A white composite sink complements a modern kitchen with its high-end appearance at an affordable cost. Yet, over time, such sinks can yellow and stain. Learn how to clean a composite sink with our cleaning guide. For deep cleaning needs, Wecasa cleaning services are here to help, ensuring your kitchen remains pristine.
When to Clean a Yellowed Composite Sink?
Regardless of your sink’s material, regular maintenance is essential to prevent dirt build-up and the appearance of stubborn stains.
Therefore, ensure to rinse the sink after each use to prevent any liquid or food from settling on the sink’s surface. Indeed, a composite sink can be very dirty due to its porous texture. As a result, we advise you to deep clean it at least once a week.
However, be aware: composite sinks do not tolerate boiling water well, or bleach. Also, avoid cleaning your yellowed-white composite sink with the abrasive side of your sponge, as this could scratch it.
How to Clean a Yellowed White Composite Sink?
Now that you have some basic notions about composite sinks, let’s get to the heart of the matter: how to whiten a composite sink?
For this, there is a miracle product: sodium percarbonate.
This odourless white powder is renowned for its whitening, degreasing, and purifying virtues. It can be used to whiten a composite sink, tile joints in the bathroom, white laundry…
Here are the steps to follow to whiten a composite sink with sodium percarbonate:
- Wear a mask to protect your respiratory tract;
- Fill half of your sink with hot water;
- Add 4 to 5 tablespoons of sodium percarbonate;
- Add a few drops of white vinegar;
- Let the mixture act for 20 minutes;
- Rinse thoroughly with clean water.
How to Remove Stains from a Composite Sink?
If the composite sink is very dirty or stained with coffee stains, the technique will be slightly different.
Before starting, think about protecting the edges of your worktop with thick tape and sandpaper. At the same time, remove your tapware. This way, it will be free of stains at the end of the cleaning.
Here’s how to proceed to remove stains from a composite sink:
- Dampen the clay stone;
- Attach a small nylon brush to a drill;
- Dip the brush into the clay stone;
- Dampen the area to be cleaned;
- Let the drill rotate on the stains and allow the kaolin time to clean your yellowed-white composite sink well;
- Rinse the kaolin using a sponge and water.
You can repeat this action on all the stained or yellowed areas of your sink.
Read more on how to clean your kitchen sink.
How to Make a Composite Sink Shine?
Now that your sink is back to being as white as snow, make it shine using household products you definitely have at home: dish soap and window cleaner.
To make your composite sink shine using window cleaner or dish soap, here are the steps to follow:
- Soak a cloth with window cleaner;
- Gently rub the walls of your composite sink;
- Rinse thoroughly.
How to Protect Your Composite Sink from Dirt?
Finally, we will give you some tips to keep a composite sink ultra-clean throughout its life.
To fight against limescale, use anti-tartar toothpaste. Thanks to its anti-tartar action, it will protect your composite sink from limescale deposits. Apply it with an old toothbrush by gently scrubbing the surface and corners of your sink.
Another tip to combat calcium stains is to use baking soda. Just like the anti-tartar toothpaste, use an old toothbrush to scrub the moistened walls of your sink.
Finally, use cooking oil to combat grease stains. As strange as it may seem, the oil will create a protective layer on the edges of your sink, which will have the power to repel staining liquids, like coffee, for example.
And if you don’t have the time to clean your sink deeply once in a while, entrust this task to a Wecasa home cleaning service.
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Starting with a note on Wecasa cleaning services in the introduction, this guide offers comprehensive advice on maintaining and rejuvenating composite sinks, ensuring your kitchen remains both functional and stylish.
