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Ceramic sink: tips and cleaning please

dannahaz
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Hi All

I've just had new worktops and a beautiful white ceramic sink fitted. Any tips (from experience) on what I should use to keep it clean please?


I've heard of a product called Bon Ami, anyone used it or recommend it/alternative?

Thanks for your help
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    While you're waiting for replies to come in, browsing these threads will give you a head start :)

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  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
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    We put one in our last house. To be honest I would not choose to have one again. It was so easily marked. Baking trays and pans in particular. But Cif is fine to use, no scratches.
  • Mr_Proctalgia
    Mr_Proctalgia Posts: 967 Forumite
    I have a pot sink and it shines up beautifully with Ajax - If you get any metallic marks on it from Baking Trays etc then a quick rub over with Borax gets them off.

    HTH
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  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
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    Citric acid - pour some in the bottom of the sink fill with warm water and leave. Works in kettles too
  • SnowyOwl_2
    SnowyOwl_2 Posts: 5,257 Forumite
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    I've a ceramic sink as well - I used the now infamous Stardrops on it. In my experience it has been very easy to keep clean and shiny - to date no marks have been so stubborn they have been impossible to remove.

    If you do get a stain of some sort a rub with the cut side of a lemon seems to remove just about anything.
  • aurora_borealis_2
    aurora_borealis_2 Posts: 13,477 Forumite
    I use stardrops daily and bleach weekly ;)
    de do-do-do, de dar-dar-dar ;)
  • jamjar,
    jamjar, Posts: 221 Forumite
    Since I have been using Stardrops, my white ceramic sink has started getting brown stains. I don't often wash up in this sink as I have a dishwasher, and it doesn't get tea or coffee poured in. I have a septic tank, so need to use something gentle. Does anyone please have any ideas about how to get it gleaming white?
  • dannahaz
    dannahaz Posts: 1,068 Forumite
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    Yes! I use BarKeepers Friend. It's a white powder, very gentle, and excellent on my ceramic sink. You can get it in John Lewis, Waitrose, Sainsburys, Lakeland and I would expect you can get it in Asda and Tesco.

    It comes in a vaguely conical shapes bottle, 7 inches high.

    Heres a link to the product page at Lakeland so you know what to look for
    http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!8868
  • SnowyOwl_2
    SnowyOwl_2 Posts: 5,257 Forumite
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    Try rubbing over with the flesh of a lemon, let lots of juice get over it, then leave it for an hour or so and rinse off. Cheap as chips!
  • jamjar,
    jamjar, Posts: 221 Forumite
    Thankyou. I will try the lemon while I wait to get the Barkeepers friend.
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