Utensils all gone yellow...turmeric!

champys

thriftmonster wrote: »

I have a white melamine ladle which always gets stained with turmeric - but it wears off after a week or so - until the next curry!!!

Yes I find this too - most of my turmeric-stained utensils return to normal, simply after time. It is the same with beetroot stains. There may be hope yet...... :-)

charaldan

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Stubborn haldi (turmeric) stains from Plastic / Melamine Plates and utensils can be removed if washed with wheat flour.[/FONT]

Budgetsmuggler

Hi I am intrigued by this could you let me know how you do it with wheat flour, I have a stained clear plastic jug. Much appreciated

Budgetsmuggler

Hi I am intrigued! Would you let me know how you remove stains with wheat flour, I have a clear plastic jug.
Many thanks

PasturesNew

I'd give "the usual" a go:
- spray/leave anti-bacterial cleaner on it.
- mix bicarb of soda with a little bit of water and "scrub" that gently into the area and leave ... repeat 2-3x.
- rub with some washing powder (stuff intended for clothes), working it into a paste with a little water and leaving it on for awhile.

Anything easy/attainable's worth a go.

ariarnia

Curcumin is the "essence" of turmeric, and it's only soluble in alcohol or oil, not water.

Wash the bowls out with hand soap (not dish soap) and don't 'scrub', rinse and drip dry, then wipe with alcohol or vinegar on a clean cloth to lift the worst of the stain. Finally fill with a weak bleach solution and leave overnight before rinsing well with clean water.

If your clothes get stained, same principle. Hand soap neat (don't scrub), rinse in cold water, soak in vinegar or alcohol, and wash with a bio-laundry product on a cold wash (alternative to bleach). Ideally dry in direct sunlight.

Foxfriend

A tip I read on Pinterest one time was to soak stained teacups/kitchen utensils/food storage tubs overnight in a basin/bowl of water with several Steradent or other denture cleaning tablets. I've done it with teacups, and plastic items stained with curry or pasta sauce, and it worked a treat. Don't know about turmeric in particular but might be worth a try?

Eenymeeny

I often use a white plastic micro cooker for those yellow vegetable rice mixes which I assume contain turmeric in the mix. It turns bright yellow up to the water level after cooking but I find that if I wash it and leave it on the sunny kitchen window sill it turns back to white after a couple of days. Usually works for storage containers too. Unfortunately you may have to wait for a sunny day though...

Slinky

Budgetsmuggler wrote: »

Hi I am intrigued by this could you let me know how you do it with wheat flour, I have a stained clear plastic jug. Much appreciated

You're unlikely to get an answer for this question, the poster posted it in 2008 and has never been back to MSE since.