cleaning heavily tea stained mugs

cleaning heavily tea stained mugs

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craigjm

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17,908 posts

199 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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OK I've got a bunch of cheap ikea mugs that are all dark brown from tea. Best way to get them back to white? i know my mum used to use bleach when we were kids is that the best option or something else?

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

144 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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The dishwasher seems to keep the majority of our in a non-stained condition.

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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If you live near a home brew shop, this stuff is good for that sort of thing (and for horrors like the forgotten flask of soup left in the boot of the car).

http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/VWP_4...

ChrisnChris

1,423 posts

221 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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I seem to remember bio detergent in hot water does the trick, left to soak in the mug for a few hours. Worth a cheap shot.

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Denture tablets.

sherman

13,065 posts

214 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Some diluted bleach is all you need. Just put a small blob of bleach in each cup and fill the cup up with water and leave to soak for a few hours. Leave over night or when you go out during the day. Wash the cups until they dont smell of bleach or put in the dishwasher and you should be fine.

If you have a coffee machine in your house. The stuff you use to clean the inside of the machine with will clean the tea stains off your cups really very well

otolith

55,899 posts

203 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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ChrisnChris said:
I seem to remember bio detergent in hot water does the trick, left to soak in the mug for a few hours. Worth a cheap shot.
I once used laundry detergent to clean burnt on food off a non-stick pan. Worked a treat. Had to bin the pan anyway, though, everything cooked in it tasted of the perfume in the detergent.

devnull

3,745 posts

156 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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sherman said:
Some diluted bleach is all you need. Just put a small blob of bleach in each cup and fill the cup up with water and leave to soak for a few hours. Leave over night or when you go out during the day. Wash the cups until they dont smell of bleach or put in the dishwasher and you should be fine.

If you have a coffee machine in your house. The stuff you use to clean the inside of the machine with will clean the tea stains off your cups really very well
This.

Either bleach or the coffee cleaner (CAFIZA).

sherman

13,065 posts

214 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Thats why you should buy some cheap unperfumed detergent or bleach for this purpose. The really cheap supermarket own brand stuff is ideal for this.

wseed

1,501 posts

129 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Shaw Tarse said:
Denture tablets.
This. My Thermos insulated stainless(yea right) mug gets grim at work. I bought a pack of supermarket own brand cleaners and they bring it up a treat, for a day or two frown. must get a new work mug.

tog

4,516 posts

227 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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C0ffin D0dger said:
The dishwasher seems to keep the majority of our in a non-stained condition.
I find the opposite - my most used mugs every year or so I have to wash mechanically and the stain comes off easily.

craigjm

Original Poster:

17,908 posts

199 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Ill try the diluted bleach first. Im not old enough to have denture tablets lying around hehe

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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craigjm said:
Ill try the diluted bleach first. Im not old enough to have denture tablets lying around hehe
rolleyes
You try to help!
Diluted bleach is probably cheaper!

spdpug98

1,551 posts

221 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Best thing to use if you don't want to use bleach is a couple spoonful's of washing powder, pour on boiling water leave for a few hours and back to white again

craigjm

Original Poster:

17,908 posts

199 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Shaw Tarse said:
rolleyes
You try to help!
Diluted bleach is probably cheaper!
Well it has helped and its given me a second option thumbup

daytona365

1,773 posts

163 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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'Cheap mugs' don't seem to have the same quality of glaze that more expensive and most older items seem to have, the surfaces seem rougher/matte, hence more difficult to clean.............Like toilets as well !

HarryW

15,150 posts

268 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Gentle bleach same as for babies bottles; Milton fluid.

Murph7355

37,649 posts

255 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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craigjm said:
Ill try the diluted bleach first. Im not old enough to have denture tablets lying around hehe
If you leave your cups to get stained, judging by my folks/in laws you won't be far off!!

227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Monday 29th June 2015
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Scouring pad.