Boiled my pot dry! white filmy residue...is my pot now toxic?!


Question: i was boiling some water in a platinum-covered nonstick pot and i completely forgot about it--to the point where all the water evaporated and the pot was dry! there was a white filmy residue that washed right off, but is the pot now toxic?


Answers: i was boiling some water in a platinum-covered nonstick pot and i completely forgot about it--to the point where all the water evaporated and the pot was dry! there was a white filmy residue that washed right off, but is the pot now toxic?

No, it's not toxic, simply the chalky remains of hard water. As you've washed it off, nothing more needs to be done.

No, it's not toxic. The residue is from whatever you were cooking (and forgot about) in the pot. Clean it off and you will be okay to use the pot to cook again. This time, don't forget about what you're cooking!

the white stuff is just residue from the water you boiled, (perhaps you live in a hard water area?)

well next time you boil in a stainless steel pot.
the residue can be remove by again boil
the water in the same pot,
but add a chopped lime or lemon.
& use steel wool & soap to clean the
left over stain.

Those are minerals from the water-if your water is safe then so is the pot.

No. I'm guessing that the reason for this is that there is a large amount of chlorine in the water, which was deposited after the water evaporated.





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