Cheap and Effective way to clean your stainless steel appliance

Things you'll need:

Barkeeper's Friend

WD40

soft sponge

paper towels

Howdy folks,

Well, as we began furnishing our little condo foreclosure, we realized that all of the appliances were seriously old. I mean 1980s, and not cute vintage appliances either. Strange, knobby behemoths. See evidence below.

This was the microwave. It was so sketchy, we didn't keep it around long for fear that we might some how get radiation poisoning.

Replacing the appliances was our first order of business. We bought a great cheap stainless steel fridge off of Craig's list. Unfortunately, it had some kind of rust stains on it that we couldn't figure out how to get out.

After some research, we found a post somewhere that talked about using Barkeeper's Friend and WD40. So, we tested it out.

First, I wet a SOFT sponge and poured a generous amount of  Barkeeper's Friend on the sponge. Then, using an up and down motion only, I wiped it on the refrigerator. (Please don't mind the SARS mask. B was sawing in the kitchen, and there was sawdust EVERYWHERe. More on that later).

Notice the up and down motion and soft side of the sponge. (you can rub hard as long as the sponge is soft.)

Then, wipe down the fridge with a wet towel.

The change was AMAZING. To seal it, spray a soft towel with WD 40, and wipe up and down. The fridge now looks brand new.

Perfecto! 

Sidenote: I can no longer tape pictures to the front because the WD40 makes the surface slick.