Cleaning With Ketchup !!!!!!!

Definitely an interesting concept. I have some spots on my stainless steel oven doors that I can never get rid of, so if this works I might be willing to give it a try!

 

I actually have not heard about this. But I guess it is worth a shot! I have heard about baking soda and vinegar removing stains before. So I tried it on my son's sippy cup but the stains were noy removed lol. Will ketchup work on sippy cups? Lolol. We do have stains on our pots and pans maybe I will try ketchup there first.

 

This is a new one to me too. My favorite pan is stainless steel, and sometimes it can look a bit worse for wear. So I’ll definitely have to give this a shot soon. Lately I tend to cook the most on weekends, so it’ll probably happen then.

 

I've used ketchup to clean a brass ornament before and it worked a treat. Apparently the vinegar in the ketchup breaks down the dirt without damaging or scratching the metal. Cheap ketchup works just as well as Heinz by the way so no need to splash out!

 

For stainless steel like the sink, what we use is the Ilocano vinegar. I don't know how it is called there but we call it here Sukang Iloko to mean vinegar from the Ilocos region, a province north or Manila. We wet a rag with that vinegar and wipe the dirt or stain. But afterwards, the sink should be washed with soap and water because the vinegar is an acid.

 

I heard about this only yesterday and was quite taken aback. On the list of unusual but effective cleaning materials were also salt and banana peel. Apparently they are very good. I laughed when I heard you could also use slices of bread to pick up shattered glass from the floor, but I can see it working.

 

I have heard of this, with regard to cleaning silverware, and assumed it was because of the acidity of the ketchup. I hadn't heard of it with regard to cleaning other things, which makes me wonder how it would work on hard water stains. I used up the last of my hard water stain cleaner yesterday, so I might try this later in the bathroom, to see how it works. It should work well on the faucets, but I'm particularly interested to see how it works on the toilets. The plumber actually told me to use chlorine tablets in the toilet tanks, because the water is so hard here, but those tend to get expensive.

 

Hm, that's weird. I've never heard of it but considering the amount of vinegar in ketchup, I wouldn't be too surprised. I think it would probably be more cost effective to just buy plain vinegar because ketchup can get a bit expensive. Plus I prefer the smell of vinegar to ketchup so there's that.

 

The acid from the tomatoes in ketsup maybe what helps to clean the pots. The thought of eating something that can be used to clean tarnished pots does make me not want to eat it, what is it doing to my stomach.

 

I have definitely never heard of this. The first thing that came t my mind is, it is probably the vinegar in the ketchup that is doing the cleaning. I would be wary of staining of the red paste too.

 

I have never heard of this tip before, so thanks for sharing it! I will definitely try this tip the next time I have leftover ketchup from my meals.

 

Wish I could get some of that vinegar because I have spent several weeks now trying to get my kitchen stainless steel sink clean, and nothing seems to work.

I had heard about using Coca Cola to unclog it, but never heard of ketchup to clean it. Even though, in desperation to get removed those brownish spots it has, I will use ketchup on it this weekend, and will come to report the outcome

 

As promised past month; I thought to clean the kitchen and found a plastic bottle of ketchup was going bad,

It has not too much left, but yet fermentation was producing gasses that rather to let them make the bottle explode, thought to use this ketchup to spreading into the tarnished looking stainless sink, leaving it overnight.

In the morning, I removed with a sponge and running water and, voila! The brownish sports are now gone.

Thanks a ton @gata montes

 

@gata montes Thanks for the tip. I could see myself trying this out. I hadn't heard of it, but I guess it makes sense. It's worth a try.

Oh, those are some good tips too. I never heard them but how interesting. I'll keep the bread and glass in mind. I might just try out the banana peel thing myself, since I have one small banana left and it isn't looking so great, lol.

 

I have never heard of using ketchup as a cleaner. I am so grateful for the tip. I much prefer natural and/or homemade cleaning products. I use white vinegar and baking soda for everyday uses, but now I can add ketchup to my list. I have lots of stainless steel pots that could look better.

I wonder is ketchup will work on my shower head. I'm going to give it a try. Ketchup isn't a regular item on my shopping list.

 

Thanks for the tip of using ketchup for cleaning metals. I've a stainless steel sink that's old and needs to be cleaned of its rust spots. I hope ketchup works to pretty up this old sink. I'll research it a bit before I try ketchup for varnishing. Thanks again for the tip.

 

Yea, Zyni...that's actually a good idea! Rather than throw away bananas that are no longer good to eat, I might also start using the peel in my cleaning It's so funny, but I recently broke a glass and I grabbed two thick slices of bread to mop up all the shard of glass on the floor. It's really a neat trick, because I inspected the bread and it's amazing just how much glass it actually picks up, right down to the teeniest piece!