I bought some vintage glassware dishes. I originally bought it just for the vintage factor but it would be nice if I could use it too. So I was reading a blog about vintage pyrex and it mentioned cleaning and how to get 'old food' out of deeper scratches. Yikes-I didn't think about that. Would you use it or just display it? It doesn't *seem* to have any major scratches but you know how things can be invisible or hard to see.
I have bought a lot of vintage Pyrex and Visions. I just scrub it a bit with Barkeeper's Friend and then run it through the dishwasher. Although where I buy from: classickitchensandmore.com
does a great job of cleaning things up, and everything I have ordered looks new. I still do my cleaning, however.
I should add that my kids seem to tolerate this just fine, but others more sensitive might not.
Glass/ceramic is one of the few types of used kitchenware that I will consider.
I check stoneware/ceramics for glaze integrity (visually, I mean)-- no hazing or crazing allowed.
I also scrub with an abrasive cleaner and a lot of elbow grease, just as Ginger does.
Thanks. I'll check out the BKF but I read that the dishwasher is a no-no for decorated vintage glassware like pyrex and the pieces I got all have decorations. I can't actually see anything more than shallow marks on any of them though. No deep scratches that I can see/feel.
Umm, yeah. I've read that, too. I have the four vintage Pyrex mixing bowls, each a different color. I guess over time the dishwasher will fade those colors, but I'm okay with that. I use these rather than display. And then when they get all faded I'll order some more, LOL. So far, they still look good after having them for a few years.
Things that cannot go in my dishwasher cannot live in my house, LOL. With the exception of Tupperware.
I put pretty much everything in the dishwasher. Including tupperware (even on the bottom-eeks!). The only things I hand wash are things that absolutely cannot go in the dishwasher, like my bread machine pan and rice maker pan.