Removing Rust Stains from Tubs and Sinks

Recently, our family relocated to De Bary, FL. For those who aren't local, De Bary residents have well water. Not just any well water, mind you. We have that well water that provides us with an extra special touch of iron/rust. We lived here back in the 1990's and I dealt with it as best I could at the time. I made sure there was salt in the softener and purchased a lot of rust remover. Granted, it worked fairly well but it was expensive and toxic.


Jump ahead to 2011. We're back in De Bary. I moved into a house which needed a move-in clean but I really had no time to do that prior to moving into the house. Here I am, 10 days later, just now finishing the last of the packed boxes and tackling the cleaning job bit by bit. The first thing I wanted to deal with is the rust in the tub and sink. I'll admit that rust removal (caused by well water) using only natural ingredients is a first for me. So I did some research last night. I found recipes calling for a scrubbing cleanser and other things. This is what I ended up doing for my sink.

• Sprinkled Bon Ami and Cream of  Tarter in the sink.
• To create a paste, I sprayed Hydrogen Peroxide onto the mix. 

Then I took a no-scratch pot scrubber to the surface and off came the rust! Mind you, everything I found in my research said to let the mixture stand for 30 minutes. I didn't. Even so, in the 2 minutes I was "scrubbing", the sink's appearance changed 

from this...

..to this!

Imagine if I had actually let it soak? Or perhaps if I had put some real elbow grease into it?!

Later I will try those things. I was just so very pleased at the quick results that I wanted to share it with you. 


Do you have any tips or recipes for dealing with rust naturally? If so, please share! If you decided to try what I did, please come back and share the outcome with me.




Naturally Yours,