Deep Cleaning White Kitchen Sink

Day after day we as home keepers are using our kitchen sink. The kitchen sink is rarely not in business in my home. I’m either draining the meat for supper, washing out paint brushes from arts and crafts, or it’s housing all the dirty dishes. As a homeschool mom the sink seems even more essential. I’m feeding my family three meals a day and the dishes seem endless at times.

We built our home back in 2021 and I knew I loved the look of a large farmhouse style kitchen sink. I was worried I wouldn’t be quite as fond of the upkeep and was concerned it might become discolored over time. As a result I have been diligent to clean my sink throughly as often as possible. I tried many different methods and combinations of cleaning solutions and landed on this system to get my sink as close to new as possible.

I would like to say that my sink takes a long time to get to this condition…. but truth is this can happen within a few days. Markings, stains, and food bits everywhere is a weekly occurrence.

What You’ll Need:

• Baking Soda
• Lemons
• Distilled white vinegar
• Pan Scrapper
• Bar Keepers Friend
• Scouring Stick
• Scrub Brush

Step 1:

I begin by making sure the drain stop is in and heavily sprinkling baking soda in the bottom of the sink. I cut a bag of lemons in half and squeeze all the lemon juice into the sink. Last I pour a large amount of distilled white vinegar into the sink and let it sit to break up some of the stuck on food. ( My kids love watching it bubble up ) Once it has set about 10 minutes take a pan scrapper and scrape up any bits that are stuck to the sink. Rinse down the drain.

Step 2:

Take your Bar Keepers Friend cleaner and squirt all in the bottom of the sink. Immediately take your scrub brush and give it a thorough scrub. Give it a good rinse with hot water.

Step 3:

This is the step that some people might think seems crazy. Within recent years I was introduced to scouring sticks for the purpose of cleaning my toilets. It works wonders removing stains from the inside of the bowl. It hit me one day that my farmhouse sink is coated in a ceramic layer just like my toilet or tub is.

I find that the corners and around the drain specifically get stains that won’t come out with just a good scrub. The best approach is to wet the scouring stick and gently rub the areas that have stains. Do one area and then rinse to see if there is still some staining. I continue this process until all the staining is gone.

Step 4:

The last step that really is the lemon on top, pun intended! Is to put a couple lemons into your drain and turn on the garbage disposal. Nothing like the smell of fresh lemon to refresh your drain!

It’s such a good feeling to have a squeaky clean sink! I wish I could say that this only needs to be done every so often, but it needs it every week. It only takes maybe 15 minutes total and makes all the difference!!!