I have a white sink, what do I use to get rid of the stains?

Are you letting any of these cleaning products sit before you wipe them off?

You can fill the sink up with warm water and pour in some bleach and let it soak, that should get rid of most of the stains and then make a paste out of Comet and water and let that sit on the stains for a while and then gently scrub them out. Oxalic acid is very good for getting rust stains off surfaces. If you can’t find straight oxalic acid you can use Zud, that has oxalic acid in it.

@ANef_is_Enuf Yes, for maybe 20–45 minutes?

@lillycoyote Ok. Is Comet just that powder stuff in a can, or is it a whole brand of products and I need to know specifically which one?

@Aethelflaed Just that plain, old fashioned powder in a can stuff.

Are we like the only 3 people here, you me, and @ANef_is_Enuf ? I was about to turn off the lights and lock the place up.

Add bleach to a sink full of water. Leave it overnight. That usually works.

@DarlingRhadamanthus Ok, will do.

Yep, my suggestion was a sinkful of bleach water left to soak overnight. It worked on a 6 foot, antique porcelain tub that was stained like you wouldn’t believe… it’s worth a shot on your kitchen sink.
@lillycoyote I’m here, sort of. We have sirens & funnel clouds spotted, so I’m half outside, half Fluthering.

In my apartment my countertops stain very easily they are probably from the 70’s is what I am thinking all of the color is long gone and they are a very porous white color now. Well the thing that works wonders is Clorox Clean Up, I spray it on wait a few minutes to a ½ hr and then just take the scrubby and clean off all the stains. I then wash everything off with water and a sponge and they are back to their bright white selves in no time flat.

@creative1 Yes! Clorox Clean Up! I forgot. I use that all the time.

@ANef_is_Enuf Well, we agree on the sink full of bleach approach.

Flunadoing? Is that safe?

Ohh, Clorox Clean Up is the thick stuff, right? That’s a good suggestion, too. Definitely let it soak, though.

@lillycoyote I would never put myself in harm’s way… not much, anyhow. ;)

@ANef_is_Enuf No, it’s not thick really, maybe like Fantastic. Not as thinnish as Windex, though.

We’re down to this, eh? Discussing the viscosity of household cleaners? Fluther is pretty dead tonight, or this morning I should say, isn’t it? Well, you have tornadoes to keep things interesting, at least. Sunday a.m. I may be dealing with 100mph winds so my time might come. Not as powerful as a tornado but more endurance.

Woooo! Bleach worked! Thanks everyone!

Highly recommend magic erasers. They remove just about everything that can be removed.

@gobrowns40 If you read the details, I say that I’ve tried Magic Erasers and they didn’t work.

@gobrowns40 Regarding Magic Erasers: “They remove just about everything that can be removed.” That they will, just about anything on the surface like the finish off your furniture and the enamel off your appliances. You have to be careful with those things and they won’t take stains off if they are below the surface of something the Magic Eraser can “sand” off. They’re really like fine grit sanding sponges. I’ve had some mishaps with those things.