This Is The Biggest Mistake You're Making With Bar Keepers Friend 

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Thanks for this! I bought bkf years ago on a whim, never heard of it and I still don’t know why. Found it worked great on my sink, but never knew its other uses till now. My son was complaining about how he couldn’t get his sink clean and I kept telling him, “Barkeepers Friend.” I finally took mine over and used it. He couldn’t believe how nice it looked! Great product!

As an experienced and somewhat obsessed collector of vintage cast iron cookware, let me say Bar Keeper's Friend deserves the nickname "cast iron cook's friend." About their warning not to use BKF on bare cast iron surfaces, this only applies to a pan that has already been seasoned and is ready for cooking. If you have an old, dirty, rusty, grungy cast iron pan that you purchased at a flea market, garage sale, or found out in the woods, BKF is THE best cleaner for removing rust and grit from a cast iron seurface, except perhaps for an electrolysis setup.

Thank you SO much for covering BKF on your channel. This was a lovely surprise! Also, fun fact: You can't use original BKF on granite or marble, but we DO have a cleaner made for that purpose. ;)

My now 43 year old toilets are still sparklingly rust and stain free due to BKF! I have hard well water which I have to condition, but rust is still a problem. The don't soak too long info is very helpful

Just bought another can today!!!! I will never be without it!!

I've only just heard of this American product and was surprised to be able to buy it today in my local supermarket in Australia I can't wait to try it tommorow

I use BKF and always have it in my home. Until listening to the video I never thought to use it on all of my husband's rusty tools or on his fishing boat. Thank you SO much. I'll using this product much more often.

I never used this product until maybe five years ago. And I don't know why I waited forever. It is wonderful stuff. And it really works. And I can use it on my really good cookware if I have to. But I'm very good about not messing up my pots and pans. I mean they cost too much and you kind of need them. But I love barkeepers friend.

It's also the best thing for getting baked on spots out of Pyrex.

Great information, I use this myself and would never think of adding bleach or even dish soap because it works well on it’s own.

BKF does an AMAZING job cleaning the shower door and glass! I always hated cleaning them , until I started using BKF. It cleans the minerals off the glass easily !!

I'm glad that this information came to my notice. Thanks much.

This was 50 seconds of information in a concise 3 minute video.

I grew up using BKF. My mother taught me less is more. I have never needed a scouring pad just a damp paper towel. I am a stained glass artist and used it to restore old windows. I use the powder.

I LOVE Barkeeper's Friend! At first, I thought it didn't work , but wasn't using it correctly. Only product that cleaned years of hard water crud on my stainless steel sink. I also like the soft cleanser one for daily cleaning.

Ive seen people use BKF in lieu of comet ! Lol! I learned about BKF way back in my youth when i had a summer job as a prep cook in a country club kitchen. Everything was stainless steel and the executive chef was stickler for all of it shinning like it was beand new. We were not allowed to use anything else ,especially nothing abrasive. We also were only allowed to use white 100% cotten rags on it. The chef was on the obsessive side but i cant argue that his kitchen was pristine! I also learned that cleaning with the grain was the way to go. I was 19 back then and im 57 now and retired from a business i owned. I still to this day use BKF on all my stainless steel appliances and yes they look brand new after almost 5 years now! The stuff is just amazing...

I began usi g this last year. The best !!! I wasn't expecting such great result. Now this is all I use. Thx

We use this on the boat...its just incredible!

I've use Bar Keeper Friend to many things at all the times as I love it.

I stopped using Soft Scrub when we moved to a house with well and septic. I use BKF all the time now.

"Non-expensive" is relative. In terms of powdered cleansers it is 3x more than other powdered cleanser products (Comet, Ajax, etc.) but it works 100x more effectively. One problem with BKF is that it absorbs moisture in the air. Once you open the container it soon becomes clumped and no longer sprinkles. You can delay this a little by placing toilet paper held in place by a plastic sandwich baggie and rubber band over the opening. Moisture will eventually get to the powder though. Do not store the opened can in a cabinet under the bathroom sink because of the high humidity from the shower. BKF is amazing at cleaning stainless steel pots. First use vinegar, another amazingly effective cleaner for stainless steel pots. Sometimes burned on stains require a bit of elbow grease with a non-abrasive scouring pad and BKF.

