I have a white porcelain kitchen sink. That should be all I have to tell you in realizing my cleaning dilemma. It gets so gross looking, but I promise it’s clean. There are food stains and metal dish marks that won’t come off. I tried everything to clean it, bleach, comet, scruffy scrubbers, and nothing. One day I asked my neighbor, Janelle, what she uses to clean her sink, as I knew she had white too. She then began a kitchen sink demonstration of Cameo.
It is a stainless steel cleaner, but for some reason, works great on white porcelain. I could not believe my eyes when I looked at her beautifully white kitchen sink. I borrowed hers right away and gave my sink a cleaning. Shake the Cameo powder around the sink, shake a little dish soap around too, then get your cleaning rag and scrub over the whole sink. You may need to give a little extra umph around the stained spots. Then Voila! Really, it looks like I have a brand new sink.
I do not Cameo it often enough, as I continue to be surprised each time I clean it. You can get it at Walmart in the bathroom and kitchen cleaning aisle. Hooray for good cleaners. *Warning: unknown if it will harm the porcelain sink. Use at your own sink risk.*
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I use Barkeepers Friend on mine. It works beautifully. It takes out scratches and stains. You can usually find it at your grocery store or at Walmart. It also works great on stove tops and counters. Every once in awhile my husband will spill something on the white counter and not wipe right away and a stain will be there that windex won’t get out…but Barkeepers Friend always gets it.
Yea! I have the same problem with my sink. But mine is off white . . . do you think it will bleach it all if I try it??
That’s amazing! Found your blog through the NaBloPoMo randomiser!
My brother has an old, old sink that he can’t get white. I’m definitely going to forward this tip to him. Thanks for sharing!
I love the Barkeepers Friend idea. I am up for anything. Thanks to all the comments.
Ooooh K…I totally need this. My sink gets really nasty!!! Other than Clorox, I haven’t really known what to use! Thanks for the tip!
So excited about this to clean my mo-in-laws sink. I’ve been worried about how dirty its gotten.
I second Bar Keeper’s Friend. It is awesome and cleaning and scratch removing.
I have been using my glass stove top cleaner on my white sink. It works for most of the scratches and rust stains. I use Clorox clean up for the food stains. I have a few deeper scratches. Does the Cameo or Bar Keeper’s Friend do better on those?
I use the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers in between the really thorough cleanings; works good to spiff it up quick, but it won’t get out scratches etc.
Please read the cautions on the side of the cans… Barkeeper’s Friend does work great but cn not be mixed with bleach! I learned the hard way by losing some of my lung function.