Stainless Steel - scratched

scoobysi

Hi

The draining board of our stainless steel sink is scratched where the dish drainer sits, does anybody have any tips for removing scratches from stainless steel?

Cheers
Si

Coolhandluke

I really depends on what type of finish you have.
If its highly polished you will struggle to get it to match and may be best to leave it.
If like mine its like a matt buffed finish then a soft nylon scouring pad should work.
You should maybe look at replacing the feet on your existing dishes drainer or getting one that has soft rubber feet.

Boatie_Bird

I'm well and truly in the doghouse at the moment.

DH was cleaning the kitchen at the weekend and had nearly finished when he had to go out.

I moaned that I wanted to start cooking dinner and he said 'there's only the hob left to do - you can do that'. Now, cleaning the hob is one of those jobs that DH takes it upon himself to do (not that I'm complaining!)

But as I wanted to start cooking I did it. And herein lies the problem...
I must admit that I wasn't paying full attention to what I was doing and was chatting to our 3yo at the same time. I accidently used the 'scourer' side of the sponge cleaner instead of the 'sponge' side.

Result? Lots of scratches in our nice stainless steel hob and one not very impressed (to say the least) DH.

Any ideas on how I can bring the shine back?
Surely there has to be something I can try?

Any help greatefully received.

Thanks
BB

Penelope_Penguin

I do hate to see a thread go un-answered, especially when someone asks nicely Googled it and found this. Not sure if it's any use, but best I could find.

Penny. x

JoeyEmma

I have succesully managed to scrub off the little symbols on my last two stainless steel gas hobs that I have. My boyfriend hates it as he never knows which knob turns on which ring!

xlt_hunter

Baby Oil - honest!

Brings out the shine, and hides the accident

Boatie_Bird

Penelope_Penguin wrote:

I do hate to see a thread go un-answered, especially when someone asks nicely Googled it and found this. Not sure if it's any use, but best I could find.

Penny. x

Thanks Penny, I've printed it off and will take it home to DH - maybe with a couple of bottles of nice beer too as an apology!

angchris

i`d second the baby oil tip, it wont get rid of the scratches as the damage is done but it will bring it up lovely:D

Boatie_Bird

I'll give the baby oil a go too. Maybe with a microfible cloth? I love the look of the stainless steel, we've got 2 cupboards fronts in stainless too, but after 3 years I'm getting a bit fed up of cleaning it...

J_ROBBO

Hello people,try using an E-Cloth not very cheap to buy but puts a loverly shine on all stainless steel items.Google it and see how many different products they have,like I said they are not cheap but are an excellent buy.

Tinbasher

Originally Posted by Penelope Penguin
I do hate to see a thread go un-answered, especially when someone asks nicely Googled it and found this. Not sure if it's any use, but best I could find.

Penny. x

Now, as the guy responsible for writing the aforementioned "this", I just thought I'd pop on to recommend reading the other two threads linked to in the post itself. They both talk about the same problem but in greater detail.

I also thought I'd mention that even we use baby oil at our sheet metal shop to get stainless steel surfaces nice and shiny. But do use something like a microfiber or lint-free cloth as you can pick up bits quite easily.

Happy buffing.