How do I clean a stainless steel coffee pot ? I tried baking soda .

Try dishwasher liquid the powder kind and pour hot water in it

Vinegar and baking soda paste is what I use to clean my stove top to my stainless steel appliances and pots

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Hello. Have you tried bar keepers friend? I use this to clean my pots, pans, and sink. It works great!

Bar Keepers Friend, a powder cleanser, should work.

Is it an electric percolator? If so, for the inside I would use a commercial product per directions. On the outside, yep, Barkeepers friend is great - it doesn't scratch but also be sure you use a non-scratch "scrubby" or cloth and rinse well (but carefully), then dry. If it's a stove-top coffee pot, you can use Barkeepers friend to clean inside and outside. This product keeps my 48 year old stainless steel pots and pans (purchased in 1969) looking like new.

Vinegar....run a cycle with white vinegar .put a filter in....Then run a cycle with clear water and filter. Calcium in coffee maker should be gone and making coffee will be faster. You can wash carafe in dishwasher also

You can buy descaler for keurig style coffee makers it does have instructions on the container that you can follow losely

If it is the inside of the pot you want to clean (mine goes really black with coffee stain) do the following: fill with boiling water, add a dishwasher pad, leave overnight and rinse. No scrubbing required.

Okay, I misunderstood what kind of coffee maker you had. You said percolator, I was thinking of the kind of coffee pots that I remember being used as a kid, LOL! (I'm 66 so that's going back a ways). The reason your carafe doesn't look clean on the inside is because of mineral build-up from hard water. A commercial produce you can try is Brew Rite Coffee Maker Cleaner (you can get it Amazon) , you could also try a CLR product (that's the brand name). Since you tried vinegar and water and it didn't work, I would use the commercial cleaner. If you have been cleaning the carafe in a dishwasher, the glass may have been permanently etched and there is no way to improve how it looks, even though it is clean. You can try finding a new carafe that will fit your coffee maker. If you want to clean the inside of the coffee maker, run a mixture of water and vinegar through a coffee making cycle and then run clear water through a coffee making cycle - minus the coffee in both instances!

Marie from Canada's suggestion may work to remove the dark coffee stain then. As a default, try the barkeeper's friend, it won't scratch as long as you use a non-scratch scrubby. Be sure to rinse really well and dry. It might work - but if it doesn't, I don't think anything will remove the stain.

For inside the glass pot, use a denture tablet in water.

Add some white vinegar to the baking soda. Turn on pot or let the water boil. Leave for over an hour. clean with a scratch free Brillo pad.

You could try a denture tablet.

Hi Cheryl! You can try this one. Pour a teaspoon (5 ml) of liquid dish soap into the coffee pot. Fill the pot the rest of the way with hot water from the tap. Use a clean cloth or brush to scrub the inside and outside of the pot with the soapy water. Hope this helps!