lexan plastic bowel stain

[ilaboo]

i have a food processor--processor bowel is clear plasstic--i suspect lexan

ran some dried chilli peppers through it to pulverize--what was left was a very superficial stain ( rd color of the petters0 tried, detergent, oxy stain dremover and dish waser powder and ver very fine pummice--bleach does not remove it

any suggestions on how to remove it?--i suspect there are plastic polishing compound out there but not usee it would work as pummice did not tia peter

[Vox Humana]

Proctor and Gamble has a new product called Cascade Plastic Booster. It is designed to remove red lycopin stains from plastics.

[ilaboo]

Vox Humana

i dont know if this went through so reposting it

got the cascade plastic boost--seems to be mainly benzoyl peroide--smeared it on stain no results--mixed it with cascade powder and will see what is left in am

incidently tried sodium hydroxide to no avial

tia peter

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Wed 06 Apr 2005 08:00:31p, ilaboo wrote in alt.home.cleaning:

I have to ask... Is it that earthshatteringly important to rid this workbowl of the stain? After all, it *is* a *work* bowl. For what you're paying in cleaning products, you'll soon be able to buy a replacement.

As a long time user of food processors, I have to stay that while I've never had a stain, my bowls eventually turn almost frosted from the abrasion chopped hard foods like nuts, frozen cranberries, etc. It's an expected condition that I have no problem living with.

[ilaboo]

Vox Humana

tried the plastic booster--benzoyl peroxide--made paste with cascade dishwashing powder--took most of it off overnight will repeat it

looked up the chemistry of lucoprene--beta carotene--bonds look difficult to break--suspect alkalinety of powder releasted hydorgen peroxide from benzoly peroxide and that 's what did it

interesting stain to remove

tia peter

[ilaboo]

Wayne

i agree it is not a major problem other than understanding the chemistry

i kind of aggravates me to have a bowel ( it is in front of a white refrigerator) that has a red strip similar to that of the titanic--also if the bowel is capable of being stained it also suggests that the bowel cannor bve disinfected--i would never process chicken in it now

tia peter

[ilaboo]

ilaboo

read up on beta carotene--probably what is causing the problem--it reacts with oxygen to form a ...colorless compound--merck index

planing on playing with high concxentraion of hydrogen peroxide so;utions found in hair bleaching products---some i believe can be over

30 % peroxide--i believe the Germans used something like this to fuel a submarine!!

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Thu 07 Apr 2005 04:49:12p, ilaboo wrote in alt.home.cleaning:

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I think almost anyone would find this aggravating! (sorry, Peter, I couldn't resist)

FWIW, there may have been some kind of chemical reaction that caused the stain to set so indelibly. Not a matter of permeating below the surface of the plastic.

If you wash your f/p parts in the dishwasher, I wouldn't think that processing raw meats would be much of a hazard.

[Tom Miller]

Try this. Don't know about chili pepper dust, but it works great on other stains and scratches on Lexan.

By the way, it's "bowl" not "bowel."

[ilaboo]

Tom

i tried pumice to no avail--i think what happened is that something got caught between the edge of the blade and the bowl and the pepper material actually got welded into the plastic from the heat

i dont know if i posted what worked but plastic booster with paste made of it and cascade dishwasher soap took iot off after 2 attemps overnight--plastic booster says copntaions benzoyl peroxide--merch index for beta cartotene says it turns colorless when exposed to oxygen

fwiw

peter