What is the best product to clean stainless steel appliances?
Please don’t use a powdered cleanser or SoftScrub or ANYTHING abrasive or acidic on stainless appliances! True, the stainless steel used in restaurants, etc, can stand up to that, but they use a MUCH higher grade of stainless than what is used for household appliances. There are several products specifically for stainless … found in the cleaning-products aisle of any grocery, hardware, home-improvement, or department store. There are cleaning wipes (the pop-up kind), stainless polish, and an all-purpose stainless product (a spray) by Wiemann that cleans, protects, polishes, and helps to repel dust, smudges and fingerprints. I use it on all my stainless appliances (you can use it on other surfaces, too … laminate countertops, for example) and they look showroom-new. I do keep the stainless wipes on hand just to spiff up the handles or take care of a small spot or smudge. Stainless is tough and long-wearing, and it looks great, but you have to treat it right. For general everyday cle