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Solvent to remove plastic protective coating from stainless steel

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Jaina

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Hello, all:

I recently bought some really nice 8x10" stainless steel baking pans. I believe they're 18/8. They came with what seems to be a plastic coating on all outside surfaces. I've tried various ways to remove this coating and had no success. Is there a solvent I can use that's readily available to remove the plastic while not harming the pans? Acetone? Mineral spirits? I've read these might work. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Best regards,

Jaina
 
If your talking the protective clear plastic i find heat is the easiest way to remove it. I don't mean burn it off but rather heat so it just peels off easier.
 
If this is a non-stick coating, I’d proceed with caution. You can remove mechanically, but I’d wear a mask and dispose of the waste. Even so, Teflon impregnates the metal so sne will likely remain. Excessive heat (as low as 200+C) can degrade the fluorocarbon and the by-products can be very toxic. Please be careful welding/heating.
What the fluorocarbons might do as a weld contaminant, I have no idea.

If this is some kind of protective film for l shipping, wouldn’t it just peel off?
 
Its hard to know what you have without more details but my guess is one of 2 possibilities.

1) you have an integrally coated pan. The coating itself could be a number of different types these days. Teflon was predominant but other coatings (chemical types) are popular for a variety of reasons. In which case removing the coating is probably going to be difficult & a bad idea. The manufacturer went through great pains to make the coating permanently adhere to the metal, not wear through or flake off & resist years of baking temperature, heat, washing etc. If you have already scratched through it or lifted a corner it might be a bit compromised. That was kind of the concern with Teflon (controversial & a different topic) - people were concerned about consuming Teflon passed onto the food either by direct contact or slowly abrading away. That's why its generally recommended to use plastic or wood utensils on these pans as opposed to metal.

2) you have a stick on protective film which is meant to be removed. This should be reasonably easy to remove but if it resists then almost any kind of solvent should soften the adhesive to the point it can be removed. Here I find it varies by the adhesive but the go to chemicals are lighter fluid, acetone, paint thinner... There are so called natural (non typical hydrocarbon) products like GooGone that have other citrus based ingredients. They really do work on many applications including adhesive, permanent markers. Just be careful & test first because they can also work too well mess up underlying surfaces like paint, plastic surfaces, even permanently discolor metal. Now if it was this kind of sticker & you didn't realize it & baked it to the metal, that's a more difficult removal problem. I reconditioned some cooking sheets that had years of service but a patchy buildup of tan brown 'leftover' areas that typical kitchen metal Brillo scuff pads would not remove. I used scuff pads in a rotary tool & that got them clean again. But these were old school pans, no coating & lots of metal thickness. Those disposable baking sheets or aluminum foil help a lot to preserve the pan, but that's another subject

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