How to Refresh Your Favorite Pots & Pans

The kitchen is the most often used room in the house. It's no wonder the bottom of our pans have seen brighter days. I'll be the first to admit, I've contemplated on throwing my pans away and just buying new ones, but with this quick and easy hack I was able to save myself hundreds of dollars and lots of time trying to replace them.

Vinegar when diluted with water to about 5 percent acidity, distilled white vinegar is hailed as a natural, nontoxic cleaning marvel, killing some household bacteria, dissolving hard-water deposits, and cutting through grime at a fraction of the cost of brand-name cleaning products. Cleaning with vinegar can have many benefits, For instance it's completely safe to use around pets or children, can also be used for cooking (and helps lower blood Sugar), and leaves no strong chemical smell or reside left behind.

Despite vinegar's marvelous all natural cleaning properties Miracle Maids of Wichita Falls asks you to proceed with caution when using this method. Vinegar's high acidic content can etch the stone in marble counter tops and has also been found to remove the finish off of hardwood floors. Granite and Hardwood Flooring can be expensive to install, and the last thing you want is to unintentionally damage it to the point where it must be replaced. While you want to avoid the use of vinegar and other acid-based household cleaning agents on top of or around these areas, your back porch or yard is the PERFECT place to get your pans sparkling again!

Step 1: Rough it up

Flip the pan upside down and run some steel wool over the burnt bottom.

Step 2: Add salt and baking soda

Sprinkle a few pinches of salt onto the bottom. Do the same with a few pinches of baking soda. (Here are dozens more things to clean with baking soda.)

Step 3: Soap it up

Squirt dish soap over everything (enough to spread across the bottom), and rub with the steel wool to combine it all.

Step 4: Let it sit

Lay paper towels all across the bottom, drench completely with white vinegar and let sit for a few minutes while the mixture works its magic.

Step 5: Reveal the clean pan bottom

Remove the paper towels, wipe up the gunk and voila! So shiny.

Don't have any Vinegar on hand?

Here are some additional alternatives to the Vinegar and Baking Soda method.

Love the hack but don't have the time or the will power? That's okay! Miracle Maids of Wichita Falls is now accepting last minute appointments. Call today to schedule your initial cleaning. (940) 432-1559