Cleaning steel kitchen appliances

innovate

agree with meadowcat, e-cloths with not a bit of any chemicals/potions but just plain water are wonderful for stainless steel (and lots of other things around the house and car)

ronaldmacdonald

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between an "e-cloth" and a normal microfibre cloth from poundland? Are they impregnated with some sort of cleaning solution?

innovate

Don't think there's any impregnations in any microfibre cloths - the difference is just in the fibre density. I found that the cheapohs don't clean as efficiently as the e-cloths, and also they disintegrate after a short while if you use them all the time. e-cloths on the other hand seem to be indistructable - the manufacturer says you can wash them 300 times, and my experience is that this is probably conservative.

In other words, e-cloths are

• probably cheaper than the cheapohs because they last longer
• better cleaners than the cheapohs

If you don't mind using more elbow grease and replacing your cloths frequently, by all means go for the poundshop ones.

dooj

I use hot soapy water to clean areas then wipe dry with kitchen roll, then buff to shine with baby oil and kitchen roll, works a treat. Use baby oil sparingly rub on with kitchen roll then rub off with new piece of kitchen roll.
easy....... no chemical and no fancy cloths.

monkeyspanner

Have been told WD40 also works on stainless steel.

Country_Bumpkin_5

Pete.g wrote:

Hi,

We have just had a new kitchen fitted and have gone for the brushed steel affect appliances ie cooker/hob/extracor although it does look great it does show up fingerprints/grease and dirty very easily. I'm unsure what to clean them with as I dont want to put any chemicals on them and make a mess. Are there any special cleaning products that can be bought or is it a case of warm water?

Thanks,

Pete.

All I do with my new brushed steel appliances is buff them with a slightly damp (ie just used for drying up) tea towel in the same direction of the brushed steel. Hope this helps. By the way, how about stainless steel sinks - does anyone know if you can put dilute bleach in them or will it dull them?