Huh, never tried it. After buying all the cleaners and putting oils and stuff on there I finally just degreased it and use only soapy water and dry well
I'm as confused as ever. The HGTV shows all use SS. My problem is I like white. This ought to be the last time for us, so I want to get it right. No fad stuff. My other consideration is black. The kitchen is open to our livingroom. Always have had natural wood cabinents, but now I am thinking of painted ones. We will have a small pedestal table and for chairs for our dining area.
I just spent a bundle on all new appliances, SS. If I could do it again I would have bought white. Warm soapy dishrag was easy for my previous white appliances. And they didn't show nicks like the SS do.
x2 This is the second time I heard you mention white Larry savemoney go with your gut! BTW, white is still quite in style too Nobody will walk into your kitchen and notice white instead of stainless, but after the grandkids leave, fingerprints at their height IS noticable on the SS. JMHO
You have dings? I have an open floor plan with a huge bay window. So lots of light coming in and when they are clean you can see them shine. If you ding or dent them it would be very noticeable in my house.
They do make color appliances also but they look ultra modern, if my wife was daring I would have done red.
We do. The new double oven and dishwasher are fine except for 3 y/o height fingerprints, but the fridgerator went through construction last summer. Several nice dings and a scratch all the way across the front. They aren't in direct sun but its a very bright room, 16' windows on the south wall.
I'm not too concerned about it, considering the crazy things they had to do here to make the this crazy old house livable Besides, the lil ones finger and hand prints usually camoflage it
We have black now and I wanted to get black again, but wife wanted SS, so we ordered SS. My usual method of cleaning most things with prints, oil or grease is to put a few drops of paint thinner on a paper towel and wipe it off and follow up with a wet paper towel with windex on it. That's how I cleaned the top and sides of our glass top stove and it always came out spotless with no streaks.
Not sure if its just my brand and quality, the owners manual said there is a protective coating that will come off if you use non SS cleaners. That said, dear husband loves windex. Ironponys commericial items might be real stainless, but mine are all alloys, heard they can rust if protective coating is gone. I don't know for certain, sharing what I gathered.
Never been a big fan of protective coatings on anything, but I'll check the manual when I get it. Don't want some plastic crap peeling up on me.
Yes that's correct! Per GE: Stainless Steel is a slightly misleading name. A more accurate description would be Harder to Stain Steel. The largest single component of stainless steel is steel. Steel will rust. The chromium in stainless steel when exposed to oxygen in the atmosphere forms a thin invisible layer called chromium oxide. This invisible layer covering the entire surface gives stainless steel its ability to resist stains and rust. If this layer is damaged rust is formed on the surface at the point of that damage. The good news is, with a little cleaning and care the chromium oxide layer is self-healing. Avoid damaging the chromium oxide layer by avoiding the use of cleaners that contain chlorides (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.). Cleaners containing alcohol, ammonia or mineral spirits can also damage the protective layer. Do not use steel wool or steel brushes as minute particles of these carbon steel articles may adhere to the stainless and begin to rust. Avoid any caustic cleaners containing any of the above. If these compounds were to be used extreme care must be used to remove any and all traces of the cleaner as these chemicals damage the chromium oxide layer.
The one appliance coating that did fail on us was on the overhead microwave/range vent. I assume boiling something caused a chemical reaction and the stuff is slowly starting to come off. It's still stainless beneath and has a brighter finish. Lower grades of stainless will rust, but it's not anything that you wouldn't be able to buff out with some WD-40.... which brings me to useless knowledge of the day: WD-40 stands for water displacement 40th attempt - inventor's 40th attempt at perfecting his product
Most of our cabinets were installed today, we really like the rustic hickory. Counter tops are supposed to be installed next tuesday. Also ran the wire for the stove today. I'll run the wire for the dishwasher tomorrow. It'll be the only GFCI outlet in the kitchen. Code shmode, I only use them at the end of a circuit.
