Second Chance Tuesday ~ Shine Your Sink

Today I am joining Jillian of Bella Rosa Antiques for Second Chance Tuesday. It is an opportunity to re run an old post or to show off items from your online store, etc.

I'm running an old blog post about shining the sink. Enjoy!

What you will need: household bleach, steel wool pads, (if you have a porcelain sink use baking soda instead of steel wool), window cleaner and lemon oil or olive oil.

First you will need to fill your sink with HOT water to the rim. Pour 1 cup bleach into the hot water and let it sit for 1 hour. Then, pull the plug with a pair of tongs, if you don't have tongs, take some of the water out taking care not to get bleach water on your clothes and reach in with your hand to pull the plug. Rinse well.

Rinse your sink well!!! This is a very important step as combining bleach with any product containing ammonia can cause dangerous gases to form which can be very harmful.

Use some baking soda and scrub sink. Again, rinse well!! Then use window cleaner to brighten and use a tiny bit of lemon oil or olive oil to shine and protect the surface.

FOR STAINLESS STEEL SINKS:

After soaking in bleach, rinse well and use any steel wool product (I used S.O.S. pads) to shine and buff your sink. I know, I know the sink manufacturer will tell you this is a no no and on brand new sinks I would agree...but my sink is going on 13 years old and has many scratches that the steel wool pads can buff out and make the finish look "almost new" again!

Then use the Windex (again after rinsing well) to shine the sink. For the last step, use lemon oil or olive oil (I didn't have lemon oil) - just a spot on a dry cloth or paper towel will do - and you will be amazed how your sink looks! This really doesn't take a whole lot of energy and only about 1 1/2 hours total with the 1 hour bleaching process.

TA DA! Look at that sink gleam!

But I have to fess up and say that this was not my idea...I found it at http://www.thenester.com/ and she got it from http://www.flylady.net/ but any which way I found it - it is a great idea and very easy to do. Now that you have this shiny new-looking sink you will become just as obsessed with keeping it as d-r-y and shiny as I have! (grinning!) This is my first attempt at a tutorial and may very well be my last! Ha!