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To Clean the Grimiest Sheet Pans, Break Out Your Power Drill


Does attaching a scrub brush to a drill and going to town on almost every surface of a house sound like something a person of sound mind would do? Iโ€™m asking because yes, I did this, and I realize it absolutely sounds like a bit much. But you know what? It worked.

I was inspired by an internet video of kitchen hacks in which the host was doing a semi-annual deep clean of her cooking equipment. She had a stiff brush attached to her drill, which she used to put some serious back into making her pots and pans shine. As the proud owner of a drill myself (praise me for my maturity and sensible, adult purchases!), I was shocked and delighted. I wanted to do the same thing.

I kind of assumed that these drill attachments would be difficult to come by, or that I would need to rig it up myself with some craftiness, but it turns out theyโ€™re more common than I thought. I found a set of three brushes at my local hardware store and brought them home.

All-Purpose Drill Scrub Brushes Kit

The first pot I tried the drill on was my copper saucepan. Up until the drill brush came into my life, I had done an admittedly terrible job on the upkeep of this high-maintenance material. (In my defense, the pan was given to me, so I didnโ€™t sign up for it.) Iโ€™m aware that all it takes to keep copper shining is a little Bar Keeperโ€™s Friend and a few minutes of my time, but I simply had not given it even that. The combination of Bar Keeperโ€™s Friend and my new drill scrubber, though, made extremely quick work of polishing the pot, and Iโ€™ve been enjoying its new gleam ever since.

My next project was to turn my attention to my low-key disgusting sheet pans. Although I know it doesnโ€™t actually affect functionality, I hate when my pans get that blotchy look from burnt-on bits. Removing that type of splotchiness would typically require significant elbow grease, but this is exactly the type of thing that this drill attachment was made forโ€”and my sheet pans have never been cleaner.

Despite the rather unhinged intensity of cleaning with a drill, I have to say, it was absolutely worth it. Removing the physical intensity of certain cleaning jobs made me avoid them far less, and to be honest, I found the whole thing pretty amusingโ€”the fact that it was so over-the-top made me laugh at myself, which made cleaning that much less a chore.

Now that those pans are cleanโ€ฆ

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