No problem! Looking for the best way to clean glass shower doors, sinks, toilets, and other bathroom surfaces? Look no further than Bar Keepers Friend. Our bathroom cleaners tackle rust, hard water stains, mineral deposits, soap scum, and grime to keep your bathroom fresh and sparkling.
Showers, Tubs, and Toilets
Bar Keepers Friend does an excellent job cleaning both glass and porcelain, so it's ideal for cleaning many of your bathroom surfaces, including bathtubs, shower stalls, and sinks. It even works on tile and grout.
BKF cleans and polishes most hard, nonporous surfaces. However, never use BKF on the following: cast iron, granite, marble, wood, fabric, leather, or painted surfaces. Although many of our fans have used BKF on mirrors, gold, and silver (sterling silver is OK), we advise against it.
Bar Keepers Friend even removes food buildup and knife marks from porcelain, ceramic, glass dishes, and serving ware. From floor to ceiling, Bar Keepers Friend leaves your kitchen shining.
That's right: water alone is enough to clean lightly soiled porcelain and ceramic tile surfaces. No harsh chemicals are necessary! If you choose to use a mop for your flooring, be sure you have swept up debris beforehand and use a flat mop rather than a sponge mop to keep from pushing dirty water into the grout lines.
Is Bar Keepers Friend just baking soda? Despite its similar appearance, Bar Keepers Friend is not the same as baking soda. Bark Keepers Friend is made from oxalic acid, a powerful cleaning chemical that can break down hard-to-move marks, grime, and dirt with ease.
While not as natural as hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, bar keepers friend works really well to clean grout and get it white again.
BKF is the #1 non-bleach Cleanser in the market today. The most significant differences between BKF Cleanser and Comet or Ajax is 1) the absence of bleach AND our use of oxalic acid, 2) the quality of “scrubber” used, and 3) the detergents used.
Sprinkle Bar Keepers Friend on everything you wish to clean, sink, faucet, drain, etc.
Most people reach for bleach to obliterate toilet germs and stains. However, Green living expert Mark Lallanilla says that plain old white vinegar is an effective cleaner. To eliminate hard water stains, soak toilet paper in vinegar and place directly on top of the stain. Let the vinegar-soaked paper sit overnight.
For a toilet that just needs a refresh, Goldzweig recommends a homemade formula of one cup of white vinegar and one cup of baking soda followed by two more cups of vinegar to create a fizzing cleaner. Use the toilet brush to get under the rim and over stains above the water line.
Citric acid
More importantly, it's probably even more effective than vinegar for getting rid of that brown stain in the toilet. Simply pour a kettle of almost boiling water into the bowl, follow up with 250ml of citric acid, and leave it for some hours – preferably overnight. The next day, scrub and flush.
Unlike other acidic cleaners, Bar Keepers Friend doesn't use fillers or bleaches, making our products biodegradable and safe for septic systems.
We recommend you leave BKF on for no longer than ONE MINUTE. This is especially important for metal surfaces as it could cause discoloration. For surfaces such as plastic or porcelain, contact for longer than a minute may be necessary, but test in an inconspicuous area first.
Mixing Bar Keepers Friend with a bit of dish soap works wonders and has the perfect amount of suds and scrubbing power! Just don't ever mix with other cleaners (especially bleach).
Bar Keeper's Friend, if you haven't heard of it before, is a powder cleanser—and a powerhouse cleaner. The active ingredient is oxalic acid, a natural compound that's found in rhubarb and spinach and works at a molecular level to break the bonds of stains like rust and lime deposits.
May cause skin irritation. May cause mild respiratory irritation. 4.3 Indication of any immediate medical attention and special treatment needed: Immediate medical attention is required for eye contact.
The solution aims to tackle mould and mildew and will completely remove dark filth from around the tile and grout - it's also amazing on watermarked showers! For shower doors and tough stains we recommend the Classic Powder Formula.
One of the things that's sure to give you a clearer view on life is clean windows! You probably already know that Bar Keepers Friend is great on shower glass, but what you may not know, is that it is also great on general window glass.
Bar Keepers Friend's seemingly magic powers come courtesy of its main ingredient, oxalic acid. This natural substance attacks rust, lime, tarnish and other stains on a molecular level, breaking the bonds holding them together to eliminate all trace. It works on multiple surfaces, too.
Don't use BKF on appliances with protective layers
BKF may harm that layer due to its mineral abrasive ingredient. Instead, use Bar Keepers Friend's specialized Stainless Steel Cleaner & Polish.