John wrote:

"bill a" wrote in message
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most finishes are applied at the mill literally with sandpaper.
the trick would be to find which grade of paper matches the existing
pattern (probably 600 grit wet r dry) and figuring out how to keep the
motion of the paper
nice and straight. if the grit seems to be the same, but it still doesn't
look right,
you may need to use the paper with lubricants like water or light oil,
etc.
if there's somewhere on the unit that isn't too visible, i would do some
testing there first,
in case your first attempts make spots worse than the original problem.
if the existing pattern is not straightline, all bets are off
bill

"John" wrote in message
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Hello group,
Building a new house and several things had to be redone. The most
important was the vent hood over the cooktop which is a brand new Dacor.
The people who were working on the vent scratched the front edge of the
Dacor. They are very fine scratches, much like the scratches that make
up the pattern in the stainless. It appears to me that if one was to use
a light abrasive you could correct the scratches back to original. The
builder said "Barkeepers Friend" should fix it right up. Again these are
not gouges, but fine rubbing scratches so it looks like an easy fix but
wanted to check. Thanks! John




Thanks so much..It looks like the factory finish is "sandpapered" its not
that high gloss shine like the put on some stuff. It is the "industrial
looking" fishish which looks as if it's put on by finely sanding. These are
tiny, and if I were not so picky I would probably not bother with it but
would like to make it like it was..Luckily they did not gouge it or
anything. This looks as if they drug something across the front edge.
Might try the really fine sand paper on the back edge and see how it behaves
with the pattern. Thanks so much!
John

I have a stainless steel top on my range. It gets scratched pretty often
by pots and pans that are dragged over it.It looks pretty bad when the
range hood light is on. Every once in a while, I use one of those
scrubby pads (sponge on one side and a green woven scrubber pad on the
other). I just scrub the SS with the green side in the direction of the
SS grain using Bartender's Friend. It gets all but the deepest scratches
out.