Friday, July 27, 2012

Pin#6–Removing rust spots with lemon juice

 pinThis pin isn’t very informative but it says you can remove rust spots off your knives using lemon juice.  From what I saw it’s a basic wet cloth with lemon juice and rub sorta deal.  Here are my knives…
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So I wet a paper towel with lemon juice and rubbed the silverware.  At first they just looked streaky but not rust free.  Then I turned away for a few minutes and looked back.  They looked better!
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But then a few hours later they looked the same to me again.
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I tried it on a chopping knife and it made no difference what-so-ever.
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After:
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Bottom line – toss up
It really didn’t seem to make any permanent improvements.   It’s quick and easy so if you think you might do better it’ll be a minor waste.  Low energy today = short post….   I promise something fab next time… maybe some food??  That always cheers me up!
'Til then
Stephanie

3 comments:

  1. I tried this on my stainless steel sink but I added baking soda. I sprinkled baking soda on the rust spots, then added a little bit of lemon juice and let it sit for two minutes. Use a little elbow grease to scrub off the spots and they're gone! My sink was so shiny too.

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  2. I let them sit in the Lemon juice for about 7-10 minutes then just scrubbed off with a sponge and it worked great and they're still gone. Maybe you needed to let them soak a bit longer?

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    1. good to know! I'll have to try that sometime :)

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