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Call on a little white vinegar and my all time favorite combo.... SOAP AND HOT WATER!!
HOW TO SHINE YOUR GLASSWARE AND ALUMINUM POTS AND PANS
materials
- sink
- hottest water from the tap
- dish soap
- 2 cups white vinegar
- dish towel or 2
Directions
- Put the stopper in the drain of your sink and add your items to be cleaned. If they all won't fit don't worry. You can use this same batch over and over as long as the water stays hot.
- Add the vinegar and a few big squirts of dish soap into the sink while your hot water is running. Fill until your dishes are covered.
- Let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Take each one out one at a time. Using your dish towel rub until they start to shine:)
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| HELLO GORGEOUS! |
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| CLEAN POTS! |
For more information on phosphates and how they effect both the waterways and dishes, check out this article from the New York Times, Cleaner for the Environment, Not the Dishes. By Mireya Navarro.
I thought it was just me not cleaning them good enough. Thanks for letting us know and how to fix the problem. Great blog you have here.
ReplyDeleteWillow
Good post - those pots are shiny! I haven't noticed it here, but our Oregon water isn't as hard as other places so it probably isn't as noticeable.
ReplyDeleteI have a cleaning question for you! I have a double kitchen sink, one side is the disposal and the other side is just a drain. The drain side STINKS. I tried running white vinegar down it, pouring baking soda, and nothing works. It smells like something died in there. Help!
This is what I have done in the past for stinky and or clogged drains. Since this is your kitchen sink do both sides. 1/2 cup baking soda and 1/2 cup vinegar (in that order) in the drain. Put the stopper in and let sit for about 5 minutes. Then flush both sides with A LOT of hot BOILING water from a tea pot (so you don't burn yourself.) This is straight from Martha Stewart herself and it has worked like a charm. I think the boiling water is key, it really mobilizes the yuck!! Let me know how it goes!!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was me or the dishwasher soap I was using...now I know, thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI know this is an old post, but I had to share...we had this problem and I found that using about a TBS of citric acid with every wash removed the residue that was building up on our dishes. We have SUPER hard water and once they reformulated the dish soaps, all our stuff came out gross and filmy. Citric acid takes care of the residue and it's the same stuff that people use for canning/food prep so it's safe for you and the family. It's cheap, too (about $6.99/lb- I buy it in small amounts so it never costs more than $2-3 for a month supply). You can buy it at most health food stores and some grocery stores.
ReplyDeleteJust thought I'd share, since I have done your method and using the CA with each washload has really saved me time! :)