[TheForge] removing stains on stainless steel and aluminum pots and pans

[Paul]

why not use sandpaper? I frequently pull out the 3M abrasive pads when 
it's time to polish up the cooking hardware. Heck, if I could get my 
angle grinder in there....

p

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> while cooking the other day i noticed that nearly
> every pot and pan is stained in some manner. i would
> really like to remove the stains. i have tried copper
> scouring pads and chlorine bleach alas the stains are
> still there. roughly half of the pots and pans are
> stainless steel and the other half aluminum.
> 
> i have googled "removing stains from pots and pans."
> and have read many of the suggestions. in the past i
> have tried several of the suggestions with no luck.
> 
> short of using fine grit wet/dry sandpaper or fine
> grade steel wool or even my dremel tool with polishing
> rogue; would anyone have suggestions for removing the
> stains?
>