Not a silly question at all. I hope some other listers chime in. This last time I used Starbrite Chrome and Stainless Polish. It seemed to work well.
In the past, I've used Flitz, 3M and others. Personally, I don't see much difference in them. The chemistry of removing blemishes from stainless is well known. The ingredients in most better brands are probably fairly similar. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 10:00 PM John Conklin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Silly Question But what product do you use; prefer for cleaning the > stainless ? Its on on My wish list prior to End of season > > *Thanks !* > > *John * > > > > *Sent: *Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:40 PM > *To: *CnClist <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc: *Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> > *Subject: *Stus-List Stainless, chrome and metal > > > > Spent a couple hours polishing the stainless and chrome pieces on > Touche'. Just some observations. > > > > The added on pedestal guard and stainless wheel had moderate stains. > Mostly easily removed. The bimini bows had moderate stains. Fairly easily > removed. Manufacturer of these parts is unknown. > > > > The stern pulpit (pushpit) and bow pulpit had virtually no stains. C&C > used some really good quality stainless tubing! The bow chainplate - zero > stains. > > > > Point is that some stainless and chrome parts showed stains while others > did not. Not surprising, I've seen it before. Been around boats a long > time. > > > > Just makes me appreciate a builder or parts supplier that uses good > quality materials rather than schlock, garbage, crap. Looking at many of > the other pieces on the boat by good suppliers, Harken, Shaefer, Garhauer, > Barient, etc. showed little to no stains or blemishes. > > > > Sometimes I just want to scream when I see or am asked about using cheap, > inferior products on a boat. Glad C&C used quality materials. > > > > Buddy of mine is refurbing a Hans Christian. In spite of the Scandinavian > sounding name, it's a Taiwanese made boat. The stainless is not the best. > My buddy is meticulously replacing all the critical stainless parts. He's > using Garhauer and a local guy to fab up replacement parts. > > > > Just my opinion, but consider about quality every time you think about > putting a critical part on your boat. Cheap can sometimes be really > expensive. > > > > Dennis C. > > Touche' 35-1 #83 > > Mandeville, LA > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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