Got stains that won't come out of your sink? Use nail polish remover on a cotton ball and it will come right off, no matter what the stain.
By Anna K.
Editor's Note: This would work on a porcelain sink but acetone might damage other types of surfaces.
CAUTION - READ THIS FIRST:
Once I dyed my hair in the sink and stained it, (oops). I cleaned up the best I could with a bleach cleaner. Later one teeny tiny spot remained. I put dab of nail remover on a Q-Tip swab and it looked soo pretty and clean!
Well, here's the thing. 3 HOURS later, my roomate (homeowner) and I were watching a movie when we heard popping
sounds from bathroom. The sink literally blew up. It sent slivers of porcelain everywhere and it was sharp and found days later in odd places. OUCHIE!
So take this warning and, do what you will, be careful.
I have a blue stain around my new sink in the bathroom upstairs, but I don't have it in my main floor bath. Any suggestions? I would be grateful. Please help. Thanks in advance.
By brenda chouinard from Lac Baker, NB
Dab dishwasher gel on any stains in your sink, and let it set overnight. In the morning the stains will be gone! By Linda
There are a number of ways to remove stubborn rust discoloration from a porcelain fixture. This is a page about cleaning a rust stain on a porcelain sink.
How do I get white stains out of a brown porcelain sink?
Most likely this is mineral build up.
The only way I could get these out was with a pumice stone. I would rub the stain out.
Also some recoomend using a mixture of vinegar and baking soda, making a paste, and leaving it on to break down the sediment: homeguides.sfgate.com/
Try a Mr Clean Magic eraser
In a porcelain kitchen sink with stains, do the stains stay off once removed with peroxide? If the kitchen sink is used often, do the ugly stains stay off?
By Joycealaina
No. You have to clean it after each use. I use soft scrub on mine every night before bed (I do the flylady routine, end your day with a clean shiny empty sink). You can help it stay cleaner longer if you avoid putting things in it such as tea, coffee, blueberry.....as they cause stains.
The finish of the sink is probably gone. Unless you have it professionally reglazed, you will have to scrub out stains constantly.
My hot water heater makes my hot water yellow which has in turn yellowed my white kitchen sink that's only 3 years old. Bleach, vinegar, and baking soda did nothing. Help!
By Mick from LHC, AZ
It sounds like you either have sulfur water or your hot water heater needs to be flushed. As long as you keep using the same water source without correcting it, you will continue to have this issue.
Try Barkeeper's Friend. It doesn't scratch.
It appears that some eye medicine my mom used has made stains on my bathroom sink. I tried several things, but nothing works. Any suggestions?
By Gloria
We have a white kitchen sink, yes strange, but it is white. We rinsed a bowl and a plate then left them in the sink before we went overseas for 3 weeks. When we returned we found circular yellow stains where the blowl and plate had been. Tried scrubbing with Jiff, Ajax Professional Mould Remover and OzKleen Mould power, all to no avail.
Got a stain on your tub or sink? Clean them quick and easy. Add cream of tartar and hydrogen peroxide and make a paste. Spread the paste over the stain and scrub lightly with a brush.
I have a hair removal cream stain on my white sink. It has been there for 3 weeks. Now the stain is dark grey. What can I do? Please help me!
By Jolanta
Have you tried Magic Eraser? It removed some of the stains in my bathroom that products had left behind. Some of the stains had been there for over 10 years, and it took them right off.
Use Barkeepeer's Friend and a scouring pad. Took out iodine stains.
I have a friend that has two yellow stains in his sink (each about three inches in diameter) that will not come off. We do not know the source of the stains as they were there when he moved in.
He has tried bleach, baking soda, lemon paste, and Soft Scrub all to no avail. Any suggestions?I have used hand soap dispensers on my porcelain bathroom sinks. Unfortunately, they have left yellow circles/rings on the sinks now. I have tried many things, but I just can't find a solution to remove these stains. Please help. My bathrooms are only 3 years old. Thanks.
By Lisa Hanson from Georgetown, KY
If the stains are on the sink itself like my stains from soap dispensers are try using dishwasher gel. Put some on the area, with a rag rub it in, let it sit a bit and then rub and rinse off. This is all I ever use to clean my sinks and tub after wondering one day why the side of the sink the dishwasher drained on was always so clean.
