[Make it shiny with baking soda] How to cleanly remove soot from a bonfire

Remove soot stains with baking soda

The best part of camping is the bonfire.

However, cooking over the flames of a bonfire will leave soot on the cooker and mug. This usually does not remove soot stains even when washed with dish detergent.

We’ll show you how to use baking soda to remove soot stains from a bonfire.

Soot-stained cooker and mug

This time, we will clean the cooker and mug.

This is a cooker dirty with soot

This is a mug stained with soot.

What you need for soot cleaning

The tools needed to remove soot stains using baking soda are as follows:

• baking soda
• sponge
• Container for hot water

baking soda

As long as it’s baking soda, the manufacturer doesn’t matter. I always use here. It’s large-capacity, inexpensive, and can be purchased at any drugstore in Japan.

Sponge

The manufacturer of the sponge does not matter. However, if you are concerned about scratches on your mug from scratching, it is best to use a fine-mesh sponge.

Container for hot water

Prepare a container that can hold hot water. Choose a capacity that allows you to soak the cooking utensils you want to remove soot stains in hot water.

Practice cleaning soot stains!

Now let’s clean the soot stains. The steps are as follows:

1. Put the cooker and mug in the container
2. Pour boiled water into a container and add baking soda (stir moderately).
3. Wait for the temperature to drop to the point where you can touch the hot water, then rub it with a sponge.

Soak the cooker and mug in a container of hot water, wait until the temperature has cooled enough to touch the water, and then rub them with a sponge.

Results

After cleaning with baking soda, it became much cleaner.

Before and after cleaning the cooker

before	after

Before and after washing the mug

before	after

By cleaning with baking soda, the soot is completely removed.

You can use baking soda to remove soot stains from a bonfire!

Baking soda can also be used for cooking, so it’s very safe to use it for cleaning cookers, mugs, and other items that you actually touch or put food on.

It has a certain cleaning power to remove soot, so please give it a try.