Stainless Steel Cleaner

[makingplansfor]

I have recently seen an article/advert?? somewhere in the yachting press for a brush on wash off stainless steel cleaner. Has anyone an idea what it may be?

 

[mick]

Collinite 850 Liquid Metal Wax. Very effective.

 

[sailorman]

I have recently seen an article/advert?? somewhere in the yachting press for a brush on wash off stainless steel cleaner. Has anyone an idea what it may be?

Hob Bright works

 

[Norman_E]

It is called Spotless Stainless. The company website is here. I have not tried that product, which is new on the market.

I have a pot of a pink coloured gel on the boat that works the same way, i.e. paint on, and wash off later. I think it is a local Turkish product, and it contains an acid, possibly phosphoric. It works quite well.

P.S. Spotless Stainless was mentioned in YM for September, on page 68

 

[Trundlebug]

Cillit Bang, aka phosphoric acid, works very well and is easily available at non marine prices.

 

[makingplansfor]

Thanks Norman_E that was the one. I hope the claims are true - I will let you know how it goes.

 

[macd]

Oxalic acid is the stuff you need to make your own stainless cleaner far cheaper than any proprietory goo. It's also great for removing rust marks from GRP, or cleaning stained GRP generally. There are plenty of existing threads on it. The pink stuff referred to above could well be Y10 gel.

 

[sailaboutvic]

i use a low grade wet and dry paper with soapy water

www.bluewatersailor3.webs.com

 

[savageseadog]

Citric acid as well

 

[rafiki_]

I use Brasso. Works great.

 

[Cariadco]

Autosol & Silicon Spray.

A saturation diver, SS Welder, friend of mine recommended Autosol, then spray over with Silicon Polish.
Tried it, and it's Brilliant (pun not intended...I think).
We do this at the begining of the season, and that's it..! Lasts all year. No more polishing, just the wipe over with window cleaner spray.

Everything SS, on the boat gets that treatment.

Regards.

 

[nrbx]

Brick / Masonry cleaner tends to do a pretty good job too

 

[fishermantwo]

Brick / Masonry cleaner tends to do a pretty good job too

We have a product locally called Metal Gleam, its very similar to the acids in brick cleaner. Slop it on over all the Stainless steel and fibreglass topsides, wait 5 minutes and rinse off. Stainless ends up spotless and so does the topsides.

 

[nigelmercier]

very similar to the acids in brick cleaner...

If this is true, then it shouldn't be used on metal unless you can rinse every last drop off. Oxalic Acid works fine, and doesn't attack steel.

 

[Enya]

This summer I cleaned my hull with Starbrite Boat Cleaner which is expensive and I suspect based on oxalic acid. While doing the hgull I thought I would give the bottlescrews a wash too. A few weeks later they looked worse than before - lightly rusted. I wont be using this compound again on bottlescrews but it is very good on the hull.

 

[dleroc]

Coca Cola contains Phosphoric acid - might try that!

 

[fishermantwo]

If this is true, then it shouldn't be used on metal unless you can rinse every last drop off. Oxalic Acid works fine, and doesn't attack steel.

Why do you think its called "Metal Gleam"?

 

[aitchem]

Solvol Autosol

 

[nigelmercier]

Why do you think its called "Metal Gleam"?

My point was that if it did include the same acid as brick cleaner (Hydrochloric) then it was unlikely to be sold as a general metal cleaner.

 

[Fenlander]

Vinegar