Cleaning a stain/discolouration of a sink?
Question:Hey all trying to get a stubborn stain out of my sink, not sure what made the mark but it is a small discoloured area, looks like a burn but it doesnt feel raised or pitted. Its a new sink that has never really been used, I can only guess its had a cleaning cloth with some sort of liquid left on it thats made the mark. Ive tried a few things without any luck so was hoping someone might have a few ideas to save me buying a new sink.
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Answers:
I am NOT stupid ! ;-) Try the following.
Fill the sink all the way with warm water. Put a dish washer tablet in the sink and let sit over night. Worked on my sink.
Good luck
What is the sink made of - that will make a difference to what products you can use on it to clean it? You could try calling in a specialist cleaner but will obviously have to pay the price...
Try bicarbonate of soda mixed with vinager. Failing that try coka cola its good for removing burnt on food in sauspans cleaning silver etc it will go through most things if left on for a while!
Put the plug in the sink then pour in a full bottle of cola, leave overnight then rinse out in the morning. You sink should come up sparkling
try Zud
Scrub it with a Brillo pad and Clorox. It should bleach it out. If not just use lots of elbow grease and scrub the heck out of it.
I have also found Tide Laundry detergent gets out most stains off concrete, porcelain etc.
Good luck
if it is an asterite or sink made of composit material, staining
is common, normal cleaners never seem to move any stains
try using milton steralising fluid, pour a couple of cap fulls, fill with cold water, and leave overnight
Try cotton wool soaked in lemon juice and leave on for a few hours. If that doesn't help make a past of washing powder and bleach. Good luck
It seems to me that this stain could be rust, you can remove this stain by using Baking Soda
To put the shine back in your stainless steel sink, sprinkle it with baking soda, then give it a rubdown -- moving in the direction of the grain -- with a moist cloth. To polish dull chrome trim on your appliances, pour a little baking soda onto a damp sponge and rub over the chrome. Let it dry for an hour or so, then wipe down with warm water and dry with a clean cloth.
Borax
Get rid of those stubborn stains -- even rust -- in your stain-less steel or porcelain sink. Make a paste of 1 cup borax and 1/4 cup lemon juice. Put some of the paste on a cloth or sponge and rub it into the stain, then rinse with running warm water. The stain should wash away with the paste.
Vinegar
Put the shine back in your porcelain sinks and bathtubs by giving them a good scrubbing with full-strength white vinegar, followed by a rinse of clean cold water. To remove hard-water stains from your tub, pour in 3 cups white vinegar under running hot tap water. Let the tub fill up over the stains and allow it to soak for four hours. When the water drains out, you should be able to easily scrub off the stains.
Or try this cleaner as the last resort, Barkeepers Friend cleaner
Good Luck !
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