thanks!!!