mikeinkaty
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I fired off a question to a Corning Ware expert:
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"What do I need to look for to make sure I’m buying the Pyroceram Corning Ware?
Is everything with the blue Cornflower pattern on the outside of that variety?"
Here's the answer I got:
"Hello Mike,
It will have a burner symbol, or say for Range - Broiler use.
Everything except the "add-ons" not made by Corning should be Pyroceram in the Blue Cornflower pattern, but check the backstamp to be sure."
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It seems that Corning Ware with the blue Cornflake pattern is listed on eBay at a higher price IF they go to the trouble to list it as the "P1" type. In fact, if it has the blue Cornflower pattern on the side then it is the Pyroceram variety.
An alternative is to use non-magnetic SS bowls to dry your powders in. Your local Goodwill store will probably have several at a very cheap price. I've started using an infrared heat lamp for drying since my hotplate is allways in use for boiling rinse water. The advantage there is that a heat lamp will not scortch the filter papers. Leave the filter papers on top when drying cemented mud or crystals. When they get dry the mud or crystals will drop off like magic.
Mike
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"What do I need to look for to make sure I’m buying the Pyroceram Corning Ware?
Is everything with the blue Cornflower pattern on the outside of that variety?"
Here's the answer I got:
"Hello Mike,
It will have a burner symbol, or say for Range - Broiler use.
Everything except the "add-ons" not made by Corning should be Pyroceram in the Blue Cornflower pattern, but check the backstamp to be sure."
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It seems that Corning Ware with the blue Cornflake pattern is listed on eBay at a higher price IF they go to the trouble to list it as the "P1" type. In fact, if it has the blue Cornflower pattern on the side then it is the Pyroceram variety.
An alternative is to use non-magnetic SS bowls to dry your powders in. Your local Goodwill store will probably have several at a very cheap price. I've started using an infrared heat lamp for drying since my hotplate is allways in use for boiling rinse water. The advantage there is that a heat lamp will not scortch the filter papers. Leave the filter papers on top when drying cemented mud or crystals. When they get dry the mud or crystals will drop off like magic.
Mike