Steal of the century! And I love that blue.
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Yes. And the stains aren’t difficult to remove; there are products and DIY methods.
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Super Score! I sometimes see some good stuff in my thrift store, but have never, ever, seen any LC DO. Congrats!
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My experience with Le Creuset and other light-color ECI linings is that, with even moderate use/age, stains and discoloration never can be removed. I believe I’ve tried nearly everything, including LC’s $$ specialty cleaner.
If you’re aware of a miracle product or method, please share.
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No miracle. I’ve used bleach and water and let the pot sit overnight, but I haven’t waited until my pot looked like a US Navy coffee mug to go after stains. I don’t think a strong bleach/water solution is recommended, but 
I did it anyway. I had some of the Le Creuset cleaner, but I think I threw it out a long time ago. One thing I haven’t tried, but I used on getting a fernet branca out of travertine, was to use a poultice soaked in hair-dye strong hydrogen peroxide (sacrificed a bottle out of a cheap hair-coloring box) and covered with Saran (Idea was to prevent evaporation) -24 hours did the trick. The hydrogen peroxide you get in bottles for disinfection is a much lower concentration.
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Oxi-clean often does the trick, but be warned: do not use it on wool carpeting. I used it on blood drops on a champagne colored wool carpet and turned the affected area yellow. Wound up calling in a carpet cleaning company whose tech did his best but could only modify my mischief. We have moved the sofa out to cover the problem area and purchased a sofa table to go behind it to take up the space. Getting to be an expensive caper. Originally caused by EMTs doing a blood draw.
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I had carpeting when I moved into my current place more than 30 years ago, and experienced the same thing when a “professional” tried to get a stain out: turned a dusty rose carpet yellow. Not to worry! I no longer have carpet! Tough on the feet but easier to clean up cat barf, or deal with our building leaks and floods.
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Medical grade H2O2 is 3% readily available in stores
Cosmetic, Clairoxide, (for bleaching hair) is 20%
Commercial grade is 35% and unavailable in stores
Drenching a stubbon stain on a white 100% cotton cloth with some 30% and using a q-tip, dab a tiny amount of liquid bleach on the stain carefully and it should disapper. Rinse in cold water immediately. I don’t know if this would work on enamel, don’t even think I’d try it.
I like to think of stains in my ECI pots as badges of honor.
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The cosmetic grade can be 20, 30 or 40. I think that hair color kits come with 20v developer.
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I have settled for something running between indifference and appreciation for stains of these sorts, dinged copper, mottled gray tin, and so on. However, even though I was in the Navy and loved that weird color of green mug, today I hit my coffee pot and mugs with the occasional Oxi-clean soak. As for rugs, old rugs from Persia and the like are terrific at hiding most any stain and even food! When I vacuum under the dining room table I’ll hear the occasional dried pea being sucked in.
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In love with that appliance! pizza dough, bread, cakes. love it.
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Cats and carpet don’t mix in my experience. The two i catsit for only yak now and again, but one really lets her fly.
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Vesuvius, gleefully. My girl usually manages to jump off the bed first. Usually.
I found this Commercial Induction Hob/burner at Goodwill yesterday for $11. It did require quite a bit of cleaning and I had to use glass cooktop cleaner on the surface, but the end results look great. I tested it and it appears to work like new. I’ll be doing some cooking on it tonight!!
My backup induction hob is going to one of Sunshine’s girlfriends. This friend had expressed an interest in trying induction cooking. So I’ll give her my old Amazon Basics hob, an induction skillet and a couple of ferrous pans. This way she can try it out and if she likes induction, then she’ll invest in some nicer cookware.
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Score!
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Niiiice!
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Nice! I’ve been looking for one of those.
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I’m so jealous. My GW has nothing but crap in the cookware department. You’re bringing in the good stuff on the regular.
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Nice catch, Dan. I’m looking for one for outdoor cooking when it gets hot in summer.
