You might assume Bar Keepers Friend is one of those old-school household cleaners your grandma swore by—and still has stashed under her sink! But this powerhouse has been tackling tough messes like ...

Let’s be honest — keeping a home clean sometimes feels like trying to shovel snow in a blizzard. No matter how much you scrub, wipe and mutter under your breath, there’s always another mess waiting in ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Doing dishes is, objectively, the worst part of cooking, especially when you ...

Key Points Bar Keepers Friend, created in 1882, still uses its original abrasive and acid ingredients.The powdered or liquid product can be used to clean sinks, tubs, toilets, and appliances.Bar ...

For as long as cookware has been put on heat, the bottoms of pans have burned ... and cooks have struggled to clean them. Some use homemade cleaning solutions like baking soda and salt or vinegar and ...

My sheet pans are a sorry sight. I figured one of them was past the point of no return, but then I remembered I had one more trick up my sleeve: an inexpensive powder, what some might call "magic in a ...

Let’s be honest -- keeping a home clean sometimes feels like trying to shovel snow in a blizzard. No matter how much you scrub, wipe and mutter under your breath, there’s always another mess waiting ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

The Bear isn’t The Bear unless there’s some sort of fire—literal or metaphorical—that needs to be put out. If an arm isn’t going through a wall or there isn’t black mold raining from the ceiling, then ...

History: Cleaning powder Bar Keepers Friend was developed in Indianapolis in 1882 by chemist George William Hoffman after he observed his badly tarnished pot turn sparkling clean when he used it to ...

Let’s be honest — keeping a home clean sometimes feels like trying to shovel snow in a blizzard. No matter how much you scrub, wipe and mutter under your breath, there’s always another mess waiting in ...