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  • ofrzeta4 minutes ago
    "Modern nonstick pans are often regarded with suspicion; but the old mainstay in that department, cast iron, gets its nonstickness by being “seasoned”: coated with a layer of burnt, polymerized oil, no doubt containing many carcinogens." - interesting, I hadn't thought of it that way. Still I won't get any more PTFE pans
  • Arodex11 hours ago
    Properly cleaning the white residue that builds up on some plastics (game pads, cameras from the 80s onwards) is still an open problem in conservation and restoration circles. You can remove it with some solvents (isopropyl alcohol, lighter fluid) but they may "pull" whatever that white stuff is faster afterwards, worsening the degradation.
    • megiddo11 hours ago
      If it's PP, it's probably just talc or a slip agent such as erucamide or oleamide. They migrate over time.