OT - Removing tannin/tea stains from aluminium mug

Icicle19 · June 2007

Anyone know of a good way of doing this? My work mug is an insulated aluminium camping type mug - keeps the tea nice and warm, but it does get heavily stained by the tannins etc in the tea. A lot of elbow grease with a green scrubbing pad removes some of this deposit, but not all. Is there a cleaning product that will help ?? I'd rather not use anything too 'nasty', partly 'cos I drink out of this mug and partly 'cos I don't want to start stripping aluminium off it into my drink (Alzheimer's beckons?).

Or maybe i should just forget about it - if the tannins on the mug it's not inside me !

Am hoping a chemist can advise ! Thanks.

ASC1951 · June 2007

I use caustic soda every few months - I can't get my fist down into the mug with a scourer.
It's stainless steel in preference to aluminium. I couldn't find a carbon one. [:)]

sloxam · June 2007

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Icicle19 · June 2007

Have checked and it turns out the mug is stainless steel and not aluminium. Apologies for misleading. Thanks for the replies though, will probably try the tablets first and if not suficient move onto the caustic soda method.

Unknown · June 2007

bleach and water will take it out

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AndyGates · June 2007

I was pleasantly surprised at how effective plain bog bleach is.

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gbb · June 2007

Cant say for satinless steel, but my wife puts a tablespoon full of washing powder in the cup or teapot, fills with hot water and leaves for a while......it comes up like new.

Chill out, fer Christsakes....

Fab Foodie · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by AndyGates

I was pleasantly surprised at how effective plain bog bleach is.

No longer looking for a pennyfarthing as I've got some powerbocks instead. Casualty here I come!
It is by will alone I set my ride in motion.
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It's absolutely perfectamundo for removing tea stains, we use it regularly to keep the old sink, drainer and work-tops tea-stain free.
Use neat on the S/S, diluted on worktops. Cleans all your sponges and scourers and J-cloths too.

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The Mechanic · June 2007

Try coffee. It's amazing how it cleans up a tea cup.

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meenaghman · June 2007

Used to wash ours out with sand on the building sites.

Anonymous · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by meenaghman

Used to wash ours out with sand on the building sites.
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Try this...

http://www.green-way-services.co.uk/lim ... emoval.htm scroll down a bit.

It works a treat. The bleach BTW doesn't remove the tannin, it just reduces it's visibility. FWIW the steam iron stuff works pretty good as well.

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Garybee · June 2007

I found out 'totally by chance' that lemsip type drinks clean stainless steel mugs fantastically well.

Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.

Rudge · June 2007

Steve Austin - Are you sure that bleach actually removes the tea stain?
It might just bleach the stain/deposit white and make it less noticeable.
Toilet bleaches dont remove limescale in WC's, they just make it the same colour as the porcelain.

JWSurrey · June 2007

Warm bicarb. left to stand for a bit.
Dishwasher.
Coke left to go flat in there - also cleans your coins and strips your teeth!

Tony666 · June 2007

My Dad used to use milton but I don't know if that is still made.

rustynut · June 2007

I use Brillo professional degreaser for cleaning heavy tea/coffee stains for my cups. My job as a store cleaner know what chemicals to clean with and I recommend it, just rinse with plenty of hot water afterwards. http://www.greenham.com/c/pl/78244/Bril ... -Degreaser

Gavin Gilbert · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Garybee

I found out 'totally by chance' that lemsip type drinks clean stainless steel mugs fantastically well.

Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
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I found out by chance that simple lemon juice does the trick too. Within a few days of quitting milk and taking lemon tea all my cups became sparkley white again.

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toontra · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JWSurrey

Warm bicarb. left to stand for a bit.
Dishwasher.
Coke left to go flat in there - also cleans your coins and strips your teeth!
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Second all these. The dishwasher gets them spotless BTW.

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