How to Clean a Metal Strainer

[chittychat]

Make sure enough deposit has accumulated. Make sure it is very dry. Then use a small brass brush to brush-off the gum. And it will become like new, well almost.

[Chip]

Yeah, I let it fully dry too, but I have been using a toothbrush.

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

[IPT]

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

I use bottle brushes too. I keep stealing my daughter's and have to buy new ones.

[Chip]

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

I use bottle brushes too. I keep stealing my daughter's and have to buy new ones.

Ya gotta clean your spouts ... you never know what you may find in there. I once found a family of TeaChat trolls I had banned trying to sabotage my kyusu-s.

[Rithmomachy]

Ya gotta clean your spouts ... you never know what you may find in there.

Good advice in all areas of life!

[rabbit]

I rub the wet leaves thru the grate with my fingers while running water over it, that usually works, of course if it doesn't I let it dry (but we don't always have enough time between teas!!!)

[chittychat]

Yeah, I let it fully dry too, but I have been using a toothbrush.

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

Pipe cleaners are good for cleaning the spout. Look for the ones with stiffer bristles.

[IPT]

Yeah, I let it fully dry too, but I have been using a toothbrush.

I also use a tiny bottle brush to go down the spout and clean out the gunkage.

Darn that gunkage!

[nonc_ron]

Darn that gunkage!

Ditto! on that darn gunkage.
The more I try to ignore it the more it tries to take over.

On how to clean a Metal Strainer, I let it dry, then whack it on the side of the sink.

[chittychat]

And now how to make it sparkling clean

The attached pictures shows the top of the strainer not cleaned and the bottom sparkling.

I guess you want to know how

Here I spill the secret: boil it briefly in vinegar.
Then clean with a toothbrash and laundry soap. The vinegar can be reused for another clean boiling. Use the cheap kind not that Italian balsamic one.

[nonc_ron]

And now how to make it sparkling clean
Here I spill the secret: boil it briefly in vinegar.

Wow, I'd forgotten how mine use to look like.
Thanks for the boiling vinegar trick. I'll try it tomorrow when I can open all the windows and doors.

[mbishop]

I took out the metal band from my kyusu, let it try, rubbed it a little, then soaked it in water (and kind of "plunged" it up and down), removed quite a bit of the little particles. I didn't have a brush handy (that was clean) so I took a straight pin and just popped out the somewhat larger pieces with the point