How to get tea stains out of white mugs?

I've just moved into a very hard water area and my mugs are really suffering. I used to find soaking them in hot water with bicarbonate of soda cleaned them up perfectly, but it's not doing the trick now and no matter how hard I scrub they remain brown!

Answers:
Try rubbing the baking soda directly on the stain. Put it on a damp cloth, apply elbow grease and it should take the stains off. If that doesn't work, you can fill the cup with water and add a teaspoon full of bleach. But that can be hard on fine china. You could also try Fantastic or some of the spot removers. They're pretty powerful.
dishwasher
Denture tablets.
Bleach
BLEACH!! That's what i use.
steradent tablets
Try Soft Scrub with Bleach. It is awsome! It won't scratch your mugs but will clean the tea out. I drink alot of tea and that's how I keep stains under control.
Put some detergent (soap powder) in the cup with hot water and soak for a couple of hours, or diluted bleach. Rinse well with hot water.
Leave bleach in them for a few hours, but be sure to remember its bleach and keep it out of reach!
Use a little bit of bleach but be sure to wash well afterwards it works for me
Soak them in bleach (watered down) in the sink. Works like a charm
Leaving them to soak in very hot water before you wash them usualy helps.

If you use a dishwasher always give them a quick rinse before you put them in.

If you get it gets too bad leave them in bleach over night and the wash them up in the morning to get rid of the bleach.

Hard water is a curse.
Bleach a little per cup and hot water let soak use a toothbrush to clean. Rinse with hot water and let sit. Rinse until bleach smell is gone. Than let it air dry.
depending on what u use but bleach gets tea stains out
RUB WITH SALT OR DAMP SAND
white vinegar,let them soak in vinegar if this dont quite get it add a little baking soda.
LEMON JUICE
CLR; that is the name of it! It is abbreviated like that! It is specially designed to get out hard water stains! It will work on the coffee cups! Hope this helps!
soak in hot water an sugar with a little bit of washing powder then use a bottle brush 2 get the stubbon bits
if there good china cups i put salt in the end and rub with your hands but if there mugs bleach and water let them soak and throw in the spoons for extra sparkle as well works a treat just a drop now
Neat bleach.
I find a paste of salt and vinegar works wonders used with a sponge scourer
bleach and soft sponge. Tea stains will disappear right away
Scrub them with salt & wash well afterwards. Always works!
This definately works! Put a teaspoon size drop of bleach and fill cup with boiling water leave to soak over night. In morning washabout 3 times in washing up liquid and hey preso like new!
you know one of those square sponge cleaners with a scourer on one side, I find they work, or jiff or domestos
Buy a simple and in expensive piece of equipment called a scale wizard.it costs about £90 but it saves your cups, toilets, sinks, bowls, kettles, irons and washing machines!

Simple to install, and simple to use.once it is installed you foget about it and let it do it's magic.
SOAK IN COLD WATER AND BLEACH THEN WASH AS USUAL
dont use bleech. ewwww. i scrub loads wiv the rough side of sponge not thr soft.it works perfect for me. a lil effort is needed if u want them sparkling.
bleach but make sure rinse them thoroughly
Milton....fandabbydozey.

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