Bar Keepers Friend

Great product got rid of the stains

Homecare Bar Keepers Friend Original - 200g I was struggling to find a replacement of this in my local shops and found it on Amazon at the same price, (including postage), as I would have paid locally. Bar Keepers Friend is a brilliant product for cleaning the outsides of stainless steel pans, the cast iron hob supports, steel oven racks and so on. Not for use on polished steel or non stick but great on those difficult to clean areas.

Some months ago we had a new stainless steel sink installed in our utility room. Limescale having formed around the mixer tap caused my wife to treat the immediate tap area with 'Harpic 100% limescale remover'. She then forgot and left it overnight. This caused a brown stain which no amount of effort with our usual arsenal of cleaning products would entirely remove. I sought the advice of the internet and discovered Barkeeper's Friend which I purchased for £3.56 delivered. Applying the product as per the instructions took around five minutes to restore the sink to its former glory!! Btw; I read a review entitled something like "not my friend" which stood out as the only bad review among other very favourable ones. The reviewer apparently purchased the product for circa £1.59!! Of course I have no proof, but since all other reviews oppose this latter one, I suspect given the low price the product the reviewer purchased may have been 'counterfeit'

I was advised to use this by a kitchen specialist, it is really like old vim, although it was good, it does leave a dust resin of which you have to clean afterwards whereas if I use a spray cleaner, I find this cleans just as well.

I purchased this to clean a tarnished silver bangle. I followed the instructions (pour a little powder onto a damp cloth and rub) and it cleaned the tarnish in seconds. I am immensely pleased with the result. I also have an Indian anklet which cost me pennies and was obviously very poorly made. It was very tarnished and as it is a complicated mixture of chain and tiny bells I followed the second set of instructions which recommend making a paste using the powder and water. The mixture was only left on for a minute but it took off most of the surface metal covering of the chain and bells, leaving the slightly orange base metal revealed. I'm not complaining because the anklet was obviously very poorly made but I thought it would be a useful heads-up to anyone purchasing the product for a similar purpose. Just handle with care - it's really good stuff and I'm very glad I found it but do be careful about how long you leave it on any given item to work.

Good stuff

My stainless steel cooker got damaged by a famous cleaner known as C..... Bang. There phrase should be bang and the stainless steel paint is gone. Any way it was discolored and had patches everywhere. After a few applications the cooker is almost all one colour the discolouring is not prominent and it shines. I would recommend this product to anyone who wants a shine free grime free kitchen.

You cant do better than Bar Keepers Friend, as a family we started using it when we were (yes this is true) in the pub trade, since leaving it over 20 years ago my father passed on its amazing worth and since I had my own home this is always and I do mean ALWAYS under my sink ready for action. Brilliant on doors, walls, taps, sinks, pipes even on your burnt on food from pans or pryex (not that I burn stuff!)