Stainless Steel Sink advice needed......

[Jessiebear 2]

OOh! I bought a plug in thingy from bath & body works the other day & bought the black berry refills for it, & that thing is awesome! I'm going tomorrow & buy 3 more to replace the little fan thingys that I have been using. They're a little pricey, but so worth it! My bedroom smells so yummy! I never could get it to smell good because of DH & his smellies. Plus the 2 dogs didn't help. I am loving all of the tips given here! & just in time for spring cleaning too!

[Marimaru 7]

there's also a cleaner that Home Depot sells called Formula 505. it's purple/blue. My mom is a 'clean freak' and I was helping her clean her house one day and did her glass shower with that stuff and a sponge and she flipped because it got all the spots off, lol.

I love my magic eraser too. I have a nasty old porcelain sink in my apartment, and it got out pretty much everything but the set in stains and the paint that has been on it for who-knows-how-long.

[karenj 0]

Hey girlie,

Try CLR. I have black sinks (litterly the color from the factory) and we have really hard Water stains etc. that stuff rocks! also super great stuff is Kaboom!:nervous

[princess_n_thep 2]

I am all over the de clutter thing. I have taken down all the personal family pictures, putting away all the knick knack crap (i hate that stuff anyways). I am having a garage sale from now until the house gets listed (May 1) every Saturday. I am getting rid of A LOT of stuff.

I have been buying and flipping houses for almost 15 years now. Made some damn good money doing it. I just get stressed for the 8 weeks it takes to really make it staged and show properly. And I detest painting, hurts my back. Last night was our bedroom. A beautiful open colonial buttercream yellow. Very elegant and fresh looking. My husband thinks I am nuts, but when we get about 20k more for my efforts he will understand. He thought I was nuts on the last house I flipped and I made us an extra 15k in listing by putting in about $5k worth of carpet and paint.

I will get a cleaning lady during selling the house while showing. She comes twice a week (monday and Fridays). It is a bit pricey but so worth it when selling while living in it.

[princess_n_thep 2]

Harleynana,

A fresh fabric softener sheet for the computer monitors. Not the thin sheet kind but the spongy sheets.

I have been working on the sink issue... Here is what it looks like thus far. It is only 2 years old!! I think it should sparkle more and look nicer, am I being too picky??? Arrrrgh, I am going to be so embarrassed by these pictures!!! Okay, here goes... here is a picture of the entire sink.

[princess_n_thep 2]

Here is of the right drain, I can't get those stains out!!! I tried BKfriend and Comet, I also tried bleach. Nothing... they did get a little better, but I scrubbed raw! Ha ha, I just noticed the popcorn kernal from my DH's popcorn last night in the drain, gonna have to remember to yell at him for that!

[princess_n_thep 2]

Here is the garbage disposal. It was wet, it really isn't that gross looking, the picture makes it look worse. It is more the rim stains I need to get out.

[princess_n_thep 2]

Any way to get all those scratches out too????

[Mvpo8961 1]

I use regular bleach on my stainless steel sink. Just pour it on and it melts away the gunk. M

[HarleyNana 10]

First of all the drains look to be made out of cast Iron, not stainless steel. As for the sink it depends on the gauge, mine is 18 gauge, but it's brushed stainless steel. As for the scratches, unless you call a specialist to come in to sand/buff the scratches out, you, like me are stuck with the scratches. When I called Kohler about mine, they told me to always use my cleaning sponge the kind with the little blue scrubbie attached, to clean left to right and follow the "grain" of the sink....yeah, whatever, LOL.

Thanks for the tip on the sponge softner for the puter screen.

[the best me 6]

Princess, spend $70 for a fancy new faucet. Get rid of the clear round knobs. Your granite is beautiful. A new faucet and knobs will distract and give you the sparkle you are looking for. You already have the filtered Water and sprayer...great! just get rid of the bathroom knobs and get a fancy curved, less industrial, faucet. ???

[Victoriana 10]

When I saw you sink I wondered if you ever heard of vinegar straight to remove Water based stains, I mean stains that are set because of calcification on tha stainless. There are even concentrated vinegars in stores that sell imported groceries. Essig is one that comes from Europe and it has more than 12 percent acid. and some of the Asian vinegars are also concentrated. sponge it on and leave it sitting for about 15 min and keep redoing this till its all dissolved. Ive cleaned old aquariums this way and it works great! Also the rubber thingy can be bleached, but do this after you decalcify the sink, then the bleach can penetrate the stains. Good luck, let us know what ended up working for you ok?

[the best me 6]

(Pat, I love your sink!)

My DH is building a house and the plumber is coming out today to finish the rough in, so I asked my hubby to ask the plumber what to do about the rubber disposal thingy. My old sink had one that was removable. Easy to clean! My sink now is built in like yours, and it drives me nuts that I can't take it out and scrub/soak it. Anyhow, I'll get the word from the plumber, I hope, and post it here. Princess, your sink is NOT horrible looking, really! No, it isn't sparkling new. Maybe you could get those sink racks that sit in the bottom of your sink. Not the mats, but the plastic coated wire racks that keep your dishes from scratching your sink. It would cover it anyway, for showing the house.

[HarleyNana 10]

Thanks Kathy, if I had it to do over, I'd get a smaller one so I'd have more counter space on one side, but since I don't cook the sink does make quite a conversation piece when visitors arrive, LOL.

The idea with the vinegar is a good one, I'd take some vinegar in a spray bottle with a drop of dish detergent, (so the vinegar would stick to the rubber), shake it up, spray the rubber, then sprinkle baking soda on there and watch the magic foaming action. Just a thought.

[paula 4]

Princess, spend $70 for a fancy new faucet. Get rid of the clear round knobs. Your granite is beautiful. A new faucet and knobs will distract and give you the sparkle you are looking for. You already have the filtered Water and sprayer...great! just get rid of the bathroom knobs and get a fancy curved, less industrial, faucet. ???

(((See? There we go again!

That's exactly what I was going to say.)))

Definatly change the faucet! And I agree, the granite is beautiful (looks almost identical to Pat's), just needs an updated faucet.

With a new one - noone's gonna even notice the scatches in the sink!

Hey Jenna - post some before and afters of your projects. Gives us ideas for our own home improvments!!!