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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 using comet to scrub it out.
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.
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.
This is a common problem for me under my RubberMaid mat. I just use bleach!
Jim in Jax
I have the same problem and I use baking soda with water vinegar made into a paste. Mix it, let it set for 10 min, and rub with a cloth. Works for me. Good Luck.
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
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.
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I am not at all proud to let you see the mess I let my kitchen sink get into. I am kinda happy to let you in on how I cleaned it up.
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?Try scrubbing them with Comet.
