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rust spots in sink

mandy_moo_1
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Help! it looks like i've got rust spots in my stainless steel kitchen sink :mad:
I sprayed some bleach round it last night before i went to bed and when i went to it this morning, there are little rusty spots all over it!

Thing is,my house is rented and the landlord only fitted the new sink a couple of mths ago and i want it looking all sparkly clean again!

I tried spraying more bleach on and then rubbing them with one of those sponge scourers but it didn't work, so if anyone's got any good ideas please .....

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  • Rachie_B
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    brillo ( well tesco value version lol) works for me :)
  • heatherw_01
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    I use astonish paste and it takes the rust off in seconds
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  • mandy_moo_1
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    Rachie_B wrote:
    brillo ( well tesco value version lol) works for me :)
    Oh i've got some of those somewhere under the sink...i'll give them a go and see if it works...thanks rach
  • Rachie_B
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    did it come off mandy ? :)
  • mandy_moo_1
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    Sorry avn't been on ere since yesterday mornin...yeh most of it came off but i can still see it faintly, but then i'm fussy!! i didn't think bleach would've rusted an stainless steel sink...thought they were s'posed to be rust proof!!:rolleyes:
  • Nile
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    mandy_moo_1 wrote:
    Sorry avn't been on ere since yesterday mornin...yeh most of it came off but i can still see it faintly, but then i'm fussy!! i didn't think bleach would've rusted an stainless steel sink...thought they were s'posed to be rust proof!!:rolleyes:

    Hello mandy_moo_1

    If you have a magnet, put it on your sink to test. Compare the magnet on your sink and then the magnet on the head of a hammer (which should be strongly magnetic) to see the difference is magnetic pull.;)

    If the sink is magnetic then you have a low grade stainless steel. There are ferritic or martensitic or austenitic stainless steels............and many grades of stainless steels.

    Your cutlery should be a good grade (austenitic) stainless steel and won't be magnetic so try your magnet on a fork for comparison.;)

    If your sink is strongly magnetic or even slightly magnetic, it will have a higher concentration of Iron in the stainless steel............hence the rust spots.

    I've just tried a magnet on my stainless steel sink and it is not magnetic............and it's never rusted either.:D

    Happy testing

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  • Dr.Lou
    Dr.Lou Posts: 266 Forumite
    Try a little bit of Bar Keepers Friend powder. I reckon that should get the rust out.
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