Video: How to Clean Stainless Steel

REDWOOD CITY — Host, Sarah Rutan: To keep your stainless steel appliances looking their best, you’ll need to know the right cleaning tools and procedures to use. Today we’re in Redwood City with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Jennifer Young of Elite Pro Home Cleaning to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Jennifer Young: Today I’m going to give you a tip on an easy and affordable way to clean your stainless steel appliances. What most people don’t realize is that many of your commercial stainless steel cleaners that you buy in the store for $8 to $10 are really either harsh chemicals or made out of mineral oil. So a better more green and affordable way to do it is to basically just use baby oil. The nice thing about it is that it’s better for the environment and you probably already have it in your cupboard. So it’s very easy. All you do is you use a little dish soap and a rag. Use a little bit of warm water on the rag, and you’re going to put the dish soap on the rag and you’re going to clean off all of the grease and oils that are on your refrigerator. Than after that, after your refrigerator has dried you’re going to follow up with the baby oil. The baby oil adds a nice shine and protective coating on your stainless steel, and it’s easy to use.

Just a couple things: make sure you don’t use too much baby oil because then it’ll get an oily film, and also make sure that you clean with the grain of the stainless steel. In most cases that’s horizontally from left to right, so make sure that you’re just wiping from left to right. So this is an affordable green way for you to clean your stainless steel appliances.

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