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Last night I was typing on Google: "How do I get (rid of wax from pots and pans)" and the top auto-suggestion at that point was "How do I get rid of my ai on sn
by ______ 3y ago
Last night I was typing on Google: "How do I get (rid of wax from pots and pans)" and the top auto-suggestion at that point was "How do I get rid of my ai on snapchat"
Must be a big issue if they own the "How do I get" SEO :)
- inadequatespace 3y agoHow… did you get wax on the pots and pans in the first place? Making candles or something?
- hangonhn 3y agoHigh carbon pans come from the factory with a wax coating to prevent rust during storage and shipment. Before you can season the pan you need to remove the wax coating first.
- ______ 3y agoMaking mushroom logs! I cut down a few invasive trees recently (Norway Maples). If you inoculate the branches and logs with spores of a mushroom that you want (in my case, shiitake) during the first few weeks after cutting, it will fruit with that for a few years. It's a fun DIY project, and a way to reuse trees. To prevent unwanted mushrooms from the environment from colonizing, you seal the holes you drill, as well as the end the ends of the logs, with cheese wax - which I had heated in a crock pot, hence the need for cleaning that up.
- horttemppa 3y agoSo how did you get rid of the wax? I was inoculating logs a year ago and the jars are still waiting for clean up.
- coolspot 3y agoAnswer from Snapchat My AI: Mix baking soda and water into a paste, then use it to scrub the wax off.
- usrusr 3y agoOh great, now I wonder what the mushrooms would suggest for getting rid of Google
- Arrath 3y agoIf nothing else it would certainly be a trip.
- LoganDark 3y agoOnly if they were psilocybin mushrooms.
- agentwiggles 3y agoWhatever they suggest, good luck making sense of it the next day
- happysadpanda2 3y agoAm I mistaken in thinking that "The last of us" covered this?
- dopidopHN 3y agoAs a human, I would like to note that this technique, as much as it will eventually works, is not the most effective. See the boiling water brother comment.
- wlesieutre 3y agoPersonally I'd try Bar Keepers Friend
- ajb 3y agoAlways been a bit suspicious of that since it contains oxalic acid, which is toxic. I assume it's water soluble enough to get rid of easily before you use the surfaces for food though.
- ydant 3y ago> oxalic acid The benefit of using oxalic acid for cleaning, apparently, was discovered as part of the process of cooking rhubarb: https://barkeepersfriend.com/oxalic-acid-magic-of-bkf/ https://barkeepersfriend.com/oxalic-acid-magic-of-bkf/
- wlesieutre 3y agoDefinitely rinse thoroughly, with the exception of vinegar there's not a lot of cleaning products you want to be eating
- justinclift 3y agoIronically, here in Australia that brand has really destroyed its image. They're now stocked in most of the big chain supermarkets, but it's a "reformulated" version of Bar Keepers Friend using Citric acid instead. It's completely and utterly useless at cleaning the things the old Oxalic acid version worked on. :( With careful perusal and emailing via Ebay though, the original formula stuff can be found. This is the seller I get it from: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231989692018 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231989692018. I'm not affiliated with them in any way.
- robinsonb5 3y agoThe traditional method of getting wax out of clothes is a hot iron and brown paper. I daresay the same principle - melt the wax and soak it up - could be applied to other surfaces.
- Blackthorn 3y agoHaven't tried this specific instance but kerosene (which is the major component of WD40) is a great solvent for waxes.
- markdown 3y ago> which is the major component of WD40 TIL, thanks!
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoFill the pot with water and heat it above the melting pont. Cool it down and the wax will form a skin so you're left with just a ring to scrape off.
- homerowilson 3y agoVery cool. I regularly plug logs with various spawn (lately hericium) and have had good luck covering the plug with natural clay instead of wax, which unfortunately I have tons of in my yard. In my case, the cover is mostly to prevent rodents from eating the mushroom spawn, which they seem to love.
- schrectacular 3y agoThey are harder to find now but we always used metal tennis ball cans in a pot of boiling water. Wax in the cans of course.
- passwordoops 3y agoMy new #1 HN comment for 2023
- nrjames 3y agoI made an unholy mess with wax on pans yesterday, trying to melt down old comb from a deadout bee hive in a hot water bath. Word to the wise: go to the thrift store and pick up some old pots and spoons before attempting this.
- treeman79 3y agoWax has fun uses.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago... That involve cookware?
- mkl 3y agoOne time as a kid I did a holiday class where we sculpted wax (heated up in an electric frying pan), like bronze sculptors do. I didn't consider my dragon good enough to go to the effort and expense of casting it in bronze, but it was certainly fun!
- mulmboy 3y agoI've done it making caneles. If you're renting just boil some water in the pot and pour it down the sink :shrugemoji:
- mulmboy 3y ago(this was a joke)
- the_third_wave 3y ago> Must be a big issue if they own the "How do I get" SEO :) That is, if this an actual "organic" suggestion and not one implanted through some search bombing attack or by Google in support of their own ML initiatives.