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I just embrace the stain.

It works! And melamine sponges are cheap. You can 100 of them for like 8 bucks.

Dawn Powerwash works too. It's a mix of dish soap and rubbing alcohol so you can make your own.

This one’s kind of a 2 for 1, since generic magic erasures are way cheaper. You can order 100 of them for like 8 dollars.

Cover in baking soda, add vinegar and water, then leave in the sun. Gone.

I'm not wasting my mescaline on cleaning Tupperware.

You can actually just leave it in the sun minus the water and water.

baking soda and vinegar makes.. water.

Those scouring sponges are effectively sanding the stain out. That means you’re sanding the Tupperware, loosening particles up and making them so much more likely to get into your food the next time you use them. Especially with heated food or things that are particularly oily or fatty.

I’d rather have some slight discoloration, personally.

You don’t have leave it anywhere. Melamine sponge works in seconds

You have any studies to back this up? I see nothing online about it making Tupperware toxic. I do how ever see recommendations to use it to clean Tupperware

Leave the baking soda on, then the agitation process of vinegar and baking sodahelps tenons the stains. Sun bleaching finishes them off.

They didn’t say toxic, they did say it would release more pieces. They’re right that you’re sanding it down, and I imagine it would create a rougher surface than it was manufactured with, which may lead to more pieces dislodging during use or cleaning.

Trying this next time.

Try putting in sunshine to bleach out the stain

Here’s what I do: Add a small amount of dish soap (Dawn works best)

Add a small amount of hot water

Add a crumpled up paper towel

Seal the lid and shake

Works 99% of the time for me!

Here’s a short YouTube clip on this too: https://youtu.be/32hO15SgYcI

I use a 1:1 combination of dishwashing liquid and mustard. Works like a charm. Gets rid of greasy food, as well as color from red sauces.

Put some oil in the container and spread it around. You now have a protective layer of oil in the container so it will stain much less.

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Thank you for saving me $7 on Dawn Powerwash

Yeah, but ‘eraser’ is boring and doesn’t hit the same way as those clean mid-80s synth pop sounds! ‘Oh, L’amour’ could take the stain out of anything 😂

What about red and brown sauce stains in a friend's underwear?

Oxyclean gets the stain out!

Don't reheat meals in Tupperware you store them in. No stains.