How to clean cutlery

If you've invested a significant amount of money into your cutlery, you expect it to shine beautifully for years. With improper care, dull spots, deposits, and in the worst case, even rust spots can appear on every piece of cutlery over time. We will reveal how to clean it using ingredients you commonly have at home.

You can prevent deposits from coffee, tea, limescale, or chemical damage through proper care. Don't worry, it's not complicated. The key is to wash the cutlery after each use, as any prolonged contact with salt, vinegar, eggs, tomato sauce, acidic fruits, chemical cleaners, and some mineral salts can cause surface damage and discoloration. This mainly applies to the shiny surface finish. Cutlery with a matte or stone wash finish is less demanding in terms of care. Although it might seem that cutlery made of stainless steel cannot rust, it's not entirely true. Stainless steel is indeed more resistant to rust than other materials, but it's not completely rust-proof.

Our household tips

Get rid of stains and floating rust on cutlery

Lemon juice

Lemons are full of natural acids that have strong antibacterial and disinfectant properties. That's why they are a great choice in the fight against rust. How to do it?

• First, rinse the cutlery under warm water.
• Then, soak a cloth in lemon juice and polish the cutlery until you get rid of stains or rust.

Cola bath

Coca-Cola contains the same acid as some cleaning products – phosphoric acid. That's why it's often used as a household cleaner. The process is very simple.

• Put the cutlery in a Cola bath and let it sit. Rinse it under running water.
• The result will be a shiny cutlery with a Coca-Cola aroma.

How to clean stainless steel cutlery?

Tips for restoring the shine

Starch bath

If your cutlery has lost its shine, give it a 15-minute bath in water that you used to boil potatoes. The starch released in the water will remove grease and restore shine. After the bath, rinse the cutlery and polish it with a cotton cloth.

Bath with baking soda and aluminium

To remove coffee and tea stains, a bath with baking soda and aluminium foil works great.
• Put the cutlery in a pot, pour water with a tablespoon of baking soda and a few strips of aluminium foil.
• Boil gently and after cooling, rinse and dry thoroughly with a cotton cloth.

*If you don't have baking soda, you can replace it with baking powder or a tablespoon of salt, and you can skip boiling.

Mix a polishing paste

Mixing a polishing paste at home can be a great alternative to soaking the cutlery in baths.

• To make the paste, crush chalk into a fine powder and slowly mix in alcohol while stirring constantly until a paste is formed.
• Apply the paste onto the cutlery and polish it with a cloth. Rinse it thoroughly and dry with a cloth.

How to clean silver and silver-plated cutlery?

Tips for restoring shine

Home recipe: Starch powder and water

These silver and silver-plated cutleries deserve more attention and a gentler approach. With proper storage and regular cleaning, they will not lose their beauty even after decades. Dirt can be easily removed with toothpaste, but it will not give them their shine back. The homemade recipe for a polishing paste consists of only two ingredients – starch powder and water. Let the mixture dry on the cutlery and then polish it with a soft sponge.

Silver polishing paste

If homemade cleaning recipes for your silverware don't work for you, treat it to a beautifying treatment with a special paste from our e-shop. Apply a small amount of the paste to a cloth and gently rub the silverware without applying too much pressure. Rinse under water and dry thoroughly with a cloth. If you polish your silverware regularly, ideally once a month, it will reward you with a beautiful shine for many years.

How do water stains and rust form on cutlery?

Water stains and rust stains can form on cutlery for various reasons. However, they often occur during dishwashing. So, how can you remove water stains from cutlery and prevent rust?