Carafes look brand new!
Edit:  I cleaned them again after a few months of not doing it and took pics this time!  I put a clean one and dirty one side by side.  I used a magic eraser to clean the outside.<br /><br />I wish I had taken before and after pictures.  I work in an office with a very large coffee maker with 3 carafes.  Everyone seemed just fine with them being black...no exaggeration...disgusting and black.  I don't drink coffee but I couldn't stand looking at them anymore so I decided to fix it.  I wish I had paid attention to the instructions better, I thought there was no way I wouldn't need more of this solution and hot water to soak it so that's what I did with the first 2.  I wasted so much of this solution, and I realized that when I cleaned the 3rd ands barely used any solution and let it sit, swished it around, then scrubbed it all without water and it looked like new!  That was the dirtiest one!<br /><br />My coworkers all said they thought someone had replaced them, and that the coffee actually tasted better without all the black gunk!
Rating: 5 stars