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How To Clean A Porcelain Sink

How To Clean A Porcelain Sink
Every-time that I clean my stove top; I get black marks in my porcelain sink.  I have been avoiding harsh chemicals to clean my house so this Instructable is how I clean my sink using friendlier products.  My sink is the original sink from the late 30's.  There have been many tenants over the years and I think for its age and use the sink looks pretty good. 
 
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Step 1Products

Products
To clean this sink I used:

Baking Soda.
Peroxide.
 

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16 comments
Feb 28, 2012. 6:58 PMpraise_song says:
Your sink looks fabulous! Great job!
I'm going to try this method on my fiberglass shower stall.... it gets a brown stain around the lower edge, due to hard water, body oils, soap scum, etc. I do use baking soda for lots of stuff, but the mixture of baking soda AND peroxide (which is a bleach!) just might do the trick. For me, the hard part is the instruction to "wait 15 minutes". I like results NOW! haha!

Also: I use alcohol in a 32-oz. spray bottle (very inexpensive). It deodorizes and sanitizes stuff ... counter tops after dealing w/ raw poultry, sinks, glass ware, crystal, removes carpet stains, removes smell of cat barf or other pet accidents, etc....it's great stuff! Just thought I'd throw that in; you can add it to your list of household cleaning products. Vinegar is another really great cleaning product, that is inexpensive and highly effective!

Thanks for the great instructable!
Feb 18, 2012. 12:20 AMlemonie says:
Baking Soda and Peroxide are chemicals you know?

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Feb 18, 2012. 5:59 PMbajablue says:
Personally, I think your wording "I didn't have to use harsh chemicals" is perfectly acceptable.
Feb 20, 2012. 7:21 AMbajablue says:
That makes sense! ;-)
Feb 18, 2012. 5:44 AMpecospearl says:
Maybe the preferred word would be harmful. Baking soda is a very benign and natural product with so many uses as you have proven once more. Your sink looks great!
Feb 17, 2012. 7:28 PMcanucksgirl says:
Wow! Remarkable results. Especially for a sink that old. It looks almost brand new when you were done. Great job! ;)
Feb 17, 2012. 7:42 PMcanucksgirl says:
You're welcome. You did a great job on the instructable.

BTW I would have rated this, but it won't let me. The others worked okay, but I'll have to try again on this later.
Feb 18, 2012. 5:50 AMHoopajoo says:
I find that if you refresh the page a few times (3-6 times) the rating stars will eventually appear. Not sure why this is, but like the non-enlarging thumbnails, I'm trying to find a solution (for the thumbnail issue, Adblock Plus is the problem and updating the filter subscription solves the issue).
I gave you full stars! I need to do this on the tub in my house (original from the 1930's). Our kitchen sink is too small for some of our larger pots so we have to wash them there until I can upgrade the kitchen sink.
Feb 18, 2012. 4:11 PMcanucksgirl says:
I've had success with reloading the page several times, but it doesn't always work. The main thing is, the staff is aware of the issue and is working on getting it fixed, (as well as the thumbnail photos), so hopefully it'll get solved soon.

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