My S/S kitchen sink is ruined!

Quasar

OK so it's my fault for being stupid/careless. :mad:

I used Harpic to clean a particularly stubborn stain on the kitchen tiling, and I smeared the sink with quite a bit of it while working. When I realised, I just wiped it off, but now the steel is all discoloured and looks REALLY HORRIBLE. :eek:

Have a go at me if you feel like it, as I fully deserve it, but can you also tell me if there is anything I can do to brighten up the steel again? Pleeeease?

ceebeeby

Quasar wrote:

OK so it's my fault for being stupid/careless. :mad:

I used Harpic to clean a particularly stubborn stain on the kitchen tiling, and I smeared the sink with quite a bit of it while working. When I realised, I just wiped it off, but now the steel is all discoloured and looks REALLY HORRIBLE. :eek:

Have a go at me if you feel like it, as I fully deserved it, but can you also tell me if there is anything I can do to brighten up the steel again?

Hi dopey!!

Right, in Asda they do a product called (hang on I'll go and have a look) Shiny sinks by homecare (it's in a blue plastic bottle, costs about £2). You rub this stuff on with kitchen roll, and rub it off the same - need to use a lot of elbow. Works amazingly well on the most wierdest of marks - and .... makes it lovely and shiny again!!

Good luck

Pink.

Quasar,

Thanks for posting this........I can't have a go at you because I have done exactly the same thing with harpic on my sink and it does look really horrible! I was thinking I'd have to replace the sink. Thanks for the sugestion ceebeeby, I'll pop into asda tomorrow.

Pink

Quasar

ceebeeby wrote:

Hi dopey!!

Right, in Asda they do a product called (hang on I'll go and have a look) Shiny sinks by homecare (it's in a blue plastic bottle, costs about £2). You rub this stuff on with kitchen roll, and rub it off the same - need to use a lot of elbow. Works amazingly well on the most wierdest of marks - and .... makes it lovely and shiny again!!

Good luck

Full of surprises our ceebeeby! (she knows what I mean, don't ya cb? )

hardpressed

Would it be worth making a claim on your house insurance?

Smiley_Mum

Here it is, around £1.50 for this



290ml bottle.

HLK

I use this too.. your sink will be like new. Just make sure it gets a good shake first as there can be quite a lot of settlement at the bottom of the bottle if it's been standing for a while. Us ehti on my S/S Cooker & Hood every ow and then to keep them looking nice.

Lara

hardpressed wrote:

Would it be worth making a claim on your house insurance?

My thoughts exactly! Worth a go isn't it???

I've got a stainless steel American f/f - E cloth not working so well now . I don't want to make it look worse but wondering if that stuff is any good for cleaning huge areas of s/s??

jobbingmusician

Another thing that's really brilliant is Barkeeper's Friend - DH introduced me to it. It used to be available only to people in the trade, but you can buy it in John Lewis and Waitrose (and maybe other places?) now - it cleans ANYTHING (well, more or less) and is brilliant for discoloured s/s, burnt saucepans etc £1.99 a pop last time I bought it.

Happychappy

£1.46 at Wilkinsons

jjuice

Shiny sinks is the best stuff ever for S/S and it smells absolutely Gooorgeous....or is that just me!

For other non-shiny metal that is tarnished try scotchbrite(?) from B & Q -comes in a sheet which can be cut up is a maroon/brownish colour. Can be used wet or dry.
I use it on the steel pan rests on my cooker and it brings them up like new - DO NOT USE ON SHINY METAL - AS IT WILL SCRATCH