Today I am going to share with you a quick cleaning tip that is going to change your life. How to Clean a Porcelain Sink is not just easy but super quick! Let me show you!
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Now, as part of our kitchen makeover we contemplated the idea of replacing our old porcelain sink.
We love our sink. It is huge, it has a lot of character but after having our home rented out for two years
we found it stained BADLY. Sick!
I tried different ways to clean it and I came up with one that brought it back to pure white again.
If your sink is not as bad as mine you may be able to clean it using just one product: Bar Keepers Friend.
You can find it HERE.
If your sink looks really bad and has very messy stains this additional steps will take care of it!
It took me three steps and just a few minutes to complete the process.
{ Come on! Pretend you are excited!}
1
The first thing you want to do is to wash it with dish soup or dishwasher detergent using a sponge and warm water.
When we moved into our house as you could see the sink was in pretty bad shape so dishwasher detergent worked better for me.
After you are done, rinse it thoroughly.
This is how our sink looked after this step.
A lot better… but far from perfect.
2
Spray bleach or a bleach product all over the sink.
Let the bleach sit for a few minutes while you try to wash off the little bit of bleach that went on your shirt.
Darn it!
I hate when that happens.
Gently give a general scrub all over and rinse thoroughly again.
After this step the yellowish color was gone but the black stains were still there.
3
Apply a small amount of Bar Keepers Friend directly on the areas where you see stains.
I like to scrub those areas in a circular motion…
I don’t know what this product has but you’ll see the stains disappear before your eyes.
Check this OUT!
look at the before and after pictures…
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There you have it… a perfectly clean porcelain sink!
Amazing! Huh!
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Besos
Desiree
I use The Works Toilet bowl cleaner. Sounds crazy but hard water and rust stains GONE!! Very strong and wear gloves but works awesome!!!
I want to try that! Thank you for the tip 🙂
I fill the sink with hot water and pour in some oxy clean and let soak, then rinse, if you can’t find Bar Keepers
great tip! next time i am the grocery store, i will buy some of the barkeepers’ friend soft cleanser. i have the powder cleanser by them in the gold can, which works the best for me. 🙂
Looks like I will have to gets some bar keepers friend to add to my arsenal. Thanks.
Would this work on a tub as well?
Judi, I don’t see why not… give it a try.
Gotta get some Bar Keepers friend for sure, I have been wanting to get some for my dishes, I have lots of white plates and they get dingy from rubbing on other dishes , I also have marks all over my fiesta ware.. I hear the BKF will take it right off 🙂
You don’t have to do any of the first steps, though! Especially don’t have to use bleach. I have a porcelain sink and get exactly these results, every time, with JUST Bar Keeper’s Friend. It’s awesome stuff.
**SIGH** I love you 🙂 I’ve literally been working for the past year to find something that would work. Everytime the skillet touches the side of the sink…BLACK MARKS appear. UGH. This should totally help me out! I was missing that ‘bar keepers friend’ stuff 🙂
Shelly, you are going to love this product. It is the best thing EVER.
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I have been using the powder form of this with just a scotch brite scrub pad on my porcelain sink for years and you honestly don’t even need to do the first 2 steps. Just wet your sink all over, sprinkle on the powder & let sit for just a couple of minutes, scrub and then rinse! I haven’t seen the “liquid” form of it, but I’m happy with the powder.