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cleaning terracotta jars! help please! :-)

freyaluck
freyaluck Posts: 465 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Hello there

I have terracotta tea, coffee and sugar jars that are in need of a good clean. The inside is fine as it has been varnished, but the outsides have become awful. They have grease marks on and as they are porus I don't have a clue what to do, they are really looking rather tatty.
Does anyone have any ideas please.
Frey
Saving for the future of the earth
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  • Sarahsaver
    Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    I have one of those - a utensil jar. Only thing I could think of is get a tiny amount of veg oil on a piece of kitchen roll or an old rag and rub it all over the jar so it is uniformly greased, if you see what I mean. I am not attached to mine so I can always try this for you and report back. I dont think you will get the marks OUT as you say it is porous.
    Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
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    To avoid all evil, to do good,
    to purify the mind- that is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.
  • freyaluck
    freyaluck Posts: 465 Forumite
    What a good idea I didn't think of that, I will give it a go.
    I do love them, but they look so tatty they will have to go if I can't get them to look any better.
    Thanks sarahsaver
    Frey
    Saving for the future of the earth
  • Sarahsaver
    Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    Do u want me to try first;) LOL
    Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
    I have done reading too!
    To avoid all evil, to do good,
    to purify the mind- that is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.
  • greentomato
    greentomato Posts: 130 Forumite
    Unfortunately I've never managed to get one of these clean. I had one which I kept my utensils in next to the cooker, and as you can imagine it got really splashed with grease and looked terrible. I hate to throw things away but in the end I gave up trying to clean it and bought a white ceramic one! Sorry!!
  • freyaluck
    freyaluck Posts: 465 Forumite
    No it's fine sarah saver unless you want to of course;) :D I will do it in a bit and see how it turns out.
    Frey
    Saving for the future of the earth
  • Sarahsaver
    Sarahsaver Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    Any luck? I will do mine tomorrow and post a pic if you want!
    Member no.1 of the 'I'm not in a clique' group :rotfl:
    I have done reading too!
    To avoid all evil, to do good,
    to purify the mind- that is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.
  • chalkysoil
    chalkysoil Posts: 1,662 Forumite
    I've just won a few on ebay and I can't get them clean - the grease marks stay - anyone had any luck?
    Thanks
  • kittycat204
    kittycat204 Posts: 1,824 Forumite
    just to throw my piece in, i have a slightly porous mug that i put in some sterilising fluid in. well a tablet type thing and some hot water. no idea what it might do to terracotta. maybe worth a go as a last resort.
    Opinion on everything, knowledge of nothing.
  • chalkysoil
    chalkysoil Posts: 1,662 Forumite
    5 minute soak in soda crystals in hot water followed by 2 minute scrub with neat Fairy = 95% cured.

    will continue when I find my rubber gloves

    :j:j:j
  • chalkysoil
    chalkysoil Posts: 1,662 Forumite
    edited 9 February 2012 at 3:40AM
    :( don't look so good now they've properly dried out overnight. Anyone? :)

    tried everything on google then gave up and painted them - look quite cheerful now in a flowerpot kind of way :)
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