How do I get the greasy feeling off my steak knives?

[Alunny]

I've tried boiling water, vinegar....scrubbing. They always feel like they have a film of grease on them even though it can't be seen. Sometimes regular washing feels like it makes a difference but generally speaking it doesn't.

I really don't want to do anything labour intensive. I'd rather dip/soak and then just wash like normal

 

[GadgetGuy]

Regular dishwashing liquid won't do it for you? First time that I heard of this!

 

[Alunny]

No it doesn't! And I use pretty damn close to boiling water to do my dishes.

I'm also a messy eater who goes from knives and forks to hands and back again (specially with bones)

 

[GadgetGuy]

That could be the problem right there. I very perplexed about this. I've NEVER had that problem before.

 

[Sweetkymom]

All I can say is Dawn original
Dish liquid. The best ever! Never no complaints on my end.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I use that also! Got a big giant economy-size bottle of it from BJ's!!

 

[Jade]

I've never heard of this either. I think it would be best to try new soap on your regular knives or your current soap on new knives to know where the problem is coming from. I think I've had the same problem for some of my pots and pans, but nothing too severe as my soap works fairly well.

 

[JoshPosh]

You need to boil your knives in the hottest boiling water possible. If that doesn't work then it might just be you.

 

[xTinx]

Try using baking soda if your regular dish washing paste fails at doing a good grease-stripping job. With one swipe, you'll find the greasy part starting to disintegrate. Just use the regular dish washing paste instead of liquid.

 

[DancingLady]

What kind of dish washing soap are you using? I use Palm Olive and it works a lot better than the 7th Generation I was using before. My roomie had us switch because she was convinced that things were never all the way clean with the 7th Gen no matter how much she used.

 

[OhioTom76]

You could always try the concentrated detergent and just don't dilute it as much - honestly Dawn pretty much strips grease off of everything. I mean, they use it to clean up the animals after oil spills, I can't imagine it not working to take some grease off of your knives. The other thing I was going to suggest would be the cleaning strength vinegar, it's in a stronger dilution not meant for human consumption. I use it all the time to clean the tea stains off of my iced tea maker and it works like a charm, and takes off residue that even my detergent won't get off.

 

[Alunny]

I use Earth dish soap because it's better for the earth than the others. Never heard of cleaning strength vinegar, that sounds exciting! I will have to look into that, there's a cleaning supply shop near me too so shouldn't be too hard to find .