If can openers could talk, they would have a voice like Rodney Dangerfield and say "No respect." This little gadget gets yanked out of the drawer regularly, but rarely gets more than a quick rinse or a scrub with soapy water. Neither of these actions do much to keep it's special parts gunk-free, which makes it harder for them to work well.
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| "Help!" |
A clean can opener is a happy can opener! Here's how to get a can opener really clean with just baking soda and tap water, and the help of an old toothbrush.
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| I used club soda, but water will do. |
- Mix together 1 tablespoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon of water to create a very runny paste. (Think melting ice cream.)
- Apply paste to can opener with an old toothbrush. Be sure to open, close, and turn the can opener that way you can brush part of it.
- Scrub, scrub, scrub!
- Rinse and dry.
- Self high-five! You're awesome, even if no one else in the house notices that you cleaned the can opener!
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| Ready to go! |
The first time I tried this solution,
which I found on Real Simple, I cleaned the can opener in my boyfriend's bachelor pad. It was very gnarly, but I managed to get it superclean in about 20 minutes.
This time around, I let the paste rest on the gadget for about 15 minutes and I used club soda (Go Team Minerals!) instead of tap water, in hopes of spending less time scrubbing. I was able to get the can opener clean in 3 minutes, but it might have been because the can opener wasn't as dirty. #BadScience I guess the only thing this proves is both techniques work. Well, hooray for that at least!
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