How do you clean a porcelain sink?
–Ugly to Look At
Momma says:
Hon, I hope you are referring to your sink and not your face when you called yourself “Ugly…”.
Regarding the porcelain sink:
When I was a girl, that was about all we had. You wet the sink down, sprinkle Ajax or Comet Cleanser Powder and scrub away with a dish rag. Does a good job quickly. Same is true for Stainless Steel.
There is a product called SOFT SCRUB that is more of a cream in a squirt bottle that was invented for surfaces that scratch easier. There might very well be others. I know that the cans of BON AMI have a slogan with a chicken logo “Not a scratch in the whole can” or something similar.
But, before you run off putting Ajax or anything else on that sink, lets first make sure that it IS a porcelain coated sink. They are the ones that are hard like glass and are usually metal on the bottom. Most bathroom sinks and many kitchen sinks are FAUX MARBLE. That would be to say that they are some kind of plastic and they will scratch. DON’T use scrubbing powders on them (that includes baking soda). They will be awful in no time. The best thing to clean them with is the MR. CLEAN Magic Sponges (those white ones). If you put a little dab of baby shampoo on the surface of the damp white sponge, it cuts soap scum quickly in bath tubs and shower stalls, too! These white sponges are not just a sponge however, and should not be used on dishes, because they are chemical in nature and leave residue that is not good to eat.
I mentioned baking soda. I have used it for years on my stove top. It helps get the burned-on yuck from around and under the burner rings. If baking soda can’t do the trick, here is a tip that I learned from my mother-in-law. She kept a bar of LAVA SOAP in a dish at the sink for Dad to wash up with after repairing any number of small engines around the house or from work at the lumber planing mill. The sink was right next to the stove at their house. She would take her damp dish rag and wipe it on the lava soap bar then scrub around her burners. The stove top was always pretty. The lava and baking soda are too abrasive for the modern day “plastic” surfaces of our sinks and tubs. But I bet it would work for build up in grooves of vinyl floors.
One other thing that I really LOVE for cleaning is baby wipes. I like the WHITE CLOUD brand ones. They cut all kinds of crud off the counter tops and out of my bathroom sink. White Cloud wet wipes are found in the royal blue pkg (think it has clouds on it) on the bottom shelf at Wal-Mart in the toiletries area, not baby section.