How to Remove Red Sauce Stains From Dishes

It's the lycopene in tomatoes that cause the red stain.

Red sauce stains create a mess wherever they land. Cooking with red sauces, such as spaghetti sauce, clam sauce or marinara, are wonderful ways to make a delicious meal for your family, but the mess left on dishes can make cleanup less than enjoyable. Use a few simple procedures to remove red stains from your dishes and restore them to their prestained appearance.

Things You'll Need

• Liquid dish washing detergent
• Plastic mesh scrubber

Instructions

1. 

   The sun is a natural bleaching agent.

   Place red sauce stained dishes out in the sunlight for a few hours while you clean up the rest of the dishes and do other things. The sun helps to bleach and remove the stain.

2. 

   Start with a cold water rinse.

   Rinse all red sauce stained dishes with cold water prior to washing.

3. Fill your kitchen sink with hot water and enough liquid dish washing detergent to make a good lather.

4. 

   Plastic mesh scrubbers work great on dishes.

   Wash the red sauce stained dishes, scrubbing them out with a plastic mesh scrubber, then rinse with cool water and allow the dishes to air dry.

Tips & Warnings

• Prevent red sauce stains by spraying dishes with baking spray before cooking the sauce.

• Bleach is recommended to remove stubborn red sauce stains, but be sure to wash thoroughly afterward to remove all traces of bleach.

References

• MessyGourmet: Stains