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Bar Keepers Friend Cleanser & Polish Powder 340g $4.35 (Was $8.70) @ Woolworths

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This product by all reports does a pretty good job at removing soap scum from shower screens as well as stains on pots and pans.

Product details from Bunnings:
* Premium cleanser and polish that makes household surfaces shine like new again
* Non-bleach formula
* Removes rust, tarnish, hard water stains and lime scale

BAR KEEPERS FRIEND Cleanser & Polish is the multipurpose cleanser for chrome, stainless steel, porcelain, tile, ceramic and fiberglass surfaces among others.

BAR KEEPERS FRIEND is a gentle but effective formula works without chlorine bleach for everyday cleaning and removing tough stains, lime and hard water stains. BAR KEEPERS FRIEND can even remove rust and tarnish from copper and brass.

BKF is the premium household cleanser. With a non-bleach formula, it's recommended for cleaning stainless steel cookware and sinks, glass and ceramic cooktops, solid surface countertops, porcelain and acrylic bathtubs and more. It's the best top-selling cleanser for removing rust, tarnish, hard water stains and lime scale.

Home & Garden Bar Keepers Friend Cleaning Product

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Comments

  • Protractor on 24/04/2025 - 22:39
    +2

    Jif

    • SummerZero on 25/04/2025 - 05:20
      +1

      Cif

    • Dreamcast on 25/04/2025 - 06:08
      +3

      Gif

    • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 09:28
      +1

      Kif

    • bleeder on 25/04/2025 - 09:31

      This is the same as Jif? I love this stuff and there seemed to be a shortage of it, couldn't get it for a while. Are you saying I could have just gotten Jif? I've never tried Jif before…

      • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 09:36
        -1

        Sure, but….It depends on what you're cleaning and to what finish.If you need your ss pans to look like mirrors, then Jif aint for you. Personally, our cooking equipment is for cooking, not FIGJAMMING for visitors, so it just has to be clean. Not polished like a chrome dome.
        As somebody said ^ horses for courses.

        • bleeder on 25/04/2025 - 09:42
          +1

          Yeah I'm talking about pots and pans. Don't really care about getting it like a mirror, but my wife has a propensity for getting distracted while cooking and burning the shit out of food, this is the only stuff that will really get it off when you've burned on a layer of sauce or whatever.

          • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 09:58
            -1

            @bleeder: Ban the phone during cooking processes?
            (also watch the carbon intake)

            • bleeder on 25/04/2025 - 10:29
              +1

              @Protractor: It's not the phone that's the problem.

              You've just made me click though, I'm into Home Assistant at the moment, just ordered a CO2 sensor off Ali Express. I'm thinking I could do some sort of automation that actually turns off the stove automatically if the CO2 gets to a certain level. Set it really high, and if you do get any false positives it's not that bad, just turn it back on.

              • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 11:05

                @bleeder: Hook into a smoke alarm.That noise ought to end in a reset of the blackened pot scenario.

  • sorasora on 24/04/2025 - 22:49
    +27

    I used to work as a house cleaner, and this product is amazing for cleaning shower glass. No scrubbing needed.

    But when it comes to pots and pans, you still have to put in a lot of elbow grease. For those, I honestly think vinegar works way better.

    • Craze on 24/04/2025 - 23:37
      +1

      Thanks for the feedback. At this price worth picking one up to give it a go!

    • bleeder on 24/04/2025 - 23:46
      +9

      I've had phenomenal results with this on pots and pans, not sure I've tried plain vinegar though. On the contrary I only use plain vinegar for my shower glass and I've never tried this on it lol

    • neonlight on 25/04/2025 - 14:02

      How do you clean shower glass with this? I thought it's got too much acid ingredients

  • Kapinny on 24/04/2025 - 22:59
    +2

    Honestly this has saved my skin so many times, highly recommended

  • dealt on 24/04/2025 - 23:03
    -5

    Ah American! what's the tarrif on this one dude

    • jaycasanova on 25/04/2025 - 00:14
      -2

      This is a question for ABF. WW is paying the duty.

      • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 10:02
        +1

        LOL Australian Border Farce, another Scomo/Dutton brain fart.They let covid off a boat to run amok under Galdys dynasty.
        Then they cried, not our job.LOL.
        How's the protection of our northern coastline going. Indo fishers have pretty much "occupied the mangroves".Are there any crocus or trepang left in our waters?

        .

        • UncleRico on 25/04/2025 - 16:46

          So many genius’s in retrospect. Ever content to point the finger at the man in the arena…

          “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

          • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 18:18

            @UncleRico: "So many romantics ,ever rewriting history, enabling and apologising for the inept,the incompetent and the corrupt."

  • sunnyc on 24/04/2025 - 23:04

    So cheap

  • PCHammond on 24/04/2025 - 23:21
    +13

    This is citric acid.
    Very different to Jif (abrasive) or bicarb (base)

    Horses for courses.

    I personally like to use BKF to clean stainless steel

    • Makaroni on 24/04/2025 - 23:30
      +11

      Oxalic acid*

      • Hangryuman on 25/04/2025 - 11:06
        +1

        I think it may contain oxalic acid in the US but in Australia it's typically citric acid

        maybe something about one of those ingredients being illegal in that country

    • Tunblor on 24/04/2025 - 23:31
      +1

      It's Oxalic acid, not citric acid.

      • toasty on 24/04/2025 - 23:34
        +4

        Maybe, but definitely contains Citric Acid

        Product details

        Contains:Citric Acid

        Warning:Contains Citric Acid. Do not ingest, inhale or get in eyes.

        • Tunblor on 25/04/2025 - 01:46
          +3

          Weird, the rest of the product details mention rhubarb, which is where the founder discovered the cleaning ability of oxalic acid. The website (the Aussie one: https://www.barkeepersfriend.com.au/secret-ingredients) and Wikipedia wax lyrical about oxalic acid, and the safety data sheets only mention oxalic acid.

          A Reddit thread featuring a chemist writing about BKF features some Aussies chiming in about it saying Citric Acid, and others comment that while it may contain Citric acid, Oxalic Acid is the main active ingredient.

      • peteru on 25/04/2025 - 17:20

        It used to be oxalic acid and work really, really well. The Australian version has now been changed and no longer contains oxalic acid. It still works OK, but nowhere near as good as the original formula.

    • CocaKoala on 25/04/2025 - 09:26

      This is citric acid.
      Very different to Jif (abrasive) or bicarb (base)

      Lol. This item is both abrasive and corrosive. There are varying degrees of abrasion and corrosion, but it sure is both.

  • Tunblor on 24/04/2025 - 23:34
    +4

    Great at getting rust off stainless steel, and hard-water deposits.

    It does have abrasive in it, and will bleach some surfaces like wood.

    My primary use for it is cleaning ceramic sharpening stones and rods, though! Much cheaper than rust erasers. It works on my DMT diamond plates, but I worry that it can damage them (and other diamond sharpening surfaces)

    • Hangryuman on 25/04/2025 - 11:07

      'My primary use for it is cleaning ceramic sharpening stones and rods'

      interesting - I'll try that - thanks !

  • OzHan on 25/04/2025 - 00:35
    +4

    First time I saw this online years ago, I read it as ‘Bee Keeper’s Friend’ and was curious what it is actually used for.

  • Craze on 25/04/2025 - 00:47

    Hmm, surprisingly Amazon isn't price matching this…

    • bamzero on 25/04/2025 - 01:58
      +3

      That'd be because there is no listing from Amazon themselves.

      Interesting though is the little box that says

      "Not competitively priced

      Amazon strives to offer customers high quality pricing. We have recently seen better prices on Amazon or from other retailers for this product."

