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

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Those are not "stains".
They are patinas...revere them...grin...pf

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Terry,
> I might be able to help, but I need to know more about
> these stains.  What do they look like.  What do you
> know about how they got there?
> Bruce
> NJ
> --- "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com> 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?
>>
>> -- 
>> terry l. ridder ><>
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