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    How to Clean Your Stained Cutting Boards

    May 10, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 24 Comments

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    How to Clean Your Stained Cutting Boards on $5 Dinners

    Several weeks ago, I mentioned stained cutting boards.  And a number of you threw out some ways to clean them.  After doing some research and experimenting in the kitchen, I figured out what works best for my strawberry stained wood cutting boards!

    How to Clean Your Stained Cutting Boards on $5 Dinners

    Step 1- Sprinkle a little kosher salt on the cutting board and then gently squeeze some lemon juice over the salt.  Use the flat side of the lemon to rub the salt and lemon juice around the stains.

    The acid from the lemon juice will also help with disinfecting!

    How to Clean Your Stained Cutting Boards on $5 Dinners

    Step 2 – Sprinkle some baking soda over the lemon juice and rub gently with a kitchen towel.  Rub for a few minutes, in small-ish circles.

    Step 3 – Rinse the lemon juice and baking soda from the cutting board for a minute or two under lukewarm water. Pat dry and then air dry.

    …..Voila!

    How to Clean Your Stained Cutting Boards on $5 Dinners

    What has worked for you in getting those pesky stains out of your cutting boards?

     

     

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    1. Stephany says

      May 10, 2011 at 2:00 pm

      Fantastic . . . I’ve always wondered this myself. Even though no-one else uses my cutting boards, I’ve always found them ugly and embarrassing! Good Tip – Thanks!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
    2. Jessica says

      May 10, 2011 at 4:04 pm

      I use plastic only, because I can throw then into the dishwasher or hot soapy water with bleach. I have a supermarket chain in town that sharpen all my knives for free, so I don;t worry about dulling my knives on them ๐Ÿ™‚

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    3. Alison P says

      May 10, 2011 at 6:55 pm

      I have stains from fresh basil and rosemary on my one cutting board so you will see me jumping across the room so that other people don’t see the disgusting stain. I screamed- no don’t use that one. My husband said “Is that for the chicken so we shouldn’t use it for other things?” Sure, let’s go with that while company is there. My cutting boards are plastic so I am not sure if the same thing is going to work but I am going to try it ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for another great tip!!!!!!!!!

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    4. Chaya says

      May 10, 2011 at 7:53 pm

      Thanks for this tip. It is invaluable. I am off to try it.

      Reply
    5. ATL Cook says

      May 10, 2011 at 8:06 pm

      Bar Keepers Friend–works on counter tops too.

      Reply
    6. Cindy says

      May 10, 2011 at 10:17 pm

      I got two thin plastic cutting boards from IKEA and they are red. So no worry about red stains!! They clean AND sanitize in the dishwasher. You want the kind that are not brittle so they don’t dull your knives.

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    7. Susie's Homemade says

      May 11, 2011 at 8:00 am

      Does it work on plastic cutting boards too?

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    8. Rebecca C. says

      May 30, 2011 at 11:49 pm

      Thank you! We had strawberries a few days ago and I forgot to immediately clean the cutting board, so it looked like someone was killed on it! Now there is only a very small area where you can see the stain, and it is just a darker part of the wood. I can deal with that!

      I LOVE my wooden cutting board, but I don’t always remember to clean it right after using it, especially since we mostly just cut veggies on it (our meat cutting board is plastic).

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    9. Chuck the nerd says

      May 31, 2011 at 3:52 pm

      After the wood cutting board is dried, would applying some food safe mineral oil also be useful? I’ve done this with a wooden pizza peel and mineral oil really brings out the wood’s grain.

      A quick google search for data rich / non-salesy information included this link from Fine Woodworking…

      http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=26893

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      • onemom says

        February 7, 2013 at 6:24 pm

        I’m afraid of oiling my cutting boards. Mineral oil is not something I want to ingest and food-derived oils, e.g. olive oil, go rancid.

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        • Terry Donovan says

          August 1, 2016 at 1:40 pm

          Mineral oil that is food grade is perfectly safe to use. In fact, it is used as a gastric aid.

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      • Mike says

        March 24, 2019 at 12:21 pm

        Use food grade mineral oil. That’s how wooden cutting boards should be treated

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    10. Greg E says

      December 31, 2011 at 11:47 am

      The only change I would make is that I had to rub the baking soda pretty vigorously. I also rubbed it w/ the grain of the wood. Overall, this worked like a charm.

      On a side note, why would anyone comment on this page about using a plastic cutting board. Is it really germaine to the conversation? Besides, why would someone even be on this webpage if they didn’t need to clean a stain off of a wood cutting board?

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      • Nancy says

        August 10, 2016 at 12:21 am

        Thank you. I was wondering that myself. I don’t use plastic or glass cutting boards myself. Wood is much easier and safer to use if properly maintained.

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    11. Morgan says

      May 15, 2017 at 8:14 pm

      Oh goodness I normally get no results with online remedies but this worked so well!

      Reply
    12. Jaymie says

      August 10, 2019 at 4:05 pm

      Thank you!! Just used it to fix my roommateโ€™s cutting board that I stained with strawberries

      Reply

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