Stainless Steel Sink

[Fred Page]

I've badly stained a stainless steel sink by using Domestos toilet cleaner (in error) and am wondering how to recover the original polish? Anybody any ideas?
Fred.

 

[Jacob]

Ordinary (Domestos) chlorine bleach does ours OK. Also removes stains from SS tea sets etc but it can damage low grade SS by attacking impurities - leading to leaking teapots.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Some kind of rubbing compound?

 

[Deejay]

Morning Fred

Tried Brasso?

Cheers

Dave

 

[Racers]

My wife did that to our sink so I spent a couple of hours with a scotch brite pad.

Bleach isn't recommended for SS it says so on the label.

Pete

 

[bugbear]

As most males know, the only "real" stainless steel is the stuff used in public trough-style urinals. But it's not shiny.

The shiny stuff, ironically, isn't as immune to corrosion, but is deemed domestically more acceptable.

My company had a darkroom (nasty chemicals) which had a truly stainless sink, which wasn't shiny, but we skimped
and put a domestic SS draining board in the room too. It was nicely red/brown in a fortnight.

Bugbear

 

[rileytoolworks]

Get some 'bar keepers friend' from the supermarket. (in the cleaning aisle).
Works a treat for bringing stainless back to life.

All the best.
Adam.

 

[Fred Page]

Thanks to those all above - I tried all recommendations and am happy to report complete success.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Thanks to those all above - I tried all recommendations and am happy to report complete success.

Very happy for you, but

WHICH ONE WORKED?