BKF is the best product hands down on tubs. Does a beautiful job! ❤

Best cleaner I have ever used.

I used BAR KEEPERS FRIEND several times and got rid of tub rust, I'm so 😊happy.

I have a well heavy mineral deposits. I found Bar Keepers MORE for hard water! I just love it! It's cut my cleaning time in half! No scrubbing I've always been a fan of BKF products but this is my favorite! I buy it by the case!! I cant find it everywhere ITS THE ONLY CLEANING PRODUCT I'VE EVER BOUGHT ONLINE! EVER! This is a product I have to have at all times!

Best thing for cleaning the stainless steel InstaPot liner. Just a usual detergent cleaning always seems to leave a spotty surface from (I guess) bits of stuck-on food. BKF gets is sparkly clean.

When you’re done using BKF, put a ziplock bag over it and rubber band to secure the bag.

I have found out over the years Bar Keepers Friend is the only thing that really works

I just used this product on mildly water stained thin oak floors. It works!! Full stop my landlord will be none the wiser. Thank you so much

It’s the only scrubbing powder I’ll trust w/my All-Clad.

I use BKF stainless steel cleaner like dish soap for my 18/10 silverware, knifes and stainless cookware,. Just a few drops in a vat of hot water a quick scrub and it works wonders

If you want your stainless steel sink to sparkle, use a Mr Clean Magic Eraser sponge, even after using BKF, the sponge gets up hidden grime and the sink looks very shiny.

I break all your rules. I use it on wood, as a thick paste, and I leave it on for 10 or 15 minutes. Oxalic acid is wood bleach, it's great for getting out dark spots on wooden countertops.

Amazing on stainless sinks.. bought a home realtor said kitchen is fantastic all you needed was a new sink.. use it following grinding marks in sink and it will look brand new.. Mine sure did..

Now that you've heard of it, you'll see it. They don't advertise much.

Thank You so much for this video!! I’ve watched several videos on how to restore my wok and none were specific on how long to apply the BKF or how NOT to use it. I would have cried REAL TEARS if I had destroyed my wok. Every pot, pan, dish, utensils, and appliance is precious to me, and/or quite frankly an investment. So thanks AGAIN!! If you take care of your things, they’ll take care of you in doing their job well!!

I used Bar Keeper Friend for year as I love it. I used BKF liquid solution for pots and pans plus, many more others but not power will scratching.

thank you this is very informative and helpful for safety info

Sometimes me and the gang race up and down the block with BKF on our handlebars. Sometimes I use BKF to clean scissors after I run with them. All joking aside it really is a great product and once you start using it you find it is a go- to product in ways that just begin to occur to you. Apply common sense with any acid, and don't use it on your fine Corinthian leather.

Love bar keepers friend my grandma showed it to me

I used it on my gas stove top and burners today and it cleaned it pretty close to brand new. Unlike the lady with the metal tea pot in the video, I used a soft cloth, not a scour pad. keep in mind that in the past, I had always used a super wet, soapy S.O.S pad in the past.

I leave it in the Corian sink for a while . works great.

We found a stainless steel 9 inch frying pan in the second hand store for $5. The bottom was completely covered with a black burn mark. About five minutes of BKF and it looks brand new. And, of course, since we know how to use stainless steel cookware, it still looks brand new. By far, the best $5 we ever spent.

Thanks for the warnings before I buy it!

Love this product!

Love this product works very well

I just purchased this because I heard great things about it. Now I’m scared to use. Wanted to use in my tub and on my pans.

