New cleaning lady scratched up stainless steel sink. How to fix?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it lots of fine scratches? You can buff out the scratches with fine steel wool usually. But keep in mind that shell scratch it again most likely.

It's a lot but just in one section.

So I told her to clean in the direction of the stainless steel grain. But the scratches are all up and down, not side to side how the grain is. Side question -- is this too picky, too much for me to expect her to clean that way? I don't know. Haven't had a cleaning lady in awhile.

You can ask anything and decide if its something thats important to you. My sink is scratched and my faucets are scratched now. The cleaning lady we have is AMAZING with everything else. Picks up the toys, washes sheets, vacuums under furniture etc and does it all pretty fast. So in a year ill take a buffer and buff out the scratches that annoy me.

What is this buffer you speak of?

It doesn’t exist.

[Anonymous]

I use this (for sink only, not other appliances), not from this website.

https://pack-n-tape.com/scotch-brite-heavy-duty-scour-pad-224-t-6-in-x-3-8-in-12-4pk.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwp9qZBhBkEiwAsYFsb-1xWmLXRqYh2tCX9yBwkR7QlD_ccksJrAHF8O5E3XnGnlq-NpPBnBoCQAwQAvD_BwE

It cleans the sink very well.

[Anonymous]

Steel wool; get packs of
00
000
0000
00000

Start with 00, try to stroke in one direction as best you can to set the grain again then work to finer and finer steel wool until you are finished with 00000. If you don’t like your results just abandon it and eventually all the accumulated scratches will become an even patina.

[Anonymous]

You can use a scratch removal kits that have a cleaning compound and a series of brushes to remove the scratches, like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Rejuvenate-Stainless-Scratch-Scratches-Discolored/dp/B00CKXDHTG/ref=asc_df_B00CKXDHTG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=238209852912&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17769266442357310145&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008156&hvtargid=pla-393725293661&psc=1

[Anonymous]

Show her next time so she doesn't do it again.
My cleaning lady put a huge scratch in my new custom shower glass door... It pains me every time I take a shower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t a stainless steel sink supposed to get scratched? I think yours just needs to be broken in maybe. Is it like a mirror finish? Or more satin-y?

I think stainless is a great material. I worked in restaurants and everything was stainless but also beat to hell, and I think that’s when the material really looks best. Just give it some time. It’s a sink!

This! I went out of my way to get stainless countertops (and integrated sink) for just this reason and I love them.