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Post by atouchofglass on Mar 17, 2008 6:22:04 GMT 10
Greetings to all Along the line of the "cleaning aluminium" thread I was wondering has anyone out there cleaned up and polished their kitchen sinks? Hence the stainless steel thread. What equipment did you use and what polishing compound/compounds?  All help greatly appreciated ;D ;D Atog |
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Post by Franklin1 on Mar 17, 2008 20:13:11 GMT 10
Hi atog, I'm no expert so I just clean the kitchen sink down with a soapy steel wool pad. Cleans it but doesn't necessarily polish it. I reckon your toast would slip off it if it was too highly polished   and you know how your toast always lands buttered side down on the floor  However, it seems that someone else has asked your very same question on the yahoo forum... au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/frontend.php/question?qid=20080106225512AAlO7eFThe reference to "comet" is a powder bleach, so an Ajax-type product would substitute I guess. Other than these sorts of ideas, apparently electro-polishing is the way to get a mirror finish...but then there's that darn toast problem! Not much help, am I...? cheers, Al. |
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Post by minicamper on Mar 26, 2008 14:32:50 GMT 10
G'day ATOG,
Prepare to benefit from years of me having to clean and have cleaned, the stainless steel at various McDonald's..
Basically there are two approaches, depending on the condition of the steel. When it is newly installed, the commercial guys used an unknown cutting compound and attacked it with a full size car buffer (9" grinder type)
If it just needs maintenace, regular cleaning/cutting will bring it up nice n shiny. Domestically, go for Jif or Ajax. You can use the specific cleaners, but why pay more?
first clean the steel with a degreaser or detergent and rinse it off thoroughly with a good amoubt of hot water, allow it to dry or dry with paper towell (the cream stuff you see in public loos for hand towells, not the fancy absorbent kitchen stuff)
With a fairly damp cloth, not dripping, but fairly moist, apply some jif/ajax etc and get some elbow grease happening, this cuts the surface back. Make sure you follow the grain in the steel, allow it to dry to a white haze, then buff off with more paper towell.
Once its shiny, there are other courses of action to maintain areas not subjected to water (like sinks)
Cheers
Chris
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Post by atouchofglass on Mar 30, 2008 8:32:05 GMT 10
Greetings all Well the sink came up a treat... I decided to polish with Jiff and elbow gease as suggested by Minicamper and so my toast is still safe Franklin1 If I get all bored or energetic after finishing the van  HaaaHaaa Boy I crack myself up ;D ;D I'll go the whole hog and polish it till the toast just slips straight into the sink.... new diet? We'll see,... being a long way away time wise ... the toast will be safe for some time me thinks ;D Atog |
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and you know how your toast always lands buttered side down on the floor 
