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Stainless steel splashback stains
I installed a stainless steel splashback
(http://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-cat...-x-600mm/54418) around six years ago and it's suddenly started to show what look like rust marks. What's the best way to get it back to how it was? -- F www.vulcantothesky.org - 2015, the last year to see a Vulcan fly |
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On 08/10/2015 13:55, F wrote:
I installed a stainless steel splashback (http://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-cat...-x-600mm/54418) around six years ago and it's suddenly started to show what look like rust marks. What's the best way to get it back to how it was? Tomato ketchup will clean stainless |
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Stainless steel splashback stains
You might run a magnet over it.If it attracts, then its the kind that will
go rusty eventually as its an alloy with a ferrous metal of some kind. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "Lee" wrote in message ... On 08/10/2015 13:55, F wrote: I installed a stainless steel splashback (http://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-cat...-x-600mm/54418) around six years ago and it's suddenly started to show what look like rust marks. What's the best way to get it back to how it was? Tomato ketchup will clean stainless |
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On 08/10/2015 15:08, Brian-Gaff wrote:
You might run a magnet over it.If it attracts, then its the kind that will go rusty eventually as its an alloy with a ferrous metal of some kind. Brian All stainless steel contains a high proportion of iron i.e. it is a ferrous metal. The different grades of stainless steel contain varying proportions of chromium and nickel to make it corrosin resistant. For instance yhe grade used for cutlery andgeneral houseware is known as 18/8. It resists corrosion in normal household applications but is not suitable for use in contact with salt water Malcolm |
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Stainless steel splashback stains
On 08/10/2015 16:50, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:12:54 +0100, Malcolm Race wrote: On 08/10/2015 15:08, Brian-Gaff wrote: You might run a magnet over it.If it attracts, then its the kind that will go rusty eventually as its an alloy with a ferrous metal of some kind. Brian All stainless steel contains a high proportion of iron i.e. it is a ferrous metal. The different grades of stainless steel contain varying proportions of chromium and nickel to make it corrosin resistant. For instance yhe grade used for cutlery andgeneral houseware is known as 18/8. It resists corrosion in normal household applications but is not suitable for use in contact with salt water Malcolm We had a dark room constructed at my former place of work, for developing electron microscope plates. It had a standard kitchen-quality stainless steel sink, probably obtained from a local builders merchant. Within a few weeks it was heavily corroded and rusty. They had to replace it with one made of a different grade of SS. I couldn't tell you which grade, but it didn't corrode. "Cheap" stainless is often slightly magnetic and not as corrosion resistant as better grades such as 316. Dark-room chemicals are quite corrosive and it does not suprise me that "cheap" stainless was not up to the job. Lightly rusted sinks/splashbacks etc will normally clean up OK with scotchbrite and/or weak acids. It's the vinegar in tomato ketchup which does the job. |
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Stainless steel splashback stains
On 08/10/2015 14:34, Lee wrote:
On 08/10/2015 13:55, F wrote: I installed a stainless steel splashback (http://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-cat...-x-600mm/54418) around six years ago and it's suddenly started to show what look like rust marks. What's the best way to get it back to how it was? Tomato ketchup will clean stainless I'll add ketchup to my grandson's meal next time he's round. His range improves with each visit! -- F www.vulcantothesky.org - 2015, the last year to see a Vulcan fly |
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"F" news@nowhere wrote in message ... I installed a stainless steel splashback (http://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-cat...-x-600mm/54418) around six years ago and it's suddenly started to show what look like rust marks. What's the best way to get it back to how it was? If they really are rust marks, demand a free replacement. |
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