Cleaning Stainless Steel????

wishingonastar_3

rub with a tea bag(damp, used ones work well) and polish with a soft cloth. done this for years.

lynsiloo

thank you for all those tips, will try out each one and let you know!!

beckyw_2

I use olive oil rather than baby oil as it is next to my cooker. It works fine

annie-c

wishingonastar wrote:

rub with a tea bag(damp, used ones work well) and polish with a soft cloth. done this for years.

That sounds brill! How on earth does that work??!! :T

squeaky

annie-c wrote:

That sounds brill! How on earth does that work??!! :T

I suspect that it's the tannic acid that does the degreasing and cleaning.

http://www.reference.com/browse/columbia/tannin-t

annie-c

Thanks Squeaky - I'll say it again - I just love this site!

I'll now make a note to add teabags to my new cleaning supplies... along with the vinegar and bicarb!!!

Lara

wishingonastar wrote:

rub with a tea bag(damp, used ones work well) and polish with a soft cloth. done this for years.

Whoops just tried this and tea bag split!!

Haven't tried baby oil because I have a dog and her hairs would just stick to the f/f I fear:eek: ! Perhaps I'd better try the vinegar one cos there's a helluva lot of s/s to clean .

janjan

I have a stainless steel kettle which gets splatted with cooking oil etc and gets very dirty would al these ideas work on that too? I tried to do it a scourer and it scratched it! I want it to look like it did when my DD and DH bought it for me!
Any ideas welcome!

Smag

I have a stainless steel cooker and clean it regularly but just where the vents are for the oven I am getting a slightly tarnished appearance. It won't come off with good old fashioned elbow grease and I don't want to use an abrasive on it.
Any advice would be great!

squeaky

There are several tips on cleaning stainless steel items in the Cleaning section of the MEGA Index sticky at the top of Old Style