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Stainless steel worn throught to basecoat

The previous owners of our cooktop used cleanser on the stainless steel and the base metal shows through a lot. Is there any way to fix this. Thank you for your help

Jan Thiele
homeowner - Redding, California, USA
2005

Hello Jan. Stainless steel is a solid material, it is not a coating or plating. So if you have worn through to base metal, the unit was probably nickel plated steel rather than being stainless steel. It can be replated by a plating jobshop, but there is probably not anything you can do yourself.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2005

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