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Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink
Q. I spilled silver polish in my stainless steel sink and did not realize it until sometime later.
Is there a way to get the stains out?
The silver cleaner spilled in the sink was Tarn-X.
Thanks.
- Asheville, North Carolina
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Faith O'Kelley (returning)
- Asheville, North Carolina
July 28, 2008 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread
Q. A cleaner, brand name Tarn-x, was wiped on the stove and left on. Later, the stove was wiped down after seeing various dark streaks and circles on what appear to have been former food spills and Tarn-x residue. The stove was washed down with soap and water; next I used Wright's Silver Cream [linked by editor to product info at Amazon] and it took the stove back to where it's original color was except for the heaviest of the streaks and dark colorations. What can I do to bring the entire stove back to it's original Stainless Steel color?
Gwendolyn Doggett- Camp Springs, Maryland
April 6, 2009 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread
Q. I have dark grey stains on my stainless sink from Tarn X I have scrubbed with every thing. Any help out there would be great.
Kathy LennonArtist - Oshkosh Wisconsin
March 28, 2011A. I too got Tarn-x on my new kitchen sinks. After coming to this site, I remembered that to sell my other house, I used car polish to clean and polish the old sinks. I signed off and tried it. It took three applications, but there are no remaining black marks. I had used Meguiers at the old house. Today, I used some polish my friend put in a bottle for me last year, so, sorry about not knowing the name. Put some on a rag and rub hard. Let it dry and rub hard again. Repeat until gone. Your rag turns black and your sinks return to their original color. My sink seemed to have deeper brush groves around the top and that area took the most rubbing -- but all the stains came off.
Laurel Zigler
- Ontario, Oregon USA
January 17, 2012 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread
Q. I was cleaning my silver cutlery and some of the silver cleaning liquid got onto the stainless steel sink and has left marks as though the steel has been bleached. Any ideas of how to remove the marks please?
Rita Shah- London, England
January 20, 2012
Hi, Rita. As you see, we added your posting to a thread that already addresses this subject and offers three potential solutions.
Hopefully other readers will avoid problems by recognizing that silver polish can stain stainless steel. Good luck.
Regards,
Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey
