I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.

One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on a
stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just spent
almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).

The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
buffing with polishing compound.

I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Dan

Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net

"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
...
I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.

One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on a
stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just spent
almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).

The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
buffing with polishing compound.

I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

It sounds like you're using traditional cutting and buffing compounds. For
stainless, or for any steel, for that matter, I use Dico stainless steel
polish and it's probably three times faster than any general purpose
compounds I've ever used. It leaves a great finish, too.

--
Ed Huntress

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:16:28 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

:
:"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
.. .
:I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
: don't look so hot.
:
: One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on a
: stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just spent
: almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
: proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
: but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
: be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
: compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
: different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
: wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
: than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).
:
: The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
: baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
: with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
: coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
: buffing with polishing compound.
:
: I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
: coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
: (that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
: in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
: occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.
:
: Thanks for any tips.
:
:It sounds like you're using traditional cutting and buffing compounds. For
:stainless, or for any steel, for that matter, I use Dico stainless steel
olish and it's probably three times faster than any general purpose
:compounds I've ever used. It leaves a great finish, too.

Thanks. Where do you get that stuff? B&M, online?




Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net

"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:16:28 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

:
:"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
.. .
:I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
: don't look so hot.
:
: One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on
a
: stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just
spent
: almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
: proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
: but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
: be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
: compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
: different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
: wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
: than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).
:
: The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
: baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
: with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
: coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
: buffing with polishing compound.
:
: I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
: coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
: (that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
: in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at
least
: occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.
:
: Thanks for any tips.
:
:It sounds like you're using traditional cutting and buffing compounds.
For
:stainless, or for any steel, for that matter, I use Dico stainless steel
olish and it's probably three times faster than any general purpose
:compounds I've ever used. It leaves a great finish, too.

Thanks. Where do you get that stuff? B&M, online?

I got mine from a mill supply in Union, NJ, but I see it's available from
many places online. Search on Dico buffing rather than Dico polish, because
there apparently is some translation software called Dico that translates
from Polish. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:45:14 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

:
:"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
.. .
: On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:16:28 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
: wrote:
:
: :
: :"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
: .. .
: :I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
: : don't look so hot.
: :
: : One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on
: a
: : stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just
: spent
: : almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
: : proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
: : but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
: : be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
: : compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
: : different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
: : wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
: : than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).
: :
: : The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
: : baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
: : with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
: : coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
: : buffing with polishing compound.
: :
: : I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
: : coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
: : (that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
: : in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at
: least
: : occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.
: :
: : Thanks for any tips.
: :
: :It sounds like you're using traditional cutting and buffing compounds.
: For
: :stainless, or for any steel, for that matter, I use Dico stainless steel
: olish and it's probably three times faster than any general purpose
: :compounds I've ever used. It leaves a great finish, too.
:
: Thanks. Where do you get that stuff? B&M, online?
:
:I got mine from a mill supply in Union, NJ, but I see it's available from
:many places online. Search on Dico buffing rather than Dico polish, because
:there apparently is some translation software called Dico that translates
:from Polish. d8-)

Thanks. A mill supply... I bet I could find such a thing here (Berkeley,
CA) if I'm industrious. I presume you use this stuff with a buffing
wheel? I should probably get another and not try to reuse the one I used
today. It was virgin this morning, but is now impregnated with brown
polishing compound.

Dan

"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:45:14 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

:
:"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
.. .
: On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:16:28 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
: wrote:
:
: :
: :"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
: .. .
: :I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
: : don't look so hot.
: :
: : One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put
on
: a
: : stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just
: spent
: : almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
: : proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like
lustre
: : but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there
must
: : be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of
polishing
: : compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
: : different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3
more
: : wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is
slower
: : than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).
: :
: : The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort
of
: : baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a
coating
: : with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper
colored
: : coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
: : buffing with polishing compound.
: :
: : I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
: : coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice
boiler
: : (that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the
bottom
: : in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at
: least
: : occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.
: :
: : Thanks for any tips.
: :
: :It sounds like you're using traditional cutting and buffing compounds.
: For
: :stainless, or for any steel, for that matter, I use Dico stainless
steel
: olish and it's probably three times faster than any general purpose
: :compounds I've ever used. It leaves a great finish, too.
:
: Thanks. Where do you get that stuff? B&M, online?
:
:I got mine from a mill supply in Union, NJ, but I see it's available from
:many places online. Search on Dico buffing rather than Dico polish,
because
:there apparently is some translation software called Dico that translates
:from Polish. d8-)

