How to keep clean white corelle dinnerware from stains?
Corelle is recognized worldwide for its legendary strength and durability. Corelle dinnerware is created through a very special glass lamination process, which thermally bonds two clear “skin” layers of glass to a white or beige “core” layer. But sometime your valuable Corelle dinnerware may be stained. If you want to keep clean your dinnerware from stains you should keep up some guidelines.
To protect stain from primary level you can put into practice the following steps :
- Fresh stains are easier to remove than old ones.
- Avoid machine drying or ironing until you’ve exhausted all stain removal efforts.
- Time and heat can set some stains permanently.
- To make short work of cleaning dinnerware, remove food residue as quickly as possible.
- Scrape dishes with a rubber scraper or plastic brush to prevent scratches; never scrape plates with knives or other sharp objects.
- Acidic foods, such as tomatoes, vinegar, and wine, allowed to remain on glazed dinnerware can pit the surface.
- To protect glass and china from breaking while you are washing it, use a plastic dish pan or rubber sink mat. You can also pad the bottom of the sink with a towel.
- Do not wash delicate, hand-painted, gold- or silver-trimmed, or antique dinnerware in the dishwasher. Metal-trimmed dinnerware should also not be soaked in soapy water for long periods of time; this will damage the trim.
Also try to implement the following things:
To remove stains you can also use:
Meat Tenderizer
For fresh wet stains, sprinkle on enough meat tenderizer to cover the area and let it sit for an hour. Then brush off the dried tenderizer and launder as usual. For stains that are already set, mix water and meat tenderizer to make a paste and rub it into the stain. Wait an hour before laundering as usual.
Paintbrush
Let’s face it pouring detergent or stain remover onto a soiled dinnerware is often a hit-or-miss proposition and when you miss, it usually involves grabbing the paper towels to soak up a spill. Make life easier for yourself. Use a small paintbrush to apply liquid stain remover to dirty dinnerware and such. It’s neater and a lot more accurate.
Spray Bottles
An empty spray bottle can always be put to good use around your laundry room. Use clean, recycled bottles to spray water on your dinnerware as you’re washing. Or fill a spray bottle with stain remover solution so that you can apply it to your dinnerware without having to blot up drips.
Toothbrushes
Removing a stain can be a pain, especially one that has soaked deep down into soft fibers. To remove those deep stains, try using a soft-bristled nylon toothbrush, dabbing it gently to work in the stain-removing agent (bleach or vinegar, for example) until the stain is gone.
Vinegar
To eliminate fresh grease spot on a suede dinnerware gently brush it with a soft toothbrush dipped in white vinegar. Let the spot air-dry, then brush with a suede brush. Repeat if necessary. You can also generally tone up suede items by lightly wiping them with a sponge dipped in vinegar. Beside this you can use detergent.
Wenol
Wonderful product for removing stains, as well as silver and utensil marks on dinnerware and rust too is called Wenol. A small old tube and will clean up all those problem areas on pottery and china!
These are the easiest, most dramatic and exciting steps in ceramic restoration, and that will help you to restore beauty, color and value to your Corelle dinnerware.