How to wash a stainless steel sink?

Stainless steel sinks began to gain more and more popularity in kitchens, which practically replaced all other sinks from the modern market of sanitary equipment. What is their popularity connected with?

• Such equipment is characterized by a high level of durability and strength.
• In addition, stainless steel is a very ductile metal, the products of which can be given almost any shape.

However, despite its resistance to external influences, sinks made of such a material are coated with plaque and dirt, just like any kitchen equipment. In this article, we will tell you how and how to wash a stainless steel sink so that it sparkles like new and has a well-groomed appearance.

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Daily Sink Care

Everyone knows that any plumbing, especially kitchen, requires constant care. After the equipment comes in contact with grease, water and food waste, which is quite natural in every kitchen, the stainless steel sink can quickly become stained and plaque. Glossy stainless steel surfaces are especially susceptible to grease contamination, and therefore even the banal fingerprints of the hostess are very clearly visible on them.

Daily Care

For daily cleaning of a stainless steel sink, you will need the following products:

• any dishwashing liquid or stainless steel surface cleaner;
• napkins for kitchen cleaning or a sponge;
• disposable rubber gloves.

Important! Caring for a stainless steel sink daily is extremely easy. After washing the dishes, the stainless steel sink must be cleaned, cleaned with a sponge and wiped dry with a moisture-absorbing cloth.

A huge amount of stainless steel surface care products can be purchased at any hardware store. If you could not buy a special tool, then it can perfectly replace any dishwashing liquid that will easily and efficiently remove fatty deposits.

Important! Moisture-absorbing wipes will help to wipe the surface from stainless steel dry, a large assortment of which offers modern housewives any store of household goods and household chemicals. If for some reason it was not possible to purchase napkins, then you can replace them with any soft and dry cloth.

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Cleaning a darkened sink

Stainless steel surfaces are very susceptible to various oxidations, and therefore dark spots often appear on them, which are not removed during daily preventive cleaning. To eliminate them, you will have to use additional cleaning tools.

The following improvised means, which are likely to be found in every home, will help get rid of unpleasant dark spots on plumbing:

• vinegar;
• soda;
• bleach;
• starch.

Important! It is quite difficult to deal with blackening on a stainless steel, but you have to do it regularly.

You can solve the problem in one of the following ways or use them comprehensively.

Method No. 1

It is very popular today to clean the sink with a simple bleach. To achieve the highest quality result, adhere to the following algorithm of actions:

1. Apply a small amount to a sponge.
2. Moisten a dark spot with the active compound.

Important! A negative feature of this method is the risk of excessive clarification of the processed part of the kitchen equipment. To prevent this from happening, after removing the stains, the entire surface of the sink is rubbed with vinegar and left for about 20 minutes. After that, the appliance is wiped with ordinary detergent.

Method No. 2

Cleaning with baking soda will help get rid of minor browning of stainless steel, but this process is quite time-consuming. Dark spots are wiped away until they disappear if a small amount of soda is applied to the abrasive side of a simple kitchen sponge and treated with a darkened surface

Method 3

An effective way to wash a sink from a stainless steel is to use starch.

You can lighten any stainless steel products with the use of potato starch or with water in which the potatoes were cooked. Such water is saturated with starch, and therefore, when hot, it almost completely purifies steel or silver. Liquid is added to the darkened stainless steel sink.

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Thorough cleaning of a heavily soiled sink

It happens that the kitchen sink becomes so dirty that it takes on an absolutely unsightly appearance and a putrid odor comes out of it. It seems impossible to bring it into proper condition. Dark spots, blackness, greasy and salt deposits, which were deposited and eaten on corrugated places, and an unpleasant smell coming from a clogged drain. These contaminants are very serious. How to save in such cases and how to restore the cleanliness of a kitchen appliance?

Capital Cleaning Products:

• dishwashing liquid or dishwasher tablet;
• soda;
• salt;
• vinegar;
• toothbrush, rag, sponge.
• ice.

Application options

The main contaminants, deposits of fat and salt must be cleaned at the very beginning. For this:

1. Close the drain hole tightly and fill up a full sink of hot water.
2. Add the right amount of dishwashing liquid to it and leave it until it cools completely.

It is possible to use special tablets for dishwashers:

1. Dip the tablet into the hot water of the sink.
2. Stir until completely dissolved.
3. After cooling, water needs to be drained, and the softened dirt is thoroughly wiped with a hard sponge.

We clean hard-to-reach spots

Now consider the methods of removing contamination on corrugated and inaccessible surfaces. This work should be carried out using an old toothbrush, which is pre-wetted in soda or soapy water. Such contaminants are cleaned mechanically.

Important! You can pre-treat the surface with a cleaning agent and wait a while.

Soaking with soda-saline solution for about twenty minutes also gives a good effect. Salt stone and old fat soften, and they will be easy to remove from surfaces.

Important! After removing the main contaminants, the entire sink for disinfection and shine is moistened with vinegar. After standing for a while, the device should be thoroughly rinsed with running water.

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In this article we talked about how to clean a stainless steel sink, and sincerely hope that in the future kitchen plumbing will delight you not only with its practicality, but also with perfect cleanliness.