How do you remove set in stains from plastic bowls?

Question

have spaghetti stains and such in some of my plastic bowls... any tips on how to remove them?

Answer 1

add some bicarborated soda to hot soapy water and scrub, rinse well

Answer 2

Don't throw them away, just put regular dish washing liquid in the sink, boil the kettle and put at least 2 kettle fulls of boiling water, and a little cold water, make sure you wear gloves because the water will be extremely hot and then just wash as usual - I'm in an italian family and we always have pasta and always have left overs so we stick them in that and thats how I clean them and they come up pretty clean, the water just needs to be really hot to get the stains off - If there still on there let them soak in the hot water for a little while to loosen the stains on it

Answer 3

I hate when this happens, im sorry but i havent heard of any way to remove the stains, I reccommend that you just buy new ones because germs and bacteria get stucked inside the cracks where the coloring of the food is.

Answer 4

This isn't a "how to remove" the stains, but a how to prevent them.

Before you put any tomato based sauce into plastic bowls, spray them with a cooking spray like Pam.  The Pam will coat the plastic and not allow the sauce to stain.  We do this all the time after spending $$ replacing bowls.

If the stains are on bowls that you eat from...let them soak in very hot/very soapy water, then apply a little elbow grease and scrub.