7 Uses For ‘Bar Keepers Friend’ You Probably Haven’t Tried
When I moved into my first house I had a gloriously large, deep, stainless-steel sink. Before long, the drawbacks were apparent — we were able to really fill it up before doing any dishes. Sometimes the stuff at the bottom of the pile left brownish rust stains on my once-shiny sink. They were impossible to get rid of. My mom noticed this and the next time she came over she brought us a can of Bar Keepers Friend.
At first, I was skeptical about this old-school cleaner. I preferred to use natural, eco-friendly products, and I assumed that Bar Keepers Friend was full of straight-up gross 1950s chemicals. But my disdain for my stained sink won out, and I shook some of the white powder into the sink and let it sit for a minute. With a wet sponge, I began wiping it away with just a little elb...