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Cream of Tartar and Vinegar Cleans Mineral Sink or Toilet Stains and Burned on Pots and Pans

Buy cream of tartar in bulk on the Internet because it's cheaper than buying those tiny containers in the supermarket than run up to five dollars. Then mix one teaspon of cream of tartar to one teaspoon of vinegar. If you need more, use equal amounts of vinegar and cream of tartar. Use a porcelain dish, not plastic or metal.

Apply generously to your burnt, food-encrusted pots and pans. It works also on dishes and tea stains. But baking soda works better to remove tea stains from cups and dishes. If you bake in a casserole dish, it also will clean your oven-proof glass or porcelain or other ceramic stoneware.

After letting the mixture dry for about 10 minutes, take a plastic scouring pad that won't scratch your metal pots and wash in warm water with your usual dish washing detergent or soap.

If the burnt on food doesn't come off at first, keep trying. Eventually it will come off.

Cream of Tartar and Hydrogen Peroxide Cleaner

This combination in equal parts works to remove stains on clothing, but also mineral stains on sinks and toilets, particularly black mineral stains. Baking soda and vinegar also works on drains. For cleaning red mineral stains on toilets and sinks, a paste of water, borax and baking soda works if you let it dry for an hour before washing off. For cleaning stainless steel sinks, use three parts of cream of tartar and 1 part of hydrogen peroxide works well. For enamel sinks, clean with two parts Borax and one part baking soda.

According to the Natural Handyman Web site at: http://www.naturalhandyman.com /iip/infcleaning/infmineraldep osits.html, acids help remove hard water deposits. White vinegar is a weak acid of about 5 percent acetic acid. Try lemon juice (citric acid) or vinegar to remove hard water deposits from glass, rust stains from sinks, and tarnish from brass and copper. Check out the site.

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Here are the best Web sites for finding recipes from natural products found around the house to clean stains: I have tried and am satisfied with the many uses of baking soda and white vinegar for cleaning found on the Queen of Clean site. A quarter cup of vinegar in the washing machine really gets clothes bright. So does a teaspoon of baking soda in my dishwashing machine as well. Check out these sites for really good advice.

Do It Yourself Projects
http://www.diynetwork. com/

Queen of Clean
http://www.diynetwork.com /diy/pac_ctnt/text/0,2019,DIY_ 14161_19386,00.html

Natural Handyman
http://www.naturalhand yman.com/iip/infcleaning/infmi neraldeposits.html

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