cleaning heavily tea stained mugs

[craigjm]

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?

[calibrax]

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/24256/Tea-Away?gclid=Cjw...

[C0ffin D0dger]

The dishwasher seems to keep the majority of our in a non-stained condition.

[otolith]

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]

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]

Denture tablets.

[sherman]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 . must get a new work mug.

[tog]

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]

Ill try the diluted bleach first. Im not old enough to have denture tablets lying around

[Shaw Tarse]

craigjm said:

Ill try the diluted bleach first. Im not old enough to have denture tablets lying around

You try to help!
Diluted bleach is probably cheaper!

[spdpug98]

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]

Shaw Tarse said:

You try to help!
Diluted bleach is probably cheaper!

Well it has helped and its given me a second option

[daytona365]

'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]

Gentle bleach same as for babies bottles; Milton fluid.

[Murph7355]

craigjm said:

Ill try the diluted bleach first. Im not old enough to have denture tablets lying around

If you leave your cups to get stained, judging by my folks/in laws you won't be far off!!

[227bhp]

Scouring pad.