Boiling in a special
solution The easiest way to clean spoons and other stainless steel appliances is to boil them in water for a few minutes with salt and soda added:
- take a large saucepan or bowl;
- pour water 1.5-2 liters;
- sprinkle 2 large spoons of salt and baking soda;
- Heat it all up and put your cutlery in the solution.
They should cook a little less than half an hour. It is not necessary to bring the water to a boil, a very hot composition will also work well.
When you get spoons and other dishes out of the water, it will shine clean. It remains to rinse it and wipe dry. This method perfectly helps those who have a lot of dishes, because it does not require cleaning each item separately. By the way, in the same way they clean the products from nickel silver, they only advise you to lay the bottom of the pan with aluminum foil.
There is another alternative recipe. It is necessary to pour a large spoon of soda into the basin, and two such spoons of citric acid, then slowly pour it all over with hot water and put fork spoons. Some add vinegar to the recipe, but since there is already citric acid, it is not necessary to add vinegar.
Cleaning with available tools
If you have a few stainless steel tableware, you can clean them with soda. It is mixed with a small amount of water to make a thick paste, and they begin to scrape the dirt off. You can wipe the spoons with a cloth dipped in vinegar. Vinegar is able to remove whitish plaque formed as a result of exposure to hard water. Acetic acid is very good at eliminating lime and greasy deposits, but it is unlikely to cope with an old, dense layer of fat.
These are two ways( soda and vinegar) that make forks and spoons shiny. However, it will be difficult to get plaque between the teeth of the forks. In addition, a lot of effort will be spent on cleaning of impurities that are difficult to remove.
Kohl talking about weakly abrasive substances, we must remember the coffee grounds. She can perfectly clean the spoons and forks. Take a little thick on the sponge, and get to work. After that, rinse the items in water and wipe them with a soft cloth.
Old methods
From non-standard methods of cleaning, you can select the use of bulbs or fresh peeled potatoes. Potatoes contain starch, and if they rub the spoons, they will again become clean. Sometimes the dishes are boiled in the water in which the potatoes were boiled. Potato decoction contains a large amount of starch, which helps cleanse stainless steel items.
Onion Juice is also capable of cleaning contaminated stainless steel appliances. It is used to remove fresh browning on the metal. After it, be sure to rinse all items in water and dry thoroughly with a soft absorbent cloth.
Many people clean their cutlery with white tooth powder. This method is effective if the spoons are not very dirty. In addition, it requires a lot of time. More often they resort to it when cleaning silver, but the stainless steel can be updated in the same way.Try cleaning your cutlery with ash. If you are in the country, burn a few dry twigs of birch or aspen, sift the ash and pour it into a jar. Ash helps very well to cope with any dirt on the dishes. If you mix a little ash and vegetable oil, then this composition can be used to clean rust from metal objects. But rust is formed on the stainless steel is extremely rare.
Special Tools
Perhaps you didn’t pay attention, but the stores sell special products for cleaning metal products. These are various pastes or sprays produced in Russia or other countries. Their choice is quite wide, so we will not list everything so as not to offend anyone. They can be bought on the Internet or in a regular store of household chemicals.
After applying them to the dirty stainless surface of the paste, wipe the object with a soft cloth. Cleaners allow you to cope with any bloom and return shine to metal products. They also polish the surface, eliminating the smallest scratches and damage that makes the spoons and forks as if new.
General recommendations for cleaning and storage
There are several recommendations on how to handle stainless steel dishes.
- Any cutlery should be washed after meals as soon as possible. If this is not done, then it will be very difficult to clean the dried out food, and it will gradually begin to accumulate.
- If, nevertheless, the food has dried on the forks and spoons, then soak them beforehand in a soap solution, and after that, begin to clean.
- Metal sponges are best not to use when washing, as they leave small scratches. Use soft cloths and foam sponges.
- Wear peppers if you use acid or special equipment for cleaning.
- You can rinse cutlery in water with the addition of ammonia. From this they will shine more.
- After washing the spoons, forks and knives are wiped dry, so that they do not remain white patches of plaque. If you do not want to leave traces of stains, then wear cotton gloves.
Dishwashers can be used to clean stainless dishes. Some housewives complain that the metal device in them rust. This phenomenon means that stainless steel is of poor quality. Rust and cover with dark spots can products, if they are placed in too corrosive, aggressive environment. If minor stains are formed, they can be removed by cleaning one of the methods described above.
