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  • Cleaning a belfast sink…
  • z1ppy
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    Yep I’ve been to google, but some of the suggestions are a little off, so after some personnal recommendations.
    We have a ‘new’ style belfast sink and the base has been stained, by myself, leaving a roasting dish to soak in it. Before we attack it with brasso/wirewool/bar-keeper m8 (WTF is that?), anyone got any real life experience on cleaning them easily?

    PS: G/f refuses to use a plastic bowl in her new sink, grrrrr…

    dave_rudabar
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    Ajax, as it’s a mild abrasive?

    Clobber
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    Best thing i use is a bath rubber, google it…

    matthewjb
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    Before we attack it with … bar-keeper m8 (WTF is that?),

    I think it’s this in textspeak.

    No idea if it works.

    z1ppy
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    dave_rudabar – Member
    Ajax, as it’s a mild abrasive?

    Well this is really the question… will an abrasive cleaner not cause more issues, as you create more scratches for dirt to stick to?

    ebygomm
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    I’d try filling using washing soda as a first step. Fill sink with hot water, add washing soda, leave to stand. It’s definitley not going to do any harm and washing soda is dirt cheap.

    CharlieMungus
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    toothpaste

    footflaps
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    Hot water and denture tablets? I use them to clean loads of stuff…

    DrRSwank
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    Bleach?

    Or use biological washing powder/liquid

    Or, you can use steradent (or similar) to soak stains off but I guess you’d need a lot for a sink (DOH! Too slow)

    But Flash Spray with Bleach would be my first stop.

    z1ppy
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    Ahhh got some spare denture tabs (camelbak cleaning) & toothpaste to hand, so will try those suggestions first.
    Thanks

    greenboy
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    Use some bio washing powder, mix to a thin paste and brusg over the areas you want cleaned. Leave for an hour and hey presto clean sink!

    rockthreegozy
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    Bar Keeper available in ASDA IIRC

    sturmeyarcher
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    Bicarb of soda. Did our this morning and it came up lovely.

    You can get silicone mats to protect bottom of the sink. They have them in John Lewis.

    hh45
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    Whilst soaking my camelbak bladder and some bottles I discovered that Miltons tabs do a great job but obviously only as high as you fill the sink. No scrubbing needed – just leave overnight. 2 tabs for one medium size Belfast sink.

    jonb
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    enamel rubber?

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