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Wayne Boatwright
 
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Default Cleaning Stainless Steel

On Thu 19 Jan 2006 01:23:46p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it LewZephyr?

> On 14 Jan 2006 18:01:40 -0800, I needed a babel fish to understand
> "aem" > :
>>I don't get it. If you've cleaned the sink (and other appliances) with
>>soap, why dirty it with oil? That'll just fight the soap action next
>>time you use it to wash a dish. What are you guys using the oil for?
>>What could harm stainless steel that the oil will protect it from? Or
>>do you just like the shine it gives? -aem

>
> I was thinking the exact same thing.... why on earth would you oil
> your SS sink? much less any other SS surface.


A friend tole me years ago that she always rubbed a light coating of mineral
oil on her kitchen sink after thoroughly cleaning. It was rubbed to a lustre
with very little trace of oil left. Apparently, it prevented water spotting.

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