The Kitchen Cleaning Mistake You're Probably Making, According to a Plumber — Cleaning Tips from The Kitchn

Filed under things I didn't know I had to worry about: the fact that the pretty finish on my new kitchen fixtures might not last.

When you're dreaming about a new kitchen, it's often the jewelry — those gleaming brass fixtures — that imprint on your mind. They certainly did mine. Pinning my little heart out, I began to see patterns in what I liked, and that included modern brass fixtures. I'd never had such a thing (but I'd never had a full-scale kitchen reno, either; all my kitchens had ever seen were standard-issue stainless faucets). They were always fine and I never thought twice about them.

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