How To Clean Lobster Stain From Plastic Cutting Board

Has your plastic cutting board seen better days? Acquire how to remove stains from plastic cut boards with hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dishwashing detergent. Easy, green cleaning tutorial.

I have a white plastic cutting board that I utilize for cut meat and poultry. It's easy to store and can be popped into the dishwasher for piece of cake make clean-upward and disinfection.

The downside to plastic cutting boards… they seem to get discolored or stained after simply a few months (or weeks) of use.

Oh, how I hate those icky brown stains that cannot be scrubbed away!

Luckily, I've discovered 2 easy ways to get stains off plastic cutting boards, no bleach needed!

How to Remove Stains from Plastic Cutting Boards

There are 2 like shooting fish in a barrel means to remove stains from cutting boards:

Hydrogen peroxide soak.

Baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish detergent paste.

How to employ hydrogen peroxide to remove cutting lath stains

Manifestly quondam three% hydrogen peroxide will bleach abroad cutting lath stains if given enough dwell time.

Lay the cutting lath in a sink.

Spray or pour hydrogen peroxide over the cutting board until information technology is wet.

Let the hydrogen peroxide to soak for several hours or overnight. (You should see the stain lighten considerably.)

Wash the cutting board with detergent and h2o, let to dry.

Why this method works:Hydrogen peroxide is a natural bleaching agent that brightens surfaces and kills bacteria. Giving the hydrogen peroxide several hours to piece of work on the stain is key.

How to use baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and detergent to remove cutting board stains

Mixing hydrogen peroxide with dish detergent and blistering soda makes an easy to apply paste that bleaches abroad cutting board stains.

Make a paste from three-4 tablespoons of blistering soda, 1 tablespoon of dish detergent, and 1-2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide. The mixture should be easily spreadable but non soupy.

Spread the cleaner all over one side of the cutting board and allow to sit down for several hours or overnight

Wipe or rub off the cleaner, wash the cutting board with detergent and water, and permit to dry.

Why this method works:

Hydrogen peroxide is an effective bleaching agent that bleaches stains, brightens surfaces, and kills bacteria.

Dish soap cuts through any greasy residue left on the cut lath.

Baking soda is a natural abrasive that helps to break downward food stains. (I also use information technology to clean my oven!)

The thick mixture keeps the cleaning agents in place on the cut board long enough to remove the cutting board stains.

Why Yous Should Clean Plastic Cutting Boards Without Bleach

Many people use bleach to make clean plastic cutting boards. They cull bleach because it is good at removing stains and kills germs.

Unfortunately, cleaning with bleach can damage your health and corrode surfaces.

Bleach is a sodium hypochlorite solution which is dangerous to inhale, irritating to the skin & optics, and toxic to consume.

Bleach is a stiff base with a pH of around 12. Because of its loftier pH bleach is corrosive to materials it touches, including plastic.

Most tutorials for removing cutting board stains with bleach utilise undiluted bleach. This advice goes against the manufacturers' recommendations (Clorox recommends using just 1 tablespoon of bleach mixed with 1 gallon of water on food preparation surfaces.)

Luckily hydrogen peroxide can be used to remove plastic cutting board stains safely, without impairment!

Hydrogen peroxide is oft called "oxygen bleach". It is a groovy stain remover, surface brightener, and bacteria killer.

Unlike chlorine bleach, hydrogen peroxide is non corrosive to surfaces and is not-toxic.

After utilize, hydrogen peroxide naturally breaks down into oxygen and water.

How to Sanitize Plastic Cut Boards Naturally

Plastic cutting boards are made of non-porous cloth that makes them safer for food preparation. Still, there are some situations when you lot many want to sanitize your plastic cutting board (after cutting upwardly meat, etc.)

Use i of these methods to naturally disinfect a plastic cutting board:

Run the cutting lath through the dishwasher on the hottest setting. The heating element in the dishwasher heats the water above the temperature your skin can tolerate, killing more bacteria.

Wash the cutting board with soap and water then wipe or spray the cut board with white vinegar. Adjacent wipe or spray the cutting board with hydrogen peroxide. Rinse make clean. This one-ii punch will naturally impale bacteria lingering on the cutting board. It works besides as bleach.

Skip the bleach and store-bought cleaners for cutting lath stains and try hydrogen peroxide. Information technology'south an easy, greenish fashion to remove stains and go on your cut boards looking smashing!

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