  • Whiplash on 25/04/2025 - 01:37
    +13

    BKF is oxalic acid.
    Please don't pay attention to "influenzers" that have flunked chemistry by suggesting to mix with bicarbonate of soda. Use one or the other.
    Jif has fine abrasive particles in it, ditto gumption.

    Different tools for different situations.

    Don't be like the acetate mumfluenzers with vinegar and bicarb "hacks."

    • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 09:37
      +1

      'effluencers'

    • Hangryuman on 25/04/2025 - 11:08
      +1

      read the above about oxalic acid being in the US version, not the Australia version

  • Tunblor on 25/04/2025 - 01:50
    +1

    BKF has feldspar abrasive particles too, forming the bulk of the powder; Oxalic Acid making up 7.5-9.5 % by weight of the mixture.

    https://www.barkeepersfriend.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/…

  • BargainSnatcher on 25/04/2025 - 03:37
    +1

    CLR can be used on shower screens and is very effective

  • jsvr on 25/04/2025 - 03:44

    The Coles branded limescale remover shower cleaner product used to be good until last year I think they changed the formula. I'm going to give this one a go

  • sp0rk on 25/04/2025 - 07:30
    +2

    Great stuff for repassivating stainless if it's got rust stains or it's been welded
    Just make a paste with water, rub it on and rinse off after 10 minutes
    I use it on my stainless homebrewing gear as needed

    • Hangryuman on 25/04/2025 - 11:12
      +1

      I think it's corrosive to unanodized aluminium so the instructions say to 'rinse thoroughly within a minute' - but I use it to remove scorch marks from the bottom of our aluminum frypan

  • Yola on 25/04/2025 - 07:48
    +5

    I have used all cleaning agents in this category Jif, gumption, ajax, the pink stuff etc. I have only recently tried this and beats all of these easily. I have used it on cleaning water marks off vases and steel undersides of pots that have had years of grime caked on. Just amazing.

  • sund00bie on 25/04/2025 - 08:09

    Gonna try this on my motorbike. It's started to get some oxidization on the Chrome parts so we'll see how this goes

    • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 10:12

      …fast machine….keep the motor clean….

    • sp0rk on 26/04/2025 - 16:41

      Just scrunch some aluminum foil into a ball and polish the chrome parts using some water as lubricant
      I've done this in the past when I've noticed rust starting to form on fork stanchions

  • Rojohe on 25/04/2025 - 10:16

    Is this fish tank safe? Recently bought a second hand fish tank and it has a lot of hard water stain.

    EDIT: Nevermind, will scratch glass and not animal safe

    • dlovep on 25/04/2025 - 11:37
      +1

      Yeah, heaps praise to use on cleaning glasses, LoL

    • bio on 25/04/2025 - 13:52

      A descaler should be able to dissolve calcium deposits (i.e. hard water stain).

    • whatboutbob on 25/04/2025 - 17:20

      I use it to clean my aquarium lids. Works a treat.

  • 87percent on 25/04/2025 - 12:34

    What is recommended to clean stainless steel cooktop??

    • Sqz66 on 25/04/2025 - 21:50
      +1

      This. Works amazing for cleaning stainless steel

  • Donmega123 on 25/04/2025 - 13:53

    It's good for expensive stainless steel, keep out of reach of the kids

  • Melburnian on 25/04/2025 - 16:59

    Great for getting cutlery deposits off crockery (such as spoon trails off cereal bowls) but does still require some elbow grease.

    • Protractor on 25/04/2025 - 18:20
      +2

      You must eat like Tom Gleeson quizzes

  • ps3udo on 25/04/2025 - 21:54

    Can I use this on the outside of my coffee machine?
    No matter how well I wipe I can't get it's shine back.

    • peteru on 26/04/2025 - 14:10
      +1

      Yep, perfect for that.

    • CocaKoala on 26/04/2025 - 22:23
      +1

      I would suggest you test it first because it's an abrasive and could scratch certain surfaces.

  • mrdean on 26/04/2025 - 16:47

    Woolies have probably put it on special just before a price rise is due.

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