Hook Line & Sink

Yesterday I went to my grandmothers house to deliver a bottle of Basic H because she has fallen in love with my mom's super slick cleaning style. We started talking about her white counters and how metal pots and pans leave unsightly grey marks all over the place. (interestingly enough, Basic H will take those marks off her counter, but thats not relevant to my story) She informed me, casually, that she uses bleach to clear up said marks. What in the hell she is thinking putting bleach anywhere near her food, Ill never know.

But thats not the point. The conversation turned to her sink, which she also cleans with bleach (same metal streak mark problem there). I asked her why she doesnt just use a sponge and she said, in true Granny fashion, "Well, I dont know my dear, I guess Im under the crazy notion that white sinks should be white." And she asked me what color my sink was. I truly dont know because Ive never looked at the sink that closely but I insisted that it is not and has never been white.

Then I got to thinking last night...

So this afternoon I reached for the Scour Off and scrubby-deal from my much loved Get Clean kit. Its made from cherry pits and did a marvelous job on the oven last week. I peered into my sink and said to Mr A "maybe at some point in its life it was white, but now its scratched..." He told me to try anyway. I think he could sense the premature surrendering in my voice. So I took to scouring and...


TA-FREAKIN-DA!


My sink smells a whole lot better now and - Ill be damned - it is white! Amazing. This isnt the best picture but its half way through the job and gives some idea of what Im talking about.