Thanks. A mill supply... I bet I could find such a thing here (Berkeley,
CA) if I'm industrious.

A mill supply is an old name for a machine-shop supply store. Try a big, old
hardware store if you have such a thing. I used to get Dico compounds at an
old hardware store in downtown Princeton, NJ, but that store, and most like
it, are gone the way of the dodo. They may even have it at Home Depot. I've
never looked. If you don't find it easily it's probably easier to order it
online. Machine-shop supply stores are pretty rare except in industrial
areas.

I presume you use this stuff with a buffing
wheel?

Yes. It's a waxy-type compound made for use on buffing wheels. I use it on
regular muslin wheels on my bench grinder and on little bobs on my die
grinder and my Dremel. I also use it for stropping knife blades and plane
irons, but that's another story.

I should probably get another and not try to reuse the one I used
today. It was virgin this morning, but is now impregnated with brown
polishing compound.

In general, you can charge a wheel with a coarser compound, or with a
more-aggressive compound of equal coarseness. Just not the other way around,
because the coarser or more-aggressive compound will remain on the wheel. If
the brown polishing compound was rouge, no problem, just don't use it for
rouge again. If it was brown tripoli, you're probably still OK to use it
with Dico stainless polish.

There is a way to strip almost all of the old compound off a wheel but I
don't discuss it in public, for the same reason I don't discuss lighting
charcoal fires with gasoline. d8-) It's a good way to put an eye out if you
aren't good at it.

Otherwise, yes, get a new wheel and reserve the old one for the compound you
were using. I have five or six buffing wheels that I reserve for one type of
compound each. I keep them in Ziploc bags between uses.

--
Ed Huntress

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Dan_Musicant quickly quoth:

I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.
--snip--
I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
(which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Dan_Musicant quickly quoth:

I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.
--snip--
I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
(which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)

Force Machinery, Union, NJ. It's a long ride for you. g They're well known
on the commercial side of the business. I'm surprised you haven't seen them
around.

I see that it's available online. Check out Dico's site while you're at it.
They have some tips that look useful.

--
Ed Huntress

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:48:42 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Dan_Musicant quickly quoth:

I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.
--snip--
I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
(which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)

Force Machinery, Union, NJ. It's a long ride for you. g

Joisey? Ayup, it would be. I drove through there twice (to and
from planes in Newark in '98.) You can keep it, thanks.


They're well known on the commercial side of the business. I'm surprised you haven't seen them
around.

I see that it's available online. Check out Dico's site while you're at it.
They have some tips that look useful.

They have compound sticks but no polishing cream, I see.

--
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:48:42 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
. ..
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Dan_Musicant quickly quoth:

I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.
--snip--
I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
(which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)

Force Machinery, Union, NJ. It's a long ride for you. g

Joisey? Ayup, it would be. I drove through there twice (to and
from planes in Newark in '98.) You can keep it, thanks.


They're well known on the commercial side of the business. I'm surprised
you haven't seen them
around.

I see that it's available online. Check out Dico's site while you're at
it.
They have some tips that look useful.

They have compound sticks but no polishing cream, I see.

"Polishing cream"? What's that, facial moisturizer for machinists?

--
Ed Huntress

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:30:21 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:48:42 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Dan_Musicant quickly quoth:

I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.
--snip--
I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
(which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)

Force Machinery, Union, NJ. It's a long ride for you. g

Joisey? Ayup, it would be. I drove through there twice (to and
from planes in Newark in '98.) You can keep it, thanks.


