Fans of cleaning guru Mrs Hinch have revealed a great way to remove tea cup stains using a staple kitchen ingredient costing just 65p.
A number of people shared the trick online after a woman asked for the best way to banish tea stains from mugs on the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips Facebook page. She wrote: “There are always yellow/brown tea stains in my cups. What should I do if I can't wash them off with clean water?"
The post received more than 100 comments from fellow cleaning enthusiasts, with the majority recommending the use of salt, reports The Express. One person said: "Rub salt on it. The stains will disappear. Wet cup first."
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Another wrote: "Salt with a drop of hot water. Rub around the cup and it comes up like new. I never use bleach for cups." A third agreed: "I put salt and a small amount of water in the cup then use a cloth and rub the sides. Works on teaspoon stains too."
Someone else added: "The best remedy I read somewhere on one of the sites was to use salt and hot water. Never had a problem cleaning a stained cup since I started using this method." And another person said: "Put salt inside the wet cup and it scrubs right off straight away. No steeping and it takes seconds."
Table salt can be bought at Sainsbury’s and Asda for 65p. At Waitrose it costs 70p.
To clean your cups using this method, wet the inside of the cup with some water and add about a tablespoon of salt, then scrub the mug until the stains have lifted. The salt acts as a mild abrasive, working its way into the stains and getting rid of them. Other Mrs Hinch fans suggested using either denture tablets or Milton sterilising fluid to remove the stains.
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