I only heard of this product just recently and I'm 55yrs old....I've used SOS Pads, Comet, Ajax, Brillo Pads, EZ Off, Simple Green, 409, Brasso, & Never Dull

To clean the burned on crap on stainless I use this with a little salt and a blue scouring pad...amazing - and no scratches. Best result is lightly scrub and then let it sit a minute then scrub some more and rinse. Repeat if necessary which it usually is but keeps pots looking great.

Never heard of this product before 6mnths ago....Always used Comet/Ajax, S.O.S. pads, and Easy Off Oven Cleaner growing up in the 70s 80s....Good to know though

I thought ai would have to replace the ceramic tile with stained grout & very stained porcelain tub. My honorable contractor told me to use liquid BKF instead. Scrubbing with it was pointless. I finally coated the grout & tub with it and left it for 24hr. When I washed it off it was beautifully white--a miracle-- withno work!!

I love Bar Keepers Friend!

Great video! One criticism: Do not mix cleaning chemicals. Most people do not understand chemistry and will harm themselves.

love this product, I use it to clean my stainless steel pans after a cookout. Removes scorched on food and grease in about 15 seconds of scrubbing with steel wool. I swear this must have a metal polish in it because my pans and pots come out so shiny you can use them as a mirror. The only thing I don't like is the smell... pretty bad!

I used the coffee pot cleaner in my stainless steel peculator and I have a really clean coffeepot. But all I can taste is Barkeepers friend after trying everything I know about neutralizing acid cleaners! I wish they would make a video on how to save my coffee pot!

LOVE THIS STUFF! Use liquid and powder. Havent seen the spray But will get it when I do!

THanks

i had a bad hard water calcium and lime build up that was gradually getting worse (we have very hard well water and due to my wife's medical condition we cannot use our water softener any longer) over the past few years. virtually everything i read online was a no no for brushed nickel fixtures. We have two trough type spouts on our bathroom sink faucets and the calcium and lime deposits with discoloration was bad. i think its the oxalic acid in BKF that is considered a no no. Even white vinegar 5% a no no. i threw caution to the wind and tried apply boiling hot water over a paper towel packed in the trough to let it soak for a couple minutes (supposed to soften the limescale...it didnt). then i tried the same process using 5% vinegar which i did several times but only left it on for 5 minutes at a time then rinsed it off. i've seen where you should only leave the acid on brushed nickel less than 30 minutes. i was too chicken to try 30% cleaning vinegar which i think would really work but potentially damage the finish (it and a pumice stone works great for the limescale in our toilets). i actually think that helped somewhat. But what really worked was a blue Scotch Brite scour pad (non scratching) and BKF and a lot of elbow grease. it took about 30 minutes of scrub/rinse with repeated applications of BKF but eventually i got all the limescale off and the faucets look brand new again and the finish is intact.

oxilic acid can remove rust and sometimes blood stains. Its a wet sprinkle wait a minute rinse check and reduce but most of the time it works. Just check for collar vastness of the fabric.

Interesting. I have used BKF in conjunction with Purple Power degreaser and a UFO green scrubby pad for years with no ill effects. On my stainless, regular steel, and aluminum pans, enameled burner pans, and on and under my stove top. I will let the Purple Power soak on the surfaces for a few minutes to a couple hours (not long on aluminum) and then apply the BKF directly into the Purple Power on the surface and make a thin paste. Doesn't take much pressure, even for burnt on stuff. Purple Power by itself has a little bit of a fume issue, will irritate the eyes and nose/throat a little (Not anywhere near as bad as oven cleaners are!) but it does not appear to change or get worse in combo with BKF. I am exceptionally hypersensitive to all manner of chemicals and VOCs and have used this with my bare hands with no particularly caustic effects, but mostly I do use gloves.

i bought some bar keeper's friend from amazon and have it set up on my stainless steels electric stove

My mum fished a turd out of the dunny using a kitchen utensil once. No matter how much we flushed it wouldn't go down. The coarse ceramic bowl basically grated the stainless steel utensil wherever it touched it, leaving long grey marks that she couldn't get out. The property belonged to a family friend and mum was really starting to stress. I googled it and came up with this product. Wasn't easy to find in Australia, not too bad though. It worked really well, and so fast. Only needed a tiny bit too. I was in the good books that day.

