New stainless steel sink and the iron in our well water stained it and nothing works! Will this help? We've tried Limeaway and a few others.
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I have iron well water too. Don't know about this stuff but I can tell you that Zud cleanser is your best and probably only friend for this problem.
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It does take out rust. Use gloves and scrub hard. Use it all the time on my stainless sink.
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I used it on my corian sink. I would think that it would work on stainless too but I don't know for sure. Worth a try?
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Just wiping it out with dish soap and water. To shine I use a little olive oil. Love this sink. I will never go back to stainless.
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I don't have an answer but you could try using a cleaner such as comet, A=Jack maybe that would help also put in your sink while you scrub or even try brillo scrub and rinse and try again
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Could be mineral buildup. It happened to mine along the seams at the bottom, but it took took two years rather than two months for it to happen. You might have particularly hard water. We have one of those filters at the sink, so the water is less mineral laden. You'll have to get a cleaning kit from Simplex since just about every other product on the market messes with the tin. I wasn't happy about paying an additional $40, but Simplex customer service told me I'd get more than 20 cleanses out of it. And it worked like a charm.
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I googled cleaning for stainless steel, Martha Stewarts page says to clean it with soap water do not soak. Then use white vinegar on the stains that won't come off with soap and water. I tried it and it works fine. Then I rewashed cause I don't like the smell of vinegar!
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Discoloration galore on the nero sink. I have tried every single product suggested by bloggers and Swanstone to no avail. And we don't have hard water. Don't buy if you will be unhappy with a perennially white-hazed sink.
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My white sink doesn't show any stains. It's gorgeous! Get the stainless bottom grids and that will help keep it looking new. I love the low middle divider - it makes washing large pans very easy. I'd buy it again! Hope that helps.
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I use barkeeper's friend on all the stainless steel in my kitchen. It's the only thing I've found so far that makes things look like new and doesn't leave streaks. It's great for sinks and pans, but kind of a pain to use on stoves, fridges, dishwashers since it's a powder that you have to wet, then rub all over, then rinse off. I just get it at the grocery store. It comes in a tube container like comet.
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My granite sink is still fairly new, so the stains I have had were not very challenging. The product did remove them, but overall I do not consider this a particularly powerful cleaning agent. You may need to add another cleanser.
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Sounds like hard water and soap scum. My wife wipes down our sink once a week with baby oil and it keeps a beautiful sheen. Just a very light coat will work and it will continue to look brand new.
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We have a water softner due to hard water with iron. There are no hard water spots, but there is some scratching and dulling of finish. Overall pleased with sink. Love the wide sink. We use a plastic dish pan to wash most items, but have the wide sink for large items.
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I tried these instructions I found online and it worked for me:-Fill iron with water to max indicator-Turn iron on to heat level 7-Let heat up for 3 minutes-Unplug iron-Over a sink hold the iron horizontally.-Twist the steam dial to clean clockwise (I didn't know it could go back further, it has some sort of spring so you have to hold it)-Carefully hold as it spits out all of the steam and water.-Plug in for two minutes to dry iron.Indicator should clear!
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Hi, I think I've used the stopper once or twice since I've had my sink, and when I did use it I never saw any rust at all. The only time I had to deal with a rust issue was when I was cleaning a pan with an SOS pad. I got a tiny bit of metal under one of the feet of the rack that sits in the sink. Stainless steel is very resilient and if you care for it properly it will look good and won't rust. I cleaned the tiny tiny spot of rust with a dab of Barkeepers Helper. I swear by that stuff. Also stay away from egg white on stainless. It doesn't hurt a cooktop because the heat fixes that, but I dropped a spot the size of a dime on my sink. I didn't realize it was the egg white until I tried to clean it after breakfast. When I got the rust stain, and managed to fix that with Barkeepers Helper, I thought I might as well try it on the egg white stain. To my surprise and great happiness it has taken away the spot!! Warning, be careful how much you rub and how hard. Be gentle or you'll leave a tell tail spot where you've been working. Just gently, with a wet micro cloth, put a little water and a little BH on the cloth and work on the spot. Then when you've done, rinse off the area you are focusing on and then rinse out the cloth and wipe down the whole area. You can do this to water spots also. I have very hard water in my area and I manage to get drips down the front of the sink and on my refrigerator, which is stainless. Stainless steel is beautiful, but it does take some care. I hope I haven't bored you will my information, but I like my new kitchen to look like it did when it was installed a year and a half ago, and it does.
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Did you use a cooking spray on it before you used it. That's not good. It can cause stains that are very difficult to remove and clean. A scouring pad should do the job with some soap. Barkeep's Friend should certainly help. If all fails use an SOS pad.
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I am currently trying bleach and water. I have had this for a very long time and the bottle has become dingy. Looks like maybe mold. So I bought the newer version but the bottle leaks so we use it outside. Hope the bleach works to remove the brown dingy stuff from the inside.
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I've had a similar experience. I suspect it has to do with minerals in the water. Assuming it comes from your tap water, it should be safe. If you really think this a problem then you could try using distilled water. I'm not a chemist, but the heating surface appears to be Teflon or something similar. So I typically remove the discoloration with mild soap and water, the sooner after it's cooled enough the better, or with some vinegar. As for safe, I use my regularly and have had no problems.
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Not sure as I don't have it any more but I thought I'd chime in that you can clean up the old marks. There may be some plumbers putty and dirt but a scotch pad, water, and scrubbing bubbles extend a clean should do. A scotch pad may hurt some delicate counters so you can substitute a rag and elbow grease. The holes will line up in 1 3/8" standard 4" on center counter/sink.