They're well known on the commercial side of the business. I'm surprised
you haven't seen them
around.

I see that it's available online. Check out Dico's site while you're at
it.
They have some tips that look useful.

They have compound sticks but no polishing cream, I see.

"Polishing cream"? What's that, facial moisturizer for machinists?

Aw, ya lazyarse machinist. Manuel, he use it by hand, senor.

I was reacting to the subject line and read "polishing", not
"buffing". YMMV shrug

--
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:34:13 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

:On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
an_Musicant quickly quoth:
:
:I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
:don't look so hot.
:--snip--
:I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
:coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
:(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
:in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
:occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.
:
:Thanks for any tips.
:
:Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
:Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
:steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)
:Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
: -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Mmm. Wally World? Is that for real or are you being flippant and
referring to Walmart? I called two large hardware stores in the vicinity
today and asked for Dico polish but they don't stock it. I could call
again and ask for MAAS, though. I figure I'll need another buffing wheel
for my grinder. My homemade grinder has an extra shaft coming out the
other side of the motor, which I reserve for things like buffing wheels,
wire brush wheels and believe it or not, a homemade table saw.

Dan

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:25:10 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Dan_Musicant quickly quoth:

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:34:13 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

:On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:40:01 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
an_Musicant quickly quoth:
:
:I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
:don't look so hot.
:--snip--
:I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
:coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
:(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
:in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
:occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.
:
:Thanks for any tips.
:
:Run down to your local Wally World and pick up a 4 oz. tube of MAAS
:Metal Polish for $3 and change. I just tried a bit on my stainless
:steel sink and it amazed me in ten seconds flat. If not, try the DICO
which Ed keeps forgetting to tell us where he sources.)
:Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
: -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Mmm. Wally World? Is that for real or are you being flippant and
referring to Walmart?

Yes, WalMart. (see sig)


I called two large hardware stores in the vicinity
today and asked for Dico polish but they don't stock it. I could call
again and ask for MAAS, though. I figure I'll need another buffing wheel
for my grinder. My homemade grinder has an extra shaft coming out the
other side of the motor, which I reserve for things like buffing wheels,
wire brush wheels and believe it or not, a homemade table saw.

Dico is a hard stick polish used with a wheel.
MAAS is a gel used manually with a polishing cloth.
Choose wisely, Grasshopper.

---
- Sarcasm is just one more service we offer. -
http://diversify.com Web Applications

What about electro-polishing?

j/b

"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
...
I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.

One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on a
stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just spent
almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).

The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
buffing with polishing compound.

I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Dan

Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net

Dan_Musicant wrote:
I have a couple of stainless steel pots that have had long usage and
don't look so hot.

One is an 18/10 16 oz Italian "espresso" coffee maker (that you put on a
stove burner) that's been used something like 20,000 times! I just spent
almost an hour buffing it with a wheel with polishing compound. It
proved to me that it IS possible to bring back that mirror like lustre
but it's just too much work to warrant the effort. I figure there must
be ways to speed up the process. I have 4 different grades of polishing
compound and I could theoretically start coarse and go finer with 4
different wheels. However, I'd have to go out and get at least 3 more
wheels. My grinder is homemade (from a dryer motor), and so is slower
than a regular store-bought grinder (about 1/2 the speed).

The tarnish on the coffee maker is kind of copper colored, some sort of
baked-on coating, maybe oxidation. Once in a while I wash off a coating
with metal cleaner or Bon Ami, but this harder/tougher copper colored
coating remains, which only seems removable (so far) by hard-nosed
buffing with polishing compound.

I also have a stainless steel boiler (18/8), which is one of those
coffee servers you see (or saw?) in coffee shops. Makes a nice boiler
(that's what I use it for), but is now so tarnished that on the bottom
in places it's is downright black. I'd like to shine it up too, at least
occasionally, if it can be done without too much effort.

Thanks for any tips.

Dan

Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net

MAAS Polish then clean it once a week or so with some Bartenders Friend.
All available at Wal~Mart, near the rest of the cleansers.

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Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York