I love this product

Learn that lesson the hard way and damaged the inside of my new oven which is color blue. I left it stained, for stainless steel is the best.

I didn't know they have a granite version. I always use Ajax on my granite sink

Great advice !

Love BKF! I just purchased the BKF Granite Cleaner and love this too. I plan on trying their steel cleaner as well.

BKF works! As long as we have been using it, we know how to use it

Only product I've found that can clean a stove top and burner caps. Just a little with water and agitation gets cooked on grease off.

I love Barkeepers Friend, but it always seems to get clumpy halfway through the can.

Indy based product/ Company. Great great stuff.

Just use baking soda it sounds crazy but it works 99% of the time on everything.

Boy did I make the mistake of leaving it on metal for too long. I mixed BKF with water and soaked my SS multi-tool in it for several hours, hoping to clean the grime off it. All the exposed surfaces are tarnished.

I finally found the cleanser, prefer the liquid

It’s the only thing that can clean my Instant Pot.

6 months ago I put in a new stainless steel sink. It seems like if I look at it wrong I see another tiny scratch. So I’ve been using the soft side of a sponge. About 3 months of having the sink I’ve notice what looks like small spots like rust. I bought the Bar Keepers Friend polish in hopes it’ll remove whatever it is. There is nothing in my sink that could rust so I’m not even sure if it’s rust. I used the polish and it didn’t really do anything to the spots. The instructions didn’t indicate to use it when the sink was wet or dry. I’ve seen videos of people using scrub brushes on their stainless sinks, how do they do that and not scratch it?? Any tips on how to use the polish? Thanks.

I use an electric drill with a rotary wire brush, works great .

I tried it on Willy Nilly and he approves!

This happened with me few months back i was in goa chilling in my airbnb just few minutes before leaving for the beach, i added some mrmuscle to the sink and left there for over 5 hours when i came back there was almost burn like marks all over the sink and ended up paying 100$ to the hotel.

Great video and great information

I love BKF I get mine from Dollar General !

I used it on my nes cartridges for the pins

What's the difference between the gold vs silver labeled BKF?

Great stuff! 👍👍👍

Baking soda and vinegar. Both non toxic and both very effective.

Does this work on grease stained pots and pans?

It tends to settle. So if you don't use it very often at least give it a good shake every couple weeks. If you store it upside down you won't end up with a cement chunk at the bottom. You also won't use the good ingredients first by accident.

The best, my secrets out.

All Clad had to replace my ENTIRE set of pots and pans because they kept telling me to use BKF. Well, yes it gets it clean, but it also scratches to hell that chrome finish. At least All Clad honored their warranty. Use a microfiber cloth for GLASS with Quick n Brite paste to clean the chrome finish. It’s the only thing that won’t scratch. You’re welcome.

Nice infomercial for Bar Keepers Friend.

Good to know. 🙏👍👋

"Bone Apateet" 😂

I use BKF on a lot of surfaces/pots and pans, etc. I would like to know how to keep it from clumping up.

I reach for my Comet or VIM before BKF. Harder to find here in Canada as well.

In South Africa i managed to find the powder and had such hope that I would finely find something that can clean shower glass doors. I used it as a paste, no difference, i tried wetting the glass doors and rubbing the powder on that.. no difference. From all the good reviews I had seen i expected a huge change. Did not clean the glass. Was deeply disappointed.

It's very hard to find in Europe and when you do it's quite expensive, unfortunately😞

So is this OK to rinse down the sink will it hurt the pipes?

I never had any problems using this on plastic shower stalls. It will tarnish aluminum trim, so get it off as soon as possible. 🐀🐾

Just don’t confuse it with Bon Ami. They are both very different products.