marks on ironstone dishes

silver-colored

I had the same problem and was able to remove the marks by scrubbing with Barkeeper's Friend and a sponge. Barkeeper's friend is a cleanser sold alongside Bon Ami, etc. It won't scratch and is very good for cleaning stainless steel cookware.

These are caused by the silverware/flatware we eat with. I get them on my ironstone dishes too. The advice of using Bon Ami is good, Bar Keepers Friend also works well. I wrote to Pfaltzgraff about it on my dishes and they sent me an order form for their expensive ironstone cleaner, sort of a soft scrub like cleaner. It works no better than the much more reasonably priced cleansers. I don't use regular cleansers with bleach in them though. I love Bar Keepers Friend. It has a gold container. For the price we pay for these ironstone dishes this should not be a problem.

Hope this helps. Jan

Thanks to both of you for your advice! I'm going to buy the Bar Keeper's friend product asap. The BonAmi definitely did not work, so I hope this does. Sis