How to wash dishes to a shine?

Washing kitchen utensils is a must and everyday process. This procedure is not particularly laborious, but it is time consuming and somewhat boring due to the need for frequent repetition. This article will show you how to make dishwashing quick, easy and efficient.

To effectively wash dishes from various contaminants and simplify the whole process, should be done in two stages:

• At the first stage, it is necessary to soak and soften the contamination adhering to the surface. To do this, cutlery that requires washing and cleaning should be placed in the kitchen sink, plugging the drain before that. You can also use a clean basin of the required size for soaking. Plates and tableware should be poured with hot water, adding a small amount of detergent or dissolving a small piece of laundry soap in water. The dishes should be left in an aqueous solution for 15 minutes.
• The second stage involves the process of direct washing and cleaning of kitchen utensils. The surface of the dishes is cleaned with a sponge under running water. After leaving the dirt, the plates are well rinsed with warm tap water.

Kitchen utensils and plates can be made from a variety of materials. To wash the dishes well and not harm their appearance, you need to know the features of each type of utensil and the rules for cleaning it:

• Enameled dishes should never be rubbed with hard brushes or a metal sponge. These items will damage the enamel on the surface. Such dishes should be cooled down before washing to avoid sudden temperature changes. Do not use too hot water.
• In order to wash glassware well and not damage it, you need to know what type of glass it is made of. Often glassware has a refractory surface, in which case it should never be poured with cold or cool water until it has cooled down. Also, metal sponges are not suitable for glass utensils with a refractory coating. It is enough to soak ordinary glass plates in warm water and then wipe with a soft soapy sponge.
• Porcelain utensils should be washed gently and carefully. Often such utensils are glazed with a pattern or pattern. When in contact with very hot water, the pattern may crack. It is necessary to wash such dishes in water, the temperature of which is not higher than 35 degrees. Soft sponges or cellulose napkins are suitable for washing.
• Metal and copper utensils, stainless steel utensils must also be brought to a complete cool before contact with water. Do not rub it with a metal sponge.

• Do not use abrasive products, hard brushes or metal sponges to clean non-stick cooking utensils. You need to clean it with the soft side of the sponge using a foaming detergent.
• Plastic and plastic utensils must not be exposed to high temperatures. Washing and rinsing should be done with warm water.
• Gold-plated cutlery and plates must not be subjected to rough cleaning. Abrasives, metal sponges are excluded. Exposure to too hot water is undesirable.
• Cupronickel dishes should be protected from oxidation, since most of the material from which such utensils are made is copper. Cupronickel appliances should be wiped dry immediately after washing, as prolonged contact with moisture and water leads to the formation of very noticeable brown and dark gray spots on the surface.

Contamination of kitchen utensils is heterogeneous, and each type can be resistant to certain cleaning measures.

You can get rid of old fat and old soot by using laundry soap or a mixture of salt and soda. In the first case, after soaking the cutlery and plates, it is necessary to drain the water and sprinkle laundry soap shavings on the surface of the dishes. Using a sponge, the surface of the plates is thoroughly wiped, then the dishes are rinsed with warm water.

The second option involves the use of a solution of soda and salt. It is necessary to mix in a small container 100 ml of water, 100 g of salt and 150 g of baking soda. You will get a mixture that resembles liquid sour cream in consistency. This paste must be applied to contaminated utensils and left without rinsing for 15-20 minutes. After the dishes you need to wipe with a sponge and rinse with clean water until the composition is completely removed from the surface.

From a yellow coating inside pots and kettles, ordinary soda helps well. Apply baking soda powder to a wet dish sponge and rub the yellow on the inside of the utensil. Rinse the dishes well under running warm water. For greater effectiveness, you can add a small amount of table salt to the sponge.

Limescale and unpleasant yellowness can be washed off with the help of various acid-containing solutions and products. You can use a solution of 6% table vinegar, lemon juice or an aqueous solution of citric acid. The selected product must be poured into a dish affected by plaque and brought to a boil. After cooling, it will be enough to wipe the surface with a wet cloth or sponge, the softened plaque can be easily removed from the inner surface of the utensils.

Brown and black spots on cutlery are the result of material oxidation. To remove blackness, you can wipe the surface with fine salt applied to a damp sponge. The effect will be enhanced by the addition of soda in an equal amount with salt. You can also use special products for cleaning cupronickel and silver dishes.

Hardened caramel is extremely difficult to peel off. In order to slightly soften the caramel layer on the surface, you should soak the dishes in hot water or pour sparkling warm water.After soaking for 10-15 minutes, a small layer of caramel can be removed with a flat wooden spoon or spatula.

A variety of products are used to clean and launder kitchen appliances and utensils. Their choice largely depends on the type and degree of contamination, as well as on the material from which the cutlery is made. Each hostess, as a rule, has several spare options for different occasions.

