I have some china plates that were in a house-fire. What's the best way to clean them?
Question:They have black soot and some actually have burn marks - basically covered in black. Are they salvageable in some way or the other? Any hope for them at all?
Answers:
baking soda and a little water srub it a little it should get the black off
I think if they survived a fire they can handle the dishwasher on a gentle cycle to begin with...
there might be hope. since i can't see them it's hard to tell. but if you have tried everything and nothing seems to work soak it in HCl, concentrated sulfuric acid for 10 min. it will all fizzle off. and then wash with hott water
yes. let them set in bleach, then clean them with dawn. for the burn marks get a super fine steel wool pads and use toothpaste it should work i lost alot in a fire. some worked so good luck sorry for your lose
Considering they were originally fired to several thousand degrees in a kiln, the damage should be removable unless the fire was hotter than that.. which is possible. Soot should just wash off. Try goof off for more stubborn stuff. It might be possible to re-fire them to a low temperature (cone 022- cone 010) that will burn off other junk... ask a ceramic artist to help. DO NOT USE ABRASIVE PADS or POWDERS.. This will scratch the surface.
Soak them in Krud Kutter. I had a fire recently and was able to remove the soot from most of my belongings with this stuff when everything else didn't. You can find it in the gallon size at the Lowes Home Improvement store. Follow the dilution ratio on the back of the container for smoke and soot, but I did use it straight on a few of the particularly black items without damage. It is great because it is non-toxic, fume free and biodegradable and works on just about everything.
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