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Hi,

How does one remove encrusted salt from cabinet door fittings?

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Wolfgang8810

vinegar should do it.

Gozer_1

Ditto. Vinegar works great. It'll take on hard water spots too.

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Thanks guys. Well I left them in there overnight but the vinegar also ate up the coating. No worries though as I wanted to try and save them before deciding to go and get some new handles. The previous owner was just very careless when handling salt.

Wolfgang8810

all you needed to do with the vinegar was get a rag wet with it and scrub lol but hooray for new handles

Gozer_1

Yeah vinegar works pretty fast. Didn't think to metion that lol.

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I think I should have used White Vinegar instead of the Apple Cider vinegar we had afterall that is what I use to clean any used tanks I aquire before setting them up; then I hose them down with water.

Oh well, I'll know better next time

Wolfgang8810

i used the apple cider vinager too but it was on glass

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On glass any vinegar work well. I wish I'd taken a picture of the handles after soaking them in the vinegar so that y'all could see how I ruined them but I just trashed them.

Wolfgang8810

lol like i said Hooray new handles! are th new ones shiny?

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No, I went to Lowes and got some matt black ones - nice yet simple - for 97¢ each. To replace the original handles with another set of chromed fish-styled ones would have meant special ordering them - something that would have made the missus mad