How to Clean Spots From Drinking Glasses
Drinking glasses may sometimes appear with grayish, white spots on their surface. This is usually the result of hard water residue, but sometimes it can be soap scum. These spots usually form on fine glassware, such as wine glasses that have been washed in a dishwasher. Removing these spots is a moderately easy task that can be accomplished by persons of any age. Do not attempt to wash off spots by hand with soap and water if they don't come off in a dishwasher. These spots usually require special attention that normal dishwashing will not suffice. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Buy a bottle of CLR from your local grocery store. Put on a pair of rubber kitchen gloves. Pour the CLR into a large pot and slowly warm it over the stove (do not boil). If your glasses will fit in the pot, you do not need to pour the CLR into another container. If you dilute the CLR with some warm water, it will diminish some of the strong odor.
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Place a glass into the warm CLR. Let it soak for at least 5 minutes (10 for harder spots), and then remove the glass. Rinse the glass in clean water while scrubbing the spots off with a sponge. After all of the spots have been cleaned off, use a towel to hand-dry the glass.
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Repeat the process for every glass that has spots. When you're finished, you can pour the CLR down the drain of a kitchen sink or bathtub. Clean the pot with soap and water, and either use a towel to hand-dry it or leave it one a rack or towel to air dry. Avoid washing your newly cleaned glasses in the dishwasher, try to only wash and dry them by hand.
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Tips & Warnings
If you want to use something that's a little more natural than CLR, substitute it with white vinegar. Soak your dishes in warm vinegar for about five minutes and you can get rid of hard water spots that aren't too thick.
Sometimes a spot is so thick that it cannot be scrubbed out. If you think you're scrubbing so hard that the glass is about to break, take a break. Soak the glass in CLR a second time and give it one more shot. If you the spots don't come out, they're most likely permanent.
