When we purchased our stainless steel appliances, it didn’t occur to us to get the kind that hide fingerprints and smudges. They might be stainless, but they sure are smudgefull. By a stroke of luck, we got a fridge that has this feature, and it is wonderful. Every other stainless steel item in our kitchen is the traditional stainless steel that shows everything.
Quickly after we bought the appliances I realized soap and water and all of my other cleaning products just left a streaky mess.
Except one.
I have had this can of Pledge for, well, years. I don’t really use it much on furniture, but it works amazingly well on stainless steel (and do you see the pretty backsplash there in the background? hopefully grouting this weekend!)
We keep accumulating more and more stainless steel around the kitchen that in turn love to accumulate fingerprints, waterspots, and all manner of streaks. A quick wipe with Pledge and a paper towel cleans up all of this.
The dishwasher is the worst offender. Talk about showing drips. Oy. I now realize I didn’t clean the front of our old white one nearly enough. I Pledge this guy a lot.
It also works nicely if I want to pretty up our new massive stainless steel sink. It hasn’t gotten its “patina” yet (i.e. all scratched up, except on the bottom just a little bit), so the sides in particular really show water spots. I’ll do a quick swipe in the sink when I’m cleaning the other appliances, but I don’t really go out of my way to shine it. We do actually use our kitchen, so that would just be silly :).
Our microwave and toaster oven get lots of fingerprints and marks. Am I the only one whose toaster oven seems to get dirty just by looking at it?
The range and the hood controls get lots of Pledge action too.
And even the paper towel holder. It gets waterspots like nobody’s business. Pledge, Pledge, Pledge.
So what do you use to clean stainless steel?
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This and WD40 works well.
You just saved me from another gray hair! Will get some TODAY!!
Thanks for the tip. I’ve just been using the wipes but that would get expensive when one uses the kitchen like you do. Have a great Sunday.
Baby oil..rub it on wipe it off.
Stopping by from Nifty Thrifty. I had to stop by and see how to clean stainless steel easily. I have mucho stainless steel so I will be giving this a try. I so hate cleaning it, it feel like that’s all I do. It only looks clean for a minute. My fingers are crossed that you will share at Sunday’s Best Par.tay going on now. Too clever not to share with everyone who might have stainless steel.
NO WAY!!! Oh my goodness I seriously am going to get my pledge bottle now and trying this! visiting from homestories!
Well, thank you! Pledge is much cheaper that stainless cleaner. My dishwasher is the worst offender…always a mess.
I use Pledge too & it’s W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L.!!
After trying several expensive stainless cleaners, I found another blog suggesting Pledge.
I’ve used it ever since & my stainless shines!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sherry
What a great tip- just moved to a house full of stainless and its driving me nuts. I am trying this TODAY!
PS love your kitchen, its a bit like mine–I have the same range hood!
Amy
Can it be any Pledge product or the one you posted? I can’t read the full name of the Pledge bottle.
It’s just the regular Pledge :). I think it was a special scent, and they don’t make it anymore, so you might not see the can with exactly those colors, but just get the standard Pledge furniture spray and you should be good to go!
I’m gonna give it a try! I’m having tons of trouble with grease spots on my stove! I hope it works! Thanks.
Thank u for the idea will be trying this I user it on all my counter tops even the bathroom but never thought to try on my stainless steel appliances newbie here from Ohio
Windex works wonderfully to clean stainless steel.
There are some good ideas on my website news about how to clean the stainless steel materials http://www.stainless-steel-seamless-pipe.net/ . You may also send me email for what I may help you.
I’d jotted down this tip before moving into our new house with its stainless appliances. I’d resisted getting ss for just this reason . . . impossible to keep clean! But that’s what went best with our colors, so that’s what we got, and for three years I’ve been less than thrilled. Then a couple months ago my memory kicked in, and I tried Pledge on a microfiber cloth, followed by polishing with the grain with another microfiber cloth. It’s magic! No more mess, and absolutely simple to do. Finally, I love my stainless!
my stainless steel manuals say not to use any citrus or orange based products on them.
Looking for a good stainless cleaner as we are replacing our appliances. Came across your post and lo and behold your kitchen counter top and backsplash is exactly what I have had in mind. Would you mind sharing the products with me? Thank you.
The backsplash is Hampton Carrara from the Tile Shop and the counters are kashmir white granite.
I would love to know where you got that backsplash tile. Any details would be helpful. Thanks!
The tile is Hampton Carrara from the Tile Shop.
Finally, I’m going to try it right now, thx!
I was the same way! Had a dusty bottle of pledge around for years but now I use it all the time. I use it to clean leather couches and even to shine up our the granite counters once a week.
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Before buying these products, it is quite important to understand few things.
Buying a fully integrated dishwasher can also be a
very good idea. When the washing and rinsing is finished, the water drains all
the way down to the basin once more, the place the pump propels the water out
of the dishwasher.