Cleaning Surface Rust from Kitchen Knives

Even though your kitchen knife is produced using great tempered steel doesn't imply that it won't ever rust. On the off-chance that you don't care for your best kitchen cuts at some point or another little rust spots will show up. Some of the main reasons behind rust spots showing up on your kitchen knives is on the the off chance that you wash them in a dishwasher, leave your steel knives in water in the kitchen sink for an extensive stretch of time or leave them to air dry on a pad that keeps the air from circulating efficiently around them.

Fortunately, much of the time minor rust spots can undoubtedly be removed at home utilizing ordinary things found in the house or modest rust expelling items from your neighborhood store.

How Does Rust Appear on Your Knives?

Rust is the consequence of the oxidation of iron and one of the most widely recognized reasons for rust spots on kitchen steel knives is the extended introduction to water (like leaving them sitting in your kitchen sink). Any metal that contains iron, including steel, will bond with the oxygen particles found in water shaping a layer of iron oxide, or as we probably am aware it – rust.

If you have any profound scratches on your kitchen steel knives or scraped spots this is an ideal zone for rust to form. If you see any rust spots on your steel knives its best to eliminate it as quickly as time permits to stay away from any further harm that may happen.

Simple Ways to Remove Rust from Your Steel Knives

Normal Lemon Juice:

Put some new lemon juice into a glass.  Place the blade of your steel knives in the lemon solution for a few moments and afterward take them out. The corrosive in the lemon juice really slackens up the rust from the Damascus knife cutting edge which thus should make it significantly simpler to clean away those rust spots.

Utilize a Potato:

insane as this sounds it does really work, take your Damascus knife and drive the cutting edge inside an entire potato (for bigger kitchen cuts this strategy may not work) and leave it in the potato for a day or medium-term. Remove your Damascus knife from the potato and clean away the slackened rust spots. How does this work? Basically; the Oxalic corrosive in the potatoes evacuates the development of rust.

Have a go at soaking your Damascus knife in vinegar: vinegar is found in (nearly) every kitchen and this non-harmful corrosive works incredibly well at removing  rust spots on your kitchen steel knives. Similarly as with different techniques basically place your kitchen Damascus knife cutting edge into the vinegar and leave it to soak medium-term. At that point essentially take it out and clean the rust spots away. The best vinegar to use for this rust evacuating technique is apple juice vinegar instead of the white vinegar, while white vinegar may work it's not as compelling as apple juice vinegar.

Baking  Soda Paste:

Everybody has baking soda someplace gathering dust on their kitchen racks, and if not why not? It has numerous utilizations in the home. You have to take enough baking soda to blend in with water to form a paste that has a similar thickness as toothpaste or just somewhat thicker (you'll need more baking soda than water to get this right).

Take your baking soda blend and begin to apply it to your Damascus knife-blade utilizing a non-grating scouring cushion, plastic scrubby to delicately rub the influenced zones of the cutting edge; utilizing steel wool can bring about additional harm. Repeat this process as many times as needed until the rust spots have gone.

 Bar Keepers Friend:

This is a miracle item that has many cleaning uses in the house. There are two or three different ways you can utilize Bar Keepers Friend for eliminating rust from your Damascus knife edges; the first is to take a damp wash fabric and sprinkle sparingly a portion of the powder onto the material and then rub the influenced corroded zones.

The other strategy includes making a paste with the Bar Keepers Friend powder by blending it in with a little water to a similar consistency as the above Baking Soda Paste technique, rub it into the surface you need to clean and give this a chance to sit for a couple of moments and afterward wipe away. Repeat as needed to completely remove the rust spots from your kitchen steel knives.

When your knives in are back to their glossy new self you simply need to ensure you hand wash them and dry them after each use so they don't build up any new rust spots.

Avoid harsh metal scouring pads, as they can without much of a stretch start to expose your kitchen steel knives and cause additional rust.