Today I became one of those people..

[Dan00001]

One of those people who comes away from a tip run with other peoples junk..

Any tips on how to thoroughly clean it?

 

[Toddy]

Nice find

Just give it a good scrub Fairy Liquid and the kitchen green scourer thing.

If you really want it clean use something like Pink Stuff or Astonish paste. It'll come up looking brand new

I'm seeing a dribble down from the base of the spout....is it just from iron-y water or leaking tea ?

 

[lou1661]

Green scourer on the outside. What’s the inside look like? It takes about 10 years to build up a good flavour.

 

[Dan00001]

Thank you,

I'm not sure what the dribble is from, the thing is made of aluminium. I guess the majority of the pot will be easy to clean. The spout might be a bit more difficult.

Not sure what's been in it, but there's no nasty smells, in fact no smell at all. I'm guessing just tea.

I don't yet know what I will use it for but I just know that one day it will come in handy.

 

[Dan00001]

These were also with it. Again, don't know what I will use them for, I already have 2 milk pitchers for my espresso machine.

Am I turning into my grandad or would others have taken these home with them?

 

[hughtrimble]

Am I turning into my grandad or would others have taken these home with them?

I'd taken those to give to a charity shop, much better reusing than tipping.

 

[Pattree]

I’d have taken them and stuck them in a drawer for a year or so. One or two items might have come in handy by then. Sometime after that they could well go into the metal skip at the Recycle Center where they’d be melted down or who knows, I might meet someone who wanted them.

I’m about to take a couple of cheap non stick pans, some frying pans and enamel plates down there next week. Will you be there?

 

[Toddy]

Thank you,

I'm not sure what the dribble is from, the thing is made of aluminium. I guess the majority of the pot will be easy to clean. The spout might be a bit more difficult.

Not sure what's been in it, but there's no nasty smells, in fact no smell at all. I'm guessing just tea.

I don't yet know what I will use it for but I just know that one day it will come in handy.

It looks like the kind of teapot that the Women's Guild use when they've a lot of folks to serve. Handy when you need it.
Might be from one of those tea/breakfast burger vans ? that would explain the matching jugs/sugars too.

I used one when camping with a big group. Fill it up with water and sit it near enough the fire and it catches radiant heat really well. Quickest brew up bar the kelly kettle but great for hot water for dishes, or a scrub up.

 

[Dan00001]

I’d have taken them and stuck them in a drawer for a year or so. One or two items might have come in handy by then. Sometime after that they could well go into the metal skip at the Recycle Center where they’d be melted down or who knows, I might meet someone who wanted them.

I’m about to take a couple of cheap non stick pans, some frying pans and enamel plates down there next week. Will you be there?

I will, now!

 

[Dan00001]

It looks like the kind of teapot that the Women's Guild use when they've a lot of folks to serve. Handy when you need it.
Might be from one of those tea/breakfast burger vans ? that would explain the matching jugs/sugars too.

I used one when camping with a big group. Fill it up with water and sit it near enough the fire and it catches radiant heat really well. Quickest brew up bar the kelly kettle but great for hot water for dishes, or a scrub up.

I'm thinking a base camp, if I ever get the opportunity to create one, or group camps. Not that I'm particularly fond of group camps.

 

[daveO]

My local tip wouldn't destructively recycle things like this now. They have a facility to clean and restore decent items and then they either sell them on site, donate them or pass them on somehow.

 

[Pattree]

I wish ours (Veolia) did. I look into the small appliances skip at all the electrical equipment that I could repair and get working. All that orange wire that I could use.
The whole lot goes to Norway where it is dumped into a machine, ripped apart, sorted into reusable materials and the rest burned to power the machine.

I have done car boot negotiations there both for my stuff and received others’ but once it’s in the skip or over the wall it is irrecoverable. It’s a huge operation and it brings home just how much we throw away when you see the loading shovels shifting so many tonnes of “non recyclable” stuff.

Glad you were able to recover something that you can enjoy.

 

[TLM]

Since my early teens I have been using other people's junk, namely mil surplus. At first because of the low cost but later because it often is no-nonse functional. Though I wish somebody told BW that not everything has to be strong (and heavy) enough to take a tank driving over it. So being very selective nowadays. Flea markets sometimes have useful stuff but my feeling is that less and less lately.

 

[Dan00001]

I like military surplus, unfortunately all of the army navy shops have closed down by me.