how do i clean a stainless steel frame?

[Citius]

Washing up liquid has salt content in it & may scratch the frame.

Salt usually dissolves when mixed with a liquid. I think you are confusing it with sand.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Salt usually dissolves when mixed with a liquid. I think you are confusing it with sand.

Try washing your car with fairy liquid...a good buffing costs around £300...

 

[Citius]

Try washing your car with fairy liquid...a good buffing costs around £300...

I have done many times. Salt is used as a thickening agent in washing up liquids - as a solute it won't scratch anything.

 

[Turbo Rider]

I have done many times. Salt is used as a thickening agent in washing up liquids - as a solute it won't scratch anything.

Must have been the nothing that scratched my car other halves car then...horrible little circled scratches everywhere.

 

[Citius]

That would have been the sand that you were confusing the salt with earlier, I expect. Seriously, washing up liquid does not scratch paint like that.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Umm, car sponge, clean water, fairy liquid. Got the car wet pre washing. Thought "why pay more for a car shampoo when I have this?" Scratched all over. Not saying it will in all cases, but it can, yes. Earns you moody looks. Not the greatest of feelings.

 

[Citius]

Make sure you use a clean, sand-free bucket next time.

 

[Turbo Rider]

You sell washing up liquid for a living, right?

 

[Citius]

Nope - I just know that salt dissolves when mixed with a liquid.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Excellent and good luck with that.

 

[Citius]

Thanks! To be fair, my 'insider knowledge' about salt has proved pretty sound so far.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Well I hate to tell you this, but the word you're missing is can. Salt can dissolve in water. It doesn't always. And if you wash your car with salty water, you're going to risk getting swirls. Similarly, washing with a chemically rich washing up liquid, which also contains high levels of salt, will risk causing swirls. It's all about temperature and how much you put in, combined with how long you swirl it around for. So if it does happen to you then remember who told you and remember not to tell me...for I will laugh...hard.

 

[robgul]

Baby oil for stainless steel - yes really - wipe with a damp cloth to remove real grime and then finish with baby oil on a soft cloth ... gets rid of fingermarks etc. How do I know this? - we have a stainless steel range cooker and that was the recommendation from the manufacturer's installation man for cleaning the control panel and outside of the oven doors..

Rob

 

[Citius]

Well I hate to tell you this, but the word you're missing is can. Salt can dissolve in water. It doesn't always.

Indulge me - under what circumstances will salt not dissolve? The water being frozen does not count, by the way. Please make it a good answer.

 

[Turbo Rider]

When you put too much in. When you put too much in for the temperature. When you put too much in for the temperature without swirling around for a long enough period.