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Citrus stains on stainless

We are finally middle aged and the kids have left so we treated ourselves to stainless appliances, We are also kitchen designers and some of our clients are also sharing our frustrations about cleaning stainless. I have lemon juice drips on my stainless fridge which has left discolored lines. Nothing seems to take them away. I understand that citrus can stain stainless permantly. Is there any way of cleaning these. Also, one of my burners on my stainless stove was malfunctioning and put a blueish brown stain where the flame was. Can that be gotten rid of?

Linda Tomasi
designer - Hardwick, Mass.
2007

Try with 4,75 gr sodium gluconate/4,75 gr citric acid [on eBay or Amazon] /5 gr tartaric acid [on eBay or Amazon]/100 ml water solution(according to one expired US patent)-after treatment rinse well!Some proprietary product must exist too.Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2007

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Barry Feinman
BarrysRestoreItAll

Carlsbad, California

2007