You may use brass, copper or bronze vessels for religious ceremonies or as household items, but over time, they turn black, requiring expensive cleaning in the market. In this regard, today we are telling you how to restore their shine using simple household items.
The hack to shine the dishes is going viral on social media
A page on Instagram named foodsandflavorsbyshilpi has shared a hack to polish brass, copper and bronze utensils in just a minute. If your utensils have started turning black again after Diwali Puja or cleaning, you can make this homemade solution and make your old utensils shine like new in just a minute. You will need:
A teaspoon of white salt
Two spoons of citric acid or lemon flowers
A tablespoon of dishwashing liquid
Two tablespoons of white vinegar
Water (as required)
How to make cleaning solution
To make copper, brass and bronze utensils shine like new, first add a teaspoon of salt, two to two and a half teaspoons of lemon blossom or citric acid to a bowl. Make a paste by adding one tablespoon of dishwashing liquid and two to two and a half tablespoons of white vinegar. Add little water to this solution. Once the solution is ready, soak your old, blackened utensils in it. You can also spoon this solution over the dishes.
You will see them glow automatically. Where there is more stain, rub it gently to clean it. This hack for cleaning copper, brass and bronze utensils is quickly going viral on social media, getting almost 8,000 likes.
Other ways to clean dishes
To clean copper, brass and bronze utensils, squeeze the juice of one lemon into a tablespoon of baking soda and mix it well. Rub and clean copper, brass and bronze utensils with lemon peel. You can also use tamarind pulp to clean these utensils. This makes the utensils shine like new.