Bar Keepers Friend

I first came across this product more than 10 years ago, in the days when I was a sensible married female! I moved in to a newly built house which had a white kitchen sink and drainer (so glad, I've moved and got a stainless steel one now) but this used to stain terribly and I tried all sorts of products. I happened upon the Bar Keeper's Friend while flicking through one of those home product catalogues that are put through your letter box, it's so many moons ago that I can't remember whether it was Kleeneze or Bettaware or some such other. Anyway, I digress..................if you haven't used this then you really must try it out, it is brilliant ...

I recently had the 'pleasure' of staying with my in-laws for a while - 13 months :-( - and if I was searching for a positive then finding Barkeeper's Friend would definitely be it. Before moving there I had never heard of it but my mother in law swears by it. Now that my family and I have finally moved into our house, the first thing put into our basket when shopping for cleaning products was BKF. My bottle is different to the one pictured above, I have a 200g bottle which is white, has a wide bottom and tapers to a slightly more narrow top and has the name and logo on a blue background surrounding it - at the time of writing this bottle is currently ...

I thought my friend had gone mad when she told me to use Bar Keepers Friend on my stained sink. I thought she had got me confused with her mate in the local pub (hence the title of this opinion). But no, instead she had put me onto a little cleaning miracle. •• HISTORY OF THE PRODUCT •• This information is courtesy of www.barkeepersfriend.com. This miracle cleanser was first manufactured in 1882 to clean brass ornaments and was sold in Indianapolis, USA. The intrepid inventor peddled his wares mainly to places where there was a lot of ornate metalwork, leading him to the saloons of the 1880’s and 1890’s. The bar keepers ...