How to Clean Plastic Bucket: How to remove yellow stains from old plastic tub-bucket? An easy way to make age-old stains disappear? Can the bucket look like new again with the help of home remedies?
Plastic Bucket Cleaning Tips: Plastic buckets and tubs are used in every Indian household from bathroom to kitchen, but with excessive use, they start turning yellow. Sometimes soap, hard water marks, rust stains and dirt discolor it. Many people throw away the old bucket considering it useless, however, there are home remedies with the help of which you can make the old bucket look like new.
Remove yellowness with lemon-soda
Use baking soda and lemon to remove the yellow layer in the bucket. Make a mixture of both and leave it on the bucket and tub for 20-30 minutes. After this, clean it by rubbing with a soft sponge.
Benefit- Along with removing yellow stains, this mixture also cleans the soap layer.
Do instant cleaning with toothpaste
White toothpaste is also an easy way to clean plastic items. Apply toothpaste on the stained area of the bucket and leave it for 2-5 minutes, then rub it with a sponge and wash it off.
Benefit- It removes light yellowness and also removes old marks.
Dishwash Liquid and Salt
If there are stubborn stains of oil or spices in the bucket, then to remove them, apply salt mixed with dishwashing liquid. After 10-15 minutes, clean the bucket with the help of a sponge.
Benefit- It removes stains and brings back the shine to the bucket-tub.
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Hydrogen peroxide will restore shine
Hydrogen peroxide can also be used to brighten white plastic buckets. Pour the solution in a bucket and keep it in the sun for 2-4 hours. This clears the yellowed plastic to a great extent.
- Note- It is high chemical, so use carefully
- Keep away from children, always store in dark and cool place
- Do not do any home experiments with this
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How to remove stains from plastic bucket?
After daily use, wash the bucket immediately with clean water. By doing this, stains will not accumulate, there will be no smell and the bucket will look like new for a long time.
Do not experiment on plastic bucket
- Do not use steel or wire scrubbers
- Bleach-vinegar mixture can spoil bucket
- Too much heat also damages plastic