Cleaning my coffee pot?

Question

My husband put my coffee carafe in the dhiswacher, the handle and the lid are both white. I guess there was a tomato based sauce in it as well. When it came out, the handle and lid both have a reddish color on them now. can i get this off? I thought about soaking it in bleach, but would an dishwashing soap with a bleach alternative work?

Answer 1

VINEGER IS THE BEST

Answer 2

The best thing to try is a white vinegar. This is a natural way to work that stain out. Make up a sink full of HOT water...as hot as you can stand it to be and still touch it! Then add 4 oz of the white vinegar. Let the carafe soak in the mixture for about 10 minutes (fully submersed of course). If the stain is removeable. A light scrubbing with a dishtowel after the 10 minutes should take it right off. Good Luck!

Answer 3

I would try both the vinegar and baking soda together on the handle and lid. The only other thing that might work is hydrogen peroxide my husband is a nurse and uses it on his scrubs to get blood stain out I would think it could get the reddish out of the handle and lid.

Answer 4

Since it has undergone the dishwasher's heating cycle, you may be cooked (pun halfway intended).

Try the bleach 1:2 water and soak. Also try soaking with a couple of denture tables in the cleaning liquid......I'd use a glass bowl for the container. Leave over night. And of course we should try the OxyClean as a paste. Good luck.

Answer 5

Pour an ammonia cleaner on a cloth & see if that takes the stain off. If not, dry using a paste of Comet & warm water. That same thing happened to me & with numerous more dishwasher washes, the stains came out.

Answer 6

Use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. That stuff really works well..I use it on the white fridge, microwave, stove and dishwasher. It reallys gets the stains out.

Answer 7

I use one of those orange spray cleaners that I found in the dollar store! It seems to be very good at removing tomato stains from my tupperware, so maybe it would work on your coffeemaker. I think the person who said it might be "cooked" is right, though, as once the heat hits it, it tends to be permanent. Good luck!

Answer 8

believe it or not, you can put the coffee pot back in the dishwasher, along with any tomato stained item, instead of using dish soap this time add a cup of TANG, yes Tang... add a full cup of it to the wash, it will remove the stains, and also brighten your dishwasher inside. old apartment cleaning trick i learned.

Answer 9

before I did anything drastic, I would make a baking soda/cold water paste and try scrubbing it with that

Answer 10

i would try vinegar