Household Hints & Help

Croney

(4,864 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:07 AM Mar 2024

Before and after pictures using Barkeepers Friend.

I bought a whole set of Franciscan Desert Rose dishes for $10 because they were marked and crazed. I tried bleach and baking soda with vinegar with no luck. I thought Barkeepers Friend would just be like Comet. What a surprise! (I don't sell it and I'm not affiliated with it in any way.) It's not perfect, but now they're usable.

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Before and after pictures using Barkeepers Friend. (Original Post) Croney Mar 2024 OP

It's a good product - not as abrasive as Comet, cleans really well. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #1

That makes sense. Thanks! Croney Mar 2024 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Mar 2024 #2

Looks good. underpants Mar 2024 #3

Thank you. I'm going to try it on some of my dishes. Nt spooky3 Mar 2024 #5

Wow! MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #6

Interesting how sometimes the old products are really good. My mom swore by Fels Naptha soap and I still keep a bar. dutch777 Mar 2024 #7

Thanks for the tip! Croney Mar 2024 #8

Nice! cilla4progress Mar 2024 #9

It's a lovely pattern! Croney Mar 2024 #14

Keep in mind the active ingredient in BKF is oxalic acid -- very toxic and irritant. eppur_se_muova Mar 2024 #10

Oops. I didn't. My hands did seem really dry afterwards. Croney Mar 2024 #13

I use it to polish my cooktop. It really works. ratchiweenie Mar 2024 #11

I'll try that! Thanks. Croney Mar 2024 #12

Ocelot II

(120,110 posts)

1. It's a good product - not as abrasive as Comet, cleans really well.

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:08 AM

Mar 2024

You can't use it on everything, though. https://barkeepersfriend.com/8-ways-not-to-use-bar-keepers-friend/#:~:text=BKF%20cleans%20and%20polishes%20most,)%2C%20we%20advise%20against%20it.

Croney

(4,864 posts)

4. That makes sense. Thanks!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:13 AM

Mar 2024

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underpants

(186,298 posts)

3. Looks good.

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:12 AM

Mar 2024

spooky3

(35,961 posts)

5. Thank you. I'm going to try it on some of my dishes. Nt

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Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:20 AM

Mar 2024

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)

6. Wow!

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:26 AM

Mar 2024

Beautiful

dutch777

(3,386 posts)

7. Interesting how sometimes the old products are really good. My mom swore by Fels Naptha soap and I still keep a bar.

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 10:27 AM

Mar 2024

Good for tough stains like car grease on pants and also has weird use to patch small fuel leaks in car gas tanks and such. Bonds and seals as a putty in the presence of gasoline.