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| The Pink Stuff by manufacturer Stardrops, is all over TikTok as a ''miracle'' cleaning paste. Mildly abrasive, it contains baking soda, sodium silicate, quartz and soap -- all said to be safe and natural cleaning elements. |
Like other pastes, you apply it to the surface of the thing you want to clean with a cloth or sponge, gently rub it in, let it sit for a minute and rinse with a wet cloth or sponge. Follow with clean water to remove any residue.
The ''miracle'' is The Pink Stuff makes formally impossible cleaning jobs easy. Difficult stains and gritty grimes are lifted off without a ton of scrubbing. It is especially effective on grease and burnt-on stains, so you can make old pots and tea kettles look new again.
Other things and surfaces it works well on include stovetops (or hobs), sinks, floors, grout between tiles, glass, barbecue grills, outdoor furniture, rust, radiators, shoes (the sides above the soles), doors, and walls (after a test patch for the paint).
Testers on the Today Show and elsewhere say although The Pink Stuff isn't quite the ''miracle'' the manufacturer claims, it comes pretty darn close as a magic cleaning paste! Really tough stains still require some elbow grease and perhaps not everything can be restored to appear new again, yet in their tests, the paste is, indeed, super effective. Good to know!
I wouldn't go out of my way to buy a new cleaning paste, but if I had something stained and nothing else cheaper (like white vinegar, baking soda, salt, soap, lemon juice, ammonia, bleach, Ajax, or Bartender's Friend) worked, I'd try The Pink Stuff. I stock ammonia, Ajax, Bartender's Friend and pure bleach, but only turn to them for the heaviest, dirtiest, or germ-prone jobs. Mostly they're standbys. The Pink Stuff is affordable, yet pricer than common household cleaners. Its selling point is the lack of scrubbing needed to get out rust, or heavy-duty stains! The tougher than ordinary grudge!
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