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 rent a home with a porcelain sink and I try so hard to keep it clean! Thank you so much for your advise! I spray bleach in regularly, but can’t wait to try it with the other two steps!
Give it a try Robin… it always works for me!
Where did you get your sink? love that style!
It was in the house when we bought it… I wish I could have more info.
I just cleaned my yellowed porcelain kitchen sink using your suggestions of Cascade with bleach and Bar Keepers Friend. Wow….after many years of use and abuse this sink looks brand new! “The 36th Avenue” now has its own app on my iPad! I can’t thank you enough!
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We recently purchased an older home and have an almond porcelain sink. There is so much to do we are planning on leaving the kitchen “as is” for awhile; however, the stains and scrapes were rather depressing. I went through all your steps and my sink looks amazing! Thanks for all the steps & suggestions!
Yay! I am glad it worked!
We just got a used porcelain sink from the Habitat For Humanity Restore. Love it, but it has these little grey marks all over it, can’t complain too much for the price we paid though. Will this get those off? I have only used Soft Scrub so far.
Christina it should… Give it a try!
I have a porcelain sink….. I rinse it thoroughly and use BARTENDERS SECRET. I SPRINKLE THE POWDER AND LEAVE ON FOR A FEW MINUTES…..THEN SCRUB WITH SPONGE AND RINSE……YAY! A clean and shiny porcelain sink! And by the way…..the product costs less than five dollars
I haven’t seen BKF in Australia, but it sounded cool – so I confess – I googled. Here’s one reference to it that I found interesting.
http://www.finelyground.net/2012/04/barkeepers-friend-is-it-safe.html
I haven’t seen BKF in Australia, but it sounded cool – so I confess – I googled. Here’s one reference to it that I found interesting.
Hi-
I have had very expensive and big porcelain sinks over the years in a few houses. One mistake, was to pour bleach in the sink…bubbled up the drain and chrome though it cleaned the sink beautifully!
Now I clean with powdered Dutch Cleanser – Sprinkle, coat with a bit of water, make a paste and clean. Beautiful! It’s likely like your remedy!
I have found that by just using the powder Bar keepers friend you can skip the Clorox Cleanup! It is also awesome on glass stove tops!
I agree