How to Make your Stainless Shine

Addition: Hi y'all! I just have to say WOW, I can't believe the traffic that this post has been getting from pinterest, other bloggers, home improvement sites, and even personal recomendations. Thank you to everyone who has commented or emailed about this post. I just have a few things I should add. 

- I don't clean my sink like this every day...this is for when I have a really dirty sink and it needs a good deep clean. When I just want a standard clean I just use vinegar and baking soda with boiling water to rinse it off. 

- This specific way to shine my sink was used after I had painted several rooms and rinsed dirty brushes in my kitchen sink. So there were paint splatters everywhere, hence the use of goo gone. It just really cut through the grime better than anything else. 

- I clean in a almost all "green" way, and I'm not bothered by the use of goo-gone. My daughter doesn't eat out of this sink, so it doesn't bother me. 

- To everyone who has a different cleaning method. That is awesome, and thanks for sharing your ideas. 

So if you're the owner of a stainless sink {or any sink for that matter!} you know they can get pretty dingy. Spraying your sink with a cleaner may seem like it cuts into the dirt and grime but it just doesn't. I have been searching for a cleaning method that will really make my stainless sink shine. After talking with my mom a few days ago I came up with a great solution. 

 Supplies

- Vinegar {In a spray bottle}

- Baking Soda

- Boiling Water

- Goo-Gone

- Olive Oil

- Sponge

- Paper Towels or Rag

Directions

1. Spray entire sink down with vinegar.

2. Sprinkle baking soda over entire sink.

3. Let sit for 10 minutes.

4. Boil hot water while letting vinegar/baking soda sit.

 5. Rinse sink with boiling water. 

6. Spray some more vinegar onto sink and scrub away. 

7. Once you have scrubbed every nook and cranny of your sink wipe it down with a paper towel.

8. Then spray some goo gone in the sink and wipe down the sink.

9. After that put a little bit of olive oil onto a paper towel {or rag} and "buff" your sink. That's what I thought of this step. It really renews the shine to your sink. 

I LOVE this sink cleaning system, I only wish I had taken a before picture! I can happily report that after I did this this morning I used my sink all day long. I washed dishes, my hands, drained pasta, and dumped out tomato sauce into my sink. Once I was done with it for the night I simply wiped it down and it looked as good as new. I'm going to be working this into my weekly cleaning schedule for sure!