sort of a driftwood question

[Solarris]

I have an aluminum stockpot that I used to boil a piece of driftwood to place in my planted tank. It now has dark stains inside and I don't know how to get them out. I'm hoping that it can be saved for cooking. It never occurred to me that this would happen to it when I boiled that driftwood or I would have figured out another way to do it. Could someone please give me some advice on how to clean this pot out? I figured that someone on here has probably run into this problem before. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[strokinbyeu]

haha i had the same thing happen to me all i did was fill the pot up above the stain line and reboil it that should get rid of the stain

 

[mfdrookie516]

^thats how I clean all the pots I use when forced to... wife never knows the difference

 

[Amicus]

I'll bet you don't either.

 

[Deckape]

When we go camping, and an aluminum, non coated pot needs washing to get off soot, I use a couple of handfuls of sand, hot water and dish soap. The sand works just like sandpaper. I wouldn't do that to a teflon coated pot or pan though. Elbow grease is required also.