This tried and true method using simple household ingredients removes water stains, dried on food and other crud and makes your stainless steel cutlery shine!
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Good morning my friend! During this uncertain time, I'm finding that it is best to stay busy, and to watch the news only once a day!
There have definitely been perks to the social isolation, such as spending quality time with my kids, lots of baking and experimenting in the kitchen, catching up on TV shows and movies, and being motivated to get some extra chores completed!
I am not one to post cleaning tutorials, although my easy way to clean baseboards using a $1 dollar store product has been a very popular post! But I have been noticing for about a month that our stainless steel cutlery has been looking pretty bad. Water spots, rusty looking marks and dullness have met my eyes every time I go to reach for a fork! I thought you might enjoy seeing my lazy girl's way to getting sparkly clean utensils!
I've been putting this chore off because...well, I guess just because I'm lazy! It's always much simpler than I think it's going to be, and only takes about 15 minutes to sparkling clean utensils! Plus, if you have a Science geek in the house, they'll definitely enjoy watching the process! &#;
Rather than buying expensive (and likely toxic) products to clean my stainless steel and silver utensils, I find these household giants do the job just as well, maybe even better!
That is all you need! Now let me show you a little before picture of my water-spotted, grimy looking utensils...do yours look like this?
I find peanut butter (and any nut butter for that matter) doesn't completely come off in our dishwasher. I'm left with dirty-looking stains, dried on food, and even a few rusty spots. Gross!!! &#;&#;
The first thing to do is fill a kettle with water and start it boiling. If you don't have a kettle, fill a large pot with water on the stovetop.
Lay a sheet of tin foil, shiny side up, in your sink.
I usually do all of one kind of utensil at a time (ie: all my teaspoons), so spread them out on the tin foil, front side up. It's okay if it's a little crowded, but try to have them in a single layer.
Next, generously sprinkle baking soda over the utensils, making sure to coat any dirty spots. Then pour about 1/4 cup of white vinegar over the top and watch it foam as it removes all that grime.
Once the foaming stops, pour about a cup of boiling water over the top. This seems to reactivate the baking powder and vinegar cleaning action and gives an additional boost to the job!
If utensils are really dirty, let them soak in this cleaning solution for a few minutes. Then I like to hand wash the utensils using dish soap and a gentle scrubber. Rinse well and then dry.
Yes! You want to use tin foil because there is an electrolytic reaction which actually transfers the oxidized tarnish from the utensils onto the foil! When you're finished, you'll notice the foil is dirty and has lost most of its shine.
I leave the piece of tin foil, and any cleaning leftovers, in the sink and just keeping adding a new batch of utensils. You'll be amazed how dirty the tin foil looks once you're finished! It's like it draws all that grime out and hangs onto it!
I find that our utensils often get put away wet, or damp, and our hard water loves to create stains on the stainless!
While everything is soaking, I take the opportunity to spray the utensil caddy with my Immunity Boost (just like Young Living Thieves but cheaper) cleaner and dry. Goodbye crumbs, hair (EW!) etc!
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Only when the cleaned utensils are completely dry do they get returned to the caddy.
It feels SO good to spend 15 minutes on this cleaning chore and be rewarded with clean and sparkly utensils in a clean caddy!
I took before and after photos of the same knives, just so you can really see the comparison!
First the dirty...
Now the clean...
Can you see the difference? WOW right?!
If you still have some rusty looking spots after following this cleaning method, you may need to use a piece of steel wool to help finish the job. I only have to do that once a year or even every other year. This method does a fantastic job in between!
I hope you found this cleaning tutorial helpful! Please let me know if you have any questions...I'm certainly no cleaning expert &#; but maybe I'll be able to help!
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Posted on November 26th,
Whether you&#;re expecting guests, using silverware as decoration, or you simply wish to make meals as pleasant as possible for yourself and your loved ones, ensuring your cutlery is spotless should be a crucial part of your home cleaning in Piedmont.
Flatware cleaning is important because, unlike keeping your walls pristine or washing your curtains, the cutlery comes in direct contact with the food you eat. Foggy cutlery not only looks bad, it may also be concealing tiny bits of dirt that may endanger your health.
Luckily for you, we&#;re here to help! In the following article, we&#;ll explain how to restore and clean your cutlery like a pro. Read on to learn more.
This may not be helpful to you if your cutlery is already clouded, but it&#;s important to point out that prevention is always better than remediation. Devoting a little extra time to this during a standard home cleaning will ensure your cutlery retains its as-new luster for decades to come.
Prevent your flatware from becoming tarnished by:
Exactly how you go about restoring that original sparkle to flatware depends in large part on the type of material it&#;s made of. Due to its affordability and general dependability, stainless steel tends to be the material of choice for most cutlery today.
Clean tarnished stainless steel cutlery by:
The second method:
Even if you put your silverware in the dishwasher right after use, chances are it&#;ll still get a buildup of tarnish and water that will become increasingly more apparent with time. Luckily, this problem can be fixed by deep cleaning your silverware every couple of months.
Here&#;s a tried-and-true flatware deep cleaning method:
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