The most popular are dishwashing detergents sold in household departments and household chemical stores. Such products have a combined effect, well remove several types of contaminants. Usually, they contain substances that dissolve well and remove fat from the surface. Namely, greasy contaminants cause the most unpleasant troubles.

Manufacturers add emollients to most of these products, which do not irritate or injure the skin of the hands. Therefore, the use of such compositions for washing dishes is possible even without the use of protective gloves.

To cleanse from yellowness, plaque or soot, the hostess has been successfully using a mixture of water and soda for a long time. To enhance the effect, salt is sometimes added to the composition.A simple and affordable remedy has proven itself since the time of our grandmothers and has not ceased to be used by housewives so far.

In addition to traditional and popular tools and methods for cleaning kitchen utensils, it will be useful to arm yourself and some folk tips and life hacks:

• Cleaning dishes with mustard. Mustard powder can be dissolved in water to soak cutlery. To enhance the effect of mustard, you can add a small amount of table vinegar to the water. You can also apply mustard powder to a wet sponge and wipe the contaminated surfaces. If you have sensitive skin on your hands, it's best to use protective household gloves when handling mustard powder.
• You can clean the dishes well and restore their shine with stationery glue. In a large saucepan, you need to mix 5 liters of water, half a bottle of stationery glue, 2 tablespoons of laundry soap shavings. The solution must be put on fire and, stirring continuously, bring to a boil and complete dissolution of all components. In the resulting boiling composition, you need to immerse appliances and plates and continue boiling for 15-20 minutes. After the specified time has elapsed, the hot solution with the dishes immersed in it should be cooled to a warm temperature. Clean plates and kitchen utensils with a sponge or brush, rinse thoroughly with warm running tap water.
• To clean old and stubborn dirt, you can use a tool such as soda ash. This is a fairly concentrated substance on an alkaline basis. When working with solutions of such soda, rubber gloves must be used. 1 tablespoon of soda ash should be dissolved in 1 liter of warm water.Dip a sponge or soft cloth into the resulting composition and wipe the contaminated kitchen utensils with it.

• There are situations when traces of frozen paraffin remain on tableware. This usually happens after family celebrations or dinners, when candles were used in the table setting. Hardened wax or paraffin is difficult to move away from the surface of the dishes after hardening. To get rid of paraffin traces, you need to fill a pot or other container with water and bring it to a boil. Cutlery with traces of paraffin must be immersed in boiling water, adding any dish detergent or dissolving 1-2 teaspoons of soap chips. After boiling for 5-10 minutes, the fire should be extinguished and the hot water carefully drained. Traces of paraffin will easily separate from the surface when rinsing under hot water and wiping the dishes with a sponge.
• To wash narrow-necked decanters to a shine, fill the vessel with soapy water a third of the way. There should also be added a few small pieces of paper or eggshells. Holding the bottom of the decanter with one hand, close the neck tightly with the other so that the water does not spill out. Shake the decanter vigorously several times. Drain and rinse thoroughly.
• In order for the gilding on porcelain cups and saucers to shine and not fade, it should be cleaned at home with laundry soap. You can rub the surface with a whole piece of soap or a sponge dipped in soapy water.
• When using baking soda to clean utensils, rinse thoroughly with plenty of warm water. In this case, the surface of the dishes will remain without streaks.

• Teaspoons made of silver or cupronickel should be wiped dry immediately after contact with water.When water or moisture is on the surface of these materials for more than 5 minutes, silver and cupronickel enter into a chemical oxidation reaction, which leads to the appearance of dark spots and streaks. To properly care for silverware, avoid contact with acids and acidic solutions.
• To rid kitchen utensils of the smell of fish, you need to clean them with table salt. Salt should be heated in a frying pan and rub the surface of the dishes with it using a sponge soaked in water. Leave the dishes without rinsing off the salt for 10 minutes, then rinse.
• Ordinary ammonia will help restore shine to kitchen items and metal utensils. You need to add a few drops to the soapy solution for soaking dishes, then wash them in the usual way.

Every hostess should know the following:

• Before putting used dishes in the sink, clean them of food residues.
• Cutlery and utensils with greasy contamination should be washed at the very end, when all other dishes have been washed.
• First of all, it is better to wash small cutlery, cups, glasses, glasses, glasses. Usually these items are not heavily soiled and do not need to be soaked.
• Traces of dough, dairy products or eggs are best washed off with cold water first.
• If you do not like the smell of detergent or soap solution, you can add a couple of drops of natural essential oil to the water for soaking dishes.
• In the country, it is often not possible to wash dishes under running water or soak them in a special solution.

For information on how simple and easy it is to clean cutlery and dishes to a shine, see the following video.