Um. How do you get stains off of so-called "stainless steel"????
Now, if this were a cooking question, I wouldn't feel so humbled about having to ask teh Internets for advice. I'm not much of a cook, really.
But this is a cleaning question. ~hangs head in shame~ Cleaning is my thing. However, I cannot for the life of me get the tea stains off the inside of my stainless steel mug.
I await your wisdom.
ETA: I had to resort to the heavy artillery. The CLR pretty much cleaned it out - thanks QG. The bits of stain that were left came off easily with baking powder and boiling water. Thanks everyone!
13 comments:
Try using some baking powder with really hot water (that's powder, not soda). It's gotten coffee off of my stainless steel mug.
um, I'd just buy a new one. or always have tea (or other suitable dark liquid) in it so no one could see the stains.
they don't ever call me anything close to homemaker either
Try some CLR if you can get it. If it's not among your grocery store's cleaning products, check a hardware store.
The baking powder... or if that fails, try Oxiclean, with very hot (boiling) water. It's great stuff, and eco-friendly to boot.
Brillo?
Rhea
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Ok, I'll try the baking powder (I had tried the baking soda with no success) first.
These are great ideas everyone. thanks.
vicar - good plan! hehehe
if all else fails.. try bleach mixed with water.
I feel an onslaught of tsk tsk coming on - but I KNOW bleach will do it. then put it in the dishwasher.
I will never be accused of being nice nasty...
hmmm....no dishwasher Cathy.
ok, no dishwasher - you can still rinse it real good! Just put a capful of bleach and mix it with water and let it set for a while.
Umm... so you're SUPPOSED to get the rings out? I just called that "seasoned." As in, my travel mug is now offically broken in and well-seasoned. :)
I rinse and give a soapy swirl after each usage.... that's pretty much it.
I do replace the entire mug when it gets too grungy, so maybe this baking poweder thing is the missing piece for me! I could save some good $$ if I could learn to CLEAN *and* KEEP UP WITH all the stainless mugs in our household!
(Enough cash for at least 3 pumpkin spice lattes, at least! :)
mmmm....pumpkin spice lattes...(decaf of course) :)
Glad it worked! Love CLR.
Those mugs are hard to clean of coffee or tea stains.
Glad you got some help from the more suzy homemakers in the bunch.
I forget what we use.
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