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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 62904, member: 29"]Think about how those antique dishes and such would have been cleaned back in the day. By comparison with soda, lye and harsh soaps, vinegar and ammonia are mild. Neither will actually cause much harm in the microscopic amounts you might ingest after cleaning: vinegar, you eat anyhow. Ammonia breaks down into natural organic compounds. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ma used to use ammonia on a saucer in a warm oven to loosen fat before giving it a good scrub. Works well. And your sinuses get a nice clear out, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 62904, member: 29"]Think about how those antique dishes and such would have been cleaned back in the day. By comparison with soda, lye and harsh soaps, vinegar and ammonia are mild. Neither will actually cause much harm in the microscopic amounts you might ingest after cleaning: vinegar, you eat anyhow. Ammonia breaks down into natural organic compounds. Ma used to use ammonia on a saucer in a warm oven to loosen fat before giving it a good scrub. Works well. And your sinuses get a nice clear out, too.[/QUOTE]
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