Cleaning the stainless on your pit

[kcpellethead]

Hey folks,

I've heard to use Pledge on the stainless steel on my Geer pit. Actually, I was told by Jamie Geer to do this. Isn't cleaning/polishing stainless steel all about the oil in the product anyway, so whether it's stainless polish or Pledge, I would think you would end up with the same results. I use stainless cleaner on the FE's with great results. What are your thoughts?

 

[Kevin]

Rod,
Limited experience here with cookers, but lots of time with stainless. I use an areosol stainless cleaner for my grill. In industrial use I used a chrome cleaner intended for cleaning extrusion dies. The important factor in cleaning stainless is non abrasive. I used to ride a custom chopped motorcycle a lot and we used the industrial chrome cleaner for both chrome and stainless steel parts. I'll dig around out in the garage tonight and see if I still have a bottle. The large hard chromed parts we used were plated by a firm in McPhearson Kansas (spelling?) and the chrome cleaner we used was purchased from them.

 

[kcpellethead]

Wow, too cool. I should have no problem find that since I'm right in in Dorothy's backyard. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need a chrome cleaner to clean the stack anyway. Thnx!

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Did my post get deleted? I wrote a paragragh like 2 hours ago on this thread

 

[qman]

Kevin is right, non-abrasive is the most important part. Second is a product that will not leave a residue that smears, or bakes on if parts get hot.

Shelia-Shine is the industry standard. Available in aresol and bulk, it will do the job. There are lots of other brand names out there that work, too.

 

[BBQchef33]

Nothing got deleted I know of.


I use the same chrome cleaner i used on my bike. Also, (on brushed stainless) I have been know to use blue coral or fine(white) compound to get stuff off like tree sap. But for general cleaning, first i use the grill cleaner home depot stocks. Stuff works great on grease. Spray it on, then wipe it off and grease is gone, then hit it with the chrome cleaner.

AND.. a machinist buddy of mine gets me these abrasive pads for stainless steel. Somewhat like the stuff on the back of a kitchen sponge. Comes in various levels of abrasiveness 0000 thru 000000. Theywork great if you get a scratch... a littl oil and some soft rubbing with the grain and it removes the scratches. I will find what the stuff is called.

 

[nmayeux]

We have the very mild scotch-brite pads at work that do a great job on light stainless blemishes. However, I use chrome cleaner on both my bike and grill. On a different note, I have also used SemiChrome aluminum polish (Great on primary and trans cases) to due to it really mild abrasives.

 

[Yakfishingfool]

Stop at your honda bike dealer and ask for the spray cleaner. Works great. Also used to work at McD's and we used to babble the SS walk-in cooler with soda water. Took for ever, hence the "babbling"

 

[Sawdustguy]

Great suggestions. We have a Viking stainless steel range in the kitchen and have not been successful in finding a good SS cleaner to date. I will try some of these.

 

[Bigdog]

Did my post get deleted? I wrote a paragragh like 2 hours ago on this thread

Moderator must have thought that you were polishing something else. :shock:

 

[rbinms33]

AND.. a machinist buddy of mine gets me these abrasive pads for stainless steel. Somewhat like the stuff on the back of a kitchen sponge. Comes in various levels of abrasiveness 0000 thru 000000. Theywork great if you get a scratch... a littl oil and some soft rubbing with the grain and it removes the scratches. I will find what the stuff is called.

Micromesh perhaps?