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tackling tough kitchen stains

April 1, 2010 by Lindsey 2 Comments

There are so many products right in your kitchen cupboards that work amazingly as household cleaners, some even work better than those chemical filled cleaners you can buy in stores. Alison was struggling to remove stains on her laminate counter tops when she asked for a little help. Here’s her note below:

While I love my apt, my kitchen leaves a lot to be desired- yellowing laminate counter tops included.  Not only are they just plain old and not pretty, but they also stain easily.  One spot in particular has a lot of stains, likely the culprit of the nearby coffee pot.

After Lindsey checked out some ideas for me, I made a paste of baking soda and water (very little water necessary), slathered it on the counter like I was icing a cake and waited 2 hours.

When I wiped off the paste I honestly wasn’t thrilled or overly impressed, but then I looked at my before pic and realized the stains had lightened considerably (please excuse the bad iPhone photos). Perhaps if I had tried this 3 months ago when I noticed the stains my results would have been even better!?


All in all a good improvement and a good solution for stains normal kitchen cleaners can’t touch.

Not bad at all! I think the after is a huge improvement compared to the before photos. When replacing the counters is not an option and you have to make do with what you have this is a great route to take. A little research goes a long way. Great job Alison!

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Filed Under: Cleaning & Organizing Tagged With: all natural counter cleaner, baking soda cleaning paste, how to clean laminate counter tops, laminate counter cleaner

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  1. nina says

    April 1, 2010 at 5:16 pm

    Use baking soda to clean a glass coffeepot also. Put boiling water in a pot then pour in 1/4 to 1/2 cup baking soda and leave until cool., swish the water around and pour out. Works great with the thermal carafe type that you can scrub easily.

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  2. ltthomason says

    April 1, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    Such a great tip, Nina! Thank you for sharing. Very helpful for tough coffee stains!

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