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Anti-pattern guide
People under-rate mechanical action. Even mild abrasives can create micro-scratches that show as haze—especially on glossy plastics, coated glass, and polished metal.
Abrasion removes soil and finish at the same time when pressure and particle size stack.
Use non-scratch tools, test patches, and chemistry matched to soil type.
Why baking soda scratches certain surfaces is for readers trying to understand how cleaning methods, surface risks, and contamination types connect in a structured way.
No. Why baking soda scratches certain surfaces is a higher-level guide. Specific method, surface, and problem pages provide more targeted guidance when a relationship is known.
This guide connects to problems such as stuck-on residue, based on the authority graph and guide taxonomy.
Structured guidance reduces the chance of treating the wrong problem, using the wrong method, or damaging the surface while trying to improve it.
The guide explains a mismatch between what people reach for and what the contamination and surface actually need. Fixing the label story without fixing the problem definition keeps failure visible.
Only when labels explicitly allow it. Otherwise you risk fumes, neutralized chemistry, or residue that reads as a new stain. Finish one lane, rinse, then reassess.