Removing water/iron stains from wood/bamboo cutting board
Removing water/iron stains from wood/bamboo cutting board
Well, I did it again. I left a couple of meat grinder die plates out on a bamboo cutting board, and they stained it gray. This is the second time I've done this. The previous time was on a multi-wood cutting board. Each time, Beloved Spouse reminds me what an idiot I am for doing it again. Each time, I reply that if she left a polymer cutting board out, it would be both more sanitary and non-staining. (...sound of fireworks going off in background. ...or is it...?)
Anybody out there have a suggestion as to how I might bleach the wood, or remove the stain somehow? Water soaking doesn't help. Scrubbing with soap doesn't help. Sanding doesn't help. (These stains are DEEP !) Soaking with vinegar doesn't help. Wailing and gnashing of teeth don't help.
Yeah, I know- - "don't do that." (Tell me something a DON'T know.)
Anybody out there have a suggestion as to how I might bleach the wood, or remove the stain somehow? Water soaking doesn't help. Scrubbing with soap doesn't help. Sanding doesn't help. (These stains are DEEP !) Soaking with vinegar doesn't help. Wailing and gnashing of teeth don't help.
Yeah, I know- - "don't do that." (Tell me something a DON'T know.)
Experience - the ability to instantly recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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Use an oxalic acid solution. Oxalate (LDH) catalyses the conversion of a keytone called pyruvate to lactic acid. The product of the fermentation by an anaerobic process is the coenzyme NADH to NAD+. Whew! Did you get that? What that means is just be sure to rinse it off well before you use the board.
Don't fear my friend, it's the chemical used in "Bartender's Friend" and other cleaners.
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
Don't fear my friend, it's the chemical used in "Bartender's Friend" and other cleaners.
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
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mmmmm.... yes, and Ex-lax does too!
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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!