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Default Cleaning Stainless Steel


"~patches~" > wrote in message
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> Puester wrote:
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>> Boron Elgar wrote:
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>>> On 19 Jan 2006 21:34:24 +0100, Wayne Boatwright
>>> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>> 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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>>>
>>>
>>> If the day ever comes that I make it a practice to polish my kitchen
>>> sink to a high luster, please shoot me. Then put a stake through my
>>> heart to make sure I am dead.
>>>
>>> Boron

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>> I was thinking pretty much the same thing.
>>
>> "Stainless shows spots." So what??? Clean doesn't have to mean
>> spotless, literally.
>>
>> People who need to polish the kitchen sink have WAY too much time on
>> their hands.
>>
>> To paraphrase one of our luminaries, "You gonna polish, or cook?"
>>
>> gloria p

>
> Now come on, those sinks must be shiny clean all the time irregardless
> of your other kitchen activities! This goal is a little more
> difficult for those of us with garbage disposals in one sink *but* it
> can be done. While the food is cooking, you polish That being
> said, I love ss and am considering doing the countertops in ss to
> complement the kitchen. The lighting fixtures and canning rack are ss
> so ss countertops would look really nice. I'm just not sure how much
> work they would be and we did pass up on ss appliances - if anyone
> missed we have been replacing them with only the fridge left to
> replace - simply because of the fingerprint problems.


I won't have ss but I do have brushed ss. It is easy and looks good