MCI stainless

[afryer]

Anybody had any experience with something that works on bringing a better shine to the outside stainless.  Some of mine has sort of a "milky" haze to it.  Also some brown spots that almost look like rust.  (I just know that the answer to this is going to be good old fashion elbow grease)

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi afrayer, Welcome

Your Right. Elbo's and, if your up to it. A high speed buffer.

Wish I had another way to tell you that less painful on the arms....

Nick-

[DrivingMissLazy]

All you ever needed to know about polishing:

http://www.englishcustompolishing.com/usca/

http://users.cwnet.com/~thall/fredhobe.htm

Richard

[grantgoold]

Here is the link to the folks I use:

http://www.swmetal.com/


Best supply house and great customer service. I have purchased all my stainless supplies from them and can't say enough about their website and their willingness to explain how things should work out. I also purchased a 9 inch buffer from Harbor Freight and burned it up while polishing. I spend about 4 hours twice a year making sure I remove the residue from the rain and elements to keep the shine up.

Good luck!

Grant

[John E. Smith]

Here is a little trick that a polisher taught me years ago.

Go to a truck stop (TA is best) and buy a bar of blue polishing compound.  Break a piece 3" long off and put it in a plastic zip-lock bag, then put the bag into an old sock.  Use a big hammer to smash the blue compound in it to "smithereens" -- you want a very fine powder.  Dump the powder into a 1 liter coke bottle, then fill the coke bottle with mineral oil.  If you are going to use it on stainless, you can add 4 drops of C-L-R to the mix.  Cap the bottle and shake VERY well.

One note:  If you added C-L-R, DO NOT use the polish on aluminum -- it will turn it gold!

For the actual polishing, you will need a good sized rectangular sponge and a hand towel.  Wrap the sponge in the towel, then squirt some of the polish onto the towel.  When you polish, go with the grain of the metal ONLY -- do not polish cross-grain or in a circular pattern!  You don't need a lot of pressure, and you don't need to polish a long time.  I have used this on aluminum fuel tanks, and have gotten a mirror shine in less than 20 minutes.  As with any metal polishing, you are looking for the polish to turn black -- then you can buff this residue off with a clean, soft rag.

The first time I saw this done, I was amazed at the quality of the shine for the amount of work involved.  This particular polisher had a great deal of experience, and this "formula" was his own favorite.  I have used it with good results for several years.