Wednesday, January 19, 2011

How to remove iron stains from dishes

Answer: Lemon juice

I had wanted to try a bunch of different acids and other types of soaps, but the first thing we tried worked! Here's how we did it:

This is what it looked like before we started....

We put a bottle's worth of lemon juice into a container. We used a stainless steel cooking pot, but any container would work well, and I'd recommend one that you don't use regularly.

We tried scrubbing it a bit after it had soaked over night, and most of it came off right then. But rather than scrubbing, it's easier to just wait for 3-4 days, and then wipe all the stain off with a soft cloth or sponge.And here you go! After soaking in lemon juice for 3-4 days, all the stains are gone. Neat, huh?

I'm pretty sure it would work equally well to stack the dishes inside the container so you could do more than one at a time. Either way though, you reuse the lemon juice, so it's not too wasteful, and doesn't involve any harsh chemicals.

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