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  1. Newsgroups: misc.consumers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!cupnews0.cup.hp.com!news1.boi.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvaac!billn
  3. From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
  4. Subject: Re: Disconcerting goop from aluminum baking pan
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.071810.19644@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
  6. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
  7. References: <l7ba9lINNkbo@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
  8. Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:18:10 GMT
  9. Lines: 14
  10.  
  11. dmr@medicated.Corp.Sun.COM (Daniel Rosenberg) writes:
  12. : 
  13. : when I wash the thing, typically with a green plastic scrub sponge,
  14. : a grey, non-water soluble goop appears that's awful hard to get off.
  15. : Even with new sponges. The goop actually seems to be coming from the
  16. : surface of the pan.
  17.  
  18. What kind of soap are you using?  Does it make the aluminum turn gray?
  19. If so, then it is probably an aluminum oxide. 
  20.  
  21. Aluminum normally forms this oxide. It keeps the aluminum from corroding
  22. further. It will not harm you if you eat a little of it.
  23.  
  24. Bill
  25.