Short of painting, how can I remove rust from the bottom of a white, porcelain sink.?
Question:One of those old time, affixed to the wall, baseless, kitchen sinks.
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My father in law has an old house that looks like it has never been renovated.We have used CLR to remove rust from the sinks. Use gloves. Don't use anything to scratch off the enamel and dull the gloss and give the sink pits. Like SOS pads. After using the CLR clean it with something like dish soap and dry off the sink. Put some car wax on your sink to help it shine. If the drain is rusty and gross you might want to replace it.
did you try soft scrubb with bleach by clorex? if that doesnt work, you can buy a kit at home depot or ACE that is a porceline patch kit. you sand the area with the paper provided then put a few coats of the liquid on it and it works great
It sounds like the porcelain has worn off. The cast iron under the porcelain is rusting. Only solution is coating with something like the resurfacing kits at Home Depot. You can use steel wool to get rust off but it will come back.
SOS pad and Comet and lots & lots of elbow grease. It works for my hard water stains and rust. You might have to do this quite a few times before it completely goes away. Have fun.
Put a layer of paper towels on bottom of sink, pour a cup of liquid bleach slowly onto the towels, wait thirty minutes.
I use Bar Keepers friend ( comes in a can like comet ,but 50 times stronger) it is cheap and does an excellent job. It really sounds like you need to redo the surface of the bowl once it is clean to keep it from happening again.Oh and this product will not scratch the surface .
If you can find it, you can use Oxalic Acid. I found it at a drug store. This chemical is a weak acid that when put into water likes to attach itself to iron. I've used it to remove rust stains on clothing. So it should work on your porcelain sink.
Two precautions. the oxalic acid doesn't care if the iron is on top of the porcelain or if the iron is actually part of the sink. So be sure the stain is not actually exposed metal substrate beneath the porcelain coating.
And second, it goes without saying.don't ingest oxalic acid. Be sure to wear rubber gloves to keep it off your hands. It's not real dangerous.but you don't want to eat it.
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