Monday, 23 January 2012

Any tips on cleaning old tea pot?




Yipee !! 
May I introduce you to my latest thrift find...
I have been on a hunt for such a little tea pot for quite some times now.
Thanks to a visit to a lovely friend town, I finally got my hands on one!



The only issue is that I am really struggling to clean the inside of the little "beak".
I have used bicarbonate of soda , white vinegar and boiling water (I have even tried to get a cotton bud in there!) but I don't seem to be able to clean that hard to reach part very well...Should I bleach it?

Have any of you clever ladies got any tip to share? 

Pleaaaase :)
Sandrine x

**Edited (next Morning): A big Thankyou to Cam from Curlypops for her great suggestion to try with dishwasher powder! 
It worked MAGIC!
 I placed some powder in the little beak, poured boiling water over, let it soaked all night
 and 
in the morning after few rinse the result was amazingly clean.
SO now I hope I rinsed it enough :)

5 comments:

CurlyPops said...

I was going to suggest what you've already tried, but next I would try dishwasher powder (preferably Finish or the Aldi brand). Make a paste and dab it inside with a cotton bud and leave it to soak for a while.

Sandrine said...

Thanks so much for the tip Cam! xx

mondocherry said...

Such a pretty teapot and what a great tip from Cam. I'm goign to try it on one of my stained teapots too.
Clare x

Tiff said...

Awesome! Thanks for the cleaning info! X

Anonymous said...

sterident or similar works brilliantly