How to Recover Stained Plastic

Wait! Before you toss that stained or smelly kitchen container in the recycle bin, try these tips to recover it:

- Cover the stains with vinegar and let sit for an hour. Vinegar is a natural deodorizer.

- Make a paste out of a mixture of baking soda and either water or vinegar, and use it to scrub any stained areas.

- My personal favorite – set the container out in the sun! You’ve seen what the sun does to candy wrappers on the ground. Imagine what it’ll do to that new tomato stain on your otherwise perfectly good container! A few hours should do the trick.

- Fill the container with water and drop in a denture-cleaning tablet. (What did you think grandpa’s new teeth were made of?)

Of course, with any of these cleaning methods you’ll want to be sure to wash and rinse your container thoroughly before using it again. But with any luck, you’ll get past any lingering odor and actually want to keep using it after trying one of these cleaning tips.

Bonus tip: Did you know you could use that last tip to clean jewelry that’s dulled? Yep, a Polident tab will have your favorite diamond ring sparkling like new in no time! (You may want to do a little research before dropping in colored stones, though.)

Go ahead and give one of these methods for deodorizing plastic a try, then let me know which one worked best for you. I’d love to know!

sources: altuse.com