Removing cloudy film from pots and pans?
It’s almost certainly not a “film”, but a layer of microscopic scratches that has been worn into the surface by repeated washings. (When that happens, the cloudiness seem to disappear when wet because the film of water gives the pans a temporarily smooth surface.) You can see the same thing happen to plexiglass when it’s been scrubbed too hard, and many other plastics and enamels. Basically, there are two ways to fix that kind of cloudiness: either _add_ a smooth film back over it, by applying some kind of polish, or using an even finer scrubbing surface to buff the scratches back down. Since your pots are going to be heated over and over, and they’re used to cook food, polish almost certainly isn’t an option. I don’t know of any polishes that are certified safe to use on cookware, and it’s probably not a good idea to try. If you really love these pans, though, and can’t stand how they look, you could probably get some kind of polishing compound (which is basically a paste with a very,
