Can I revive white tea-stained mugs?

student100

Pat_ wrote:

I use the milton sterilising stuff which is a bit moer expensive, but morrissons own is good too. I do use the bleach thing too and this is even cheaper

Yes Milton is exactly the same substance (Sodium Hypochlorite) as thin bleach but more dilute and more expensive! :rolleyes:

Pat__3

Jay-Jay, (are we related?)

Possibly Jay-Jay, where do you buy your dishcloths .

tara28

i always sprinkle some washing powder in the cup and with damp cloth rub the the powder around and they r always like new same with my teaspoons.

Austin_Allegro

I just use the green side of a scouring sponge - works ok.

I have a real problem getting my plastic microwave steamer pot clean though - if I cook anything with tomatoes etc it stains red. Soaking in bleach seems to be the only thing that works.

r.mac_2

I tried it and it worked really well. A couple of drops of bleach (I use thick supermarket own brand) and a couple of drops of washing up liquid (whatever one is on offer - I have tesco's anti-bac at the moment) with lots of hot water.

I did several mugs and they came up really well within about 1/2 hour. I also did a casserole dish (an experiment gone wrong!) and that worked OK, but the stain was different and didn't move in quite the same way.

thanks to all those who posted suggestions.

elona

r.mac

Re the casserole dish - have you tried putting household ammonia in dish then covering it or putting it in bin bag outside? The stuff stinks and has to be kept away from kids and pets but works on almost anything! If you want it to stick to sides of dish use kitchen towel and then wet it with a spray solution of this !

If stuff is really crusted on leave it for several hours or overnight.

r.mac_2

will try this - thanks elona. It's now just a stain, not an actually crust! and with teh amount of stuff I have tried the thing can't possibly have a germ in sight by now. I think I am just hankering after it's original good looks!!!

will give it a try.

gorilla

I'm sure everyone will have had a Lemsip in the past. Have you never noticed how clean your mug is after? I don't drink lemsip just for the sake of it, but I would recommend that if you did have a cold and you were going to have a lemsip, that you use your 'dirty' mug. You'll be amazed at the result. You don't have to leave it overnight either. Just drink up.

r.mac_2

lmao - yuck - what does that mean a lemsip contains?!!!!!

Lucie_2

Urrrrgghhhhh!! Imagine what it does to your insides??