Flash wipes caused rust on my stainless steel splashback

prettypennies

Hello peeps.

The other day, I cleaned my brushed stainless steel splashback with flash wipes (knew it was a stupid thing to do whilst I was doing it but hey ho) now there are little rust dots all over it.
Can I get it off somehow - I have bicarb, bar keepers friend and baby oil kicking around if any of these will be of use

The_Plush_Doormat

I would be tempted to try WD40 as it is liquid, and will not scratch the stainless steel. Both bicarb and barkeepers are scratchy (technical term).

maryb

Autosol chrome polish for cars is brilliant on stainless splashbacks (but hard work for a big area)

Francesanne

prettypennies wrote: »

Hello peeps.

The other day, I cleaned my brushed stainless steel splashback with flash wipes (knew it was a stupid thing to do whilst I was doing it but hey ho) now there are little rust dots all over it.
Can I get it off somehow - I have bicarb, bar keepers friend and baby oil kicking around if any of these will be of use

Whatever you do, I wouldn't use Bar Keepers friend on stainless steel. I'd got some driend porridge on my stainless hob and couldn't shift it and being a real bright spark used Bar Keepers friend without reading the instructions and whilst it removed porridge it also made a horrible dull mark on stainless steel, went it into panic mode because it's still fairly new but hubby came to rescue and used metal polish to polish out mark. It can still be seen in certain light but have learnt lesson. I use CIF Stainless Steel for cleaning stainless steel and I think it's brilliant. Following instructions and you can't go wrong.

PollyFlinders_3

I have removed rust marks from my stainless steel sink using the Magic Erasers made by JML that they used to sell in Woolies. Think ASDA sell them now. You just wet the eraser and rub - no chemicals needed.

Skippy4u

prettypennies wrote: »

Hello peeps.

The other day, I cleaned my brushed stainless steel splashback with flash wipes (knew it was a stupid thing to do whilst I was doing it but hey ho) now there are little rust dots all over it.
Can I get it off somehow - I have bicarb, bar keepers friend and baby oil kicking around if any of these will be of use

Just a word of warning I once used a weak solution of bleach on a S/S sink top, it had this rusty look to it also, we have used stainless steel cleaner, most of it has now gone.

Normally, stainless steel does not corrode uniformly as do ordinary carbon and alloy steels. However, with some chemicals, notably acids, the passive layer may be attacked uniformly depending on concentration and temperature and the metal loss is distributed over the entire surface of the steel.acid at some concentrations are particular aggressive towards stainless steel.

Hope this helps.