I have a set of glasses that, if left undisturbed for a month or so, become wet or oily. Does anyone know why this should be?
2006-06-15 08:57:56 · 3 answers · asked by silvercomet 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It's only this one set of glass, which are kept in a kitchen cabinet, that behave so oddly. My other glassware does not become oily, or dirty, or anything else; just this one set.
2006-06-15 09:05:28 · update #1
Left undisturbed WHERE?
We have a number of things in our kitchen that, despite the fact that we rarely fry foods (dieting) get a coating of oily greasy stuff over time from cooking vapors and the like.
In your bedroom? Couldn't say.
What kind of heating do you have in your house? It might be the residue from an inefficient oil burner . . .
2006-06-15 09:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it's ordinary glassware, they shouldn't actually exude or seep anything, so my assumption is that it has to do with the environment they're sitting in. If they're in your kitchen on an open shelf, for instance, they could get oily from atomized or aerosolized cooking oil from your stovetop whenever you're frying something. If you don't heat your home and it gets cold wherever your glasses are kept, it's possible that they might be good places for moisture to condense if you have a particularly humid home. Or maybe something is leaking on the shelf above your glasses; I'd check that, too.
2006-06-15 16:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by theyuks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are they stored in the open in the Kitchen? If so, they are getting it from cooking in the same room. If stored in a cabinet, it could be because of the finishing material used on the cabinet.
2006-06-15 16:00:36 · answer #3 · answered by Jeep Driver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