Coffee stained cups
12-11-2018, 03:00 AM
#11
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Any excuse I guess. My (recently organized) church bought all new dishes and mugs etc for their renovated kitchen. Now they regret the white mugs... black doesn't show the coffee stains that are showing up now.
12-11-2018, 04:13 AM
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I threw away some old cups that I think were some of the first "melmac". The surface was gone. I did try bleaching first but it was like the stain was imbedded in that surface and they did not clean up. I'm not one to toss things without reason but these were disgusting, especially considering we were going to drink from them.
12-11-2018, 04:54 AM
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I live in FL and Lemi-shine is a life saver. I stock pile it because it's often hard to find in stock. If I get coffee stains I just use a few drops of bleach and fill the mugs with water and let them sit for a few hours. Then rise down the sink and bonus, clean drain pipes too!
12-11-2018, 05:13 AM
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Location: Horse Country, FL
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Originally Posted by Garden Gnome
The water in my area is so full of calcium that we have to use a dishwasher additive every load to avoid white film on everything. If we don't, the coating on inside the coffee cups attracts coffee stains. The coffee stains the calcium deposits, actually, so it is a big ugly mess.
The additive I use is called Lemi-shine. It is mostly citric acid. Vinegar also works, if you have calcium deposits in a big pot or tea pot. I could write an essay on Lemi-shine. I love it and sort of panic if I can't find it at Walmart, lol!
The additive I use is called Lemi-shine. It is mostly citric acid. Vinegar also works, if you have calcium deposits in a big pot or tea pot. I could write an essay on Lemi-shine. I love it and sort of panic if I can't find it at Walmart, lol!
12-11-2018, 07:26 AM
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One of my childhood memories is every saturday morning coming down (late) the stairs into my grandmother's kitchen to a sink of hot water with a bit of bleach in it and all the teacups. We are scottish so a whole lot of tea drinking in our house and a whole lot of tea stains. So she just dipped all the cups in that water on saturday morning and everything was spotless.
12-11-2018, 08:36 AM
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Location: Kenai, Alaska
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This is what I do. A little Comet or other such cleaner works for me.
Originally Posted by nativetexan
the Church threw them away. they have too much money. you should go give them lessons. Comet would work as well. Powdered cleaner.
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