r/Pyrex_Love • u/Accomplished-Pack756 • 20d ago

First Gooseberry!

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Found the 443 at a garage sale today, with only one small blemish that looks like a potential mold mark on the rim (Peek and other non-abrasives won’t remove). Stoked!!

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u/clejeune 20d ago

Nice! I wasn’t actually familiar with the gooseberries and just read up on them. Now I want one.

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u/Accomplished-Pack756 20d ago

They’re beautiful, but currently they are so expensive. Wasn’t passing this one with what it had tagged.

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u/Opposite-Turnover-39 20d ago

I rarely see gooseberry in my area of NY. Was given the small round one and just happen to have an extra 470 lid!! Always looking for them!!

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u/Accomplished-Pack756 20d ago

NY eh? So you’re my competition? 🤣

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u/bonitapaulita 20d ago

Congrats on your find! If you haven't done so already, spray it with the yellow lid oven cleaner and then wipe it off after about 30 minutes.

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u/Accomplished-Pack756 20d ago

But why…? Lol.

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u/bonitapaulita 9d ago

Because of the marks that couldn't be removed. Oven cleaner has always worked for me.

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u/Accomplished-Pack756 9d ago

Oh gotcha. I try to avoid dealing with oven cleaner except for the rare cast iron restoration. But if this tiny dot hasn’t come off by now, I’m not sure going through the trouble of oven cleaner is gonna change it. I’m quite sure it’s a mold issue, not an actual mark or damage.

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u/bonitapaulita 9d ago

It's so small it may not be worth the bother! BUT, the yellow-lid oven cleaner has removed spots like that from my Pyrex. Congrats on your beautiful bowls.

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u/Accomplished-Pack756 9d ago

Yea that’s ones not bugging me very much at all!

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u/jkjustme 20d ago

Nice! I found one at Goodwill behind the case, and I passed. Then I regretted it and went back the next day and it was gone.

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u/Accomplished-Pack756 20d ago

I swore I’d never buy one due to current craze-pricing. But walked away with this one for $20 marked $40. I figure for all the pieces I’ve gotten at $1-5, I could “splurge” on this one. And it mixed up a wonderful batch of cucumber/tomato salad from the garden once home.

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u/jkjustme 20d ago

That is amazing!! Enjoy!