Matt steel, no need for anti-limescale: the only ingredient capable of polishing it | Go to the kitchen

Everything that is made of steel is beautiful to look at, it always looks shiny, shiny, elegant. However, after years, it can happen that it suddenly loses its shine and you find yourself in front of a dull steel that you simply don’t know how to recover.

There are many reasons why steel becomes opaque. Once ruined, it loses its original beauty and even seems to be always dirty. However, this is not a problem because there are tricks that, if implemented, allow matte steel to be cleaned quickly, making it as shiny as ever.

Remedies for polishing dull steel.

To polish dull steel, you cannot avoid resorting to the use of vinegar, known by housewives and not only, loved by practically everyone for its multiple properties, both cleaning and polishing. It is not for nothing that it is used to wash and degrease dishes, sinks, stoves, but also to whiten clothes and remove stains. You pour the vinegar over a soft microfiber cloth, then run it directly over the steel, then rinse with warm water and you’re done. It is better to use soft sponges because abrasives can irreparably scratch the steel. Once this is done, dry very carefully using a soft microfiber cloth. Vinegar removes not only streaks but also stains, making steel look as dull as new. The remedy is in the kitchen, you don’t need to go and buy products such as anti-limescale, which do not always give the desired result.

Citric acid is another ally for cleaning

Another product that can be useful for cleaning dull steel is citric acid, which is even more environmentally friendly than vinegar. You only need to dissolve 150g of citric acid in 1 liter of demineralized water. Pour it into a spray bottle and spray it directly onto the steel, then leave it on for a few minutes. Wipe with a microfiber cloth and dry the steel well using circular movements as if cleaning a glass. This way the steel will be as good as new. Few people know this, but citric acid is a natural descaler, so it is the best thing to use to clean steel faucets, which are always exposed to water and therefore tend to accumulate limescale. Citric acid is often used, among other things, to clean appliances in which limescale forms over the months and years.

Baking soda cream, more miraculous than vinegar and citric acid

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The baking soda cream that adds shine to the surfaces, eliminating dullness in a few moments, could not be missing. Mix baking soda and water little by little until you get a kind of cream, then apply it on the steel surface and leave it on for at least 10 minutes. Once the time has passed, rinse. Finally, dry properly to prevent streaks from forming. Baking soda cream also removes grease stains from the countertop, which are usually stubborn and impossible to remove completely using any product indicated for countertop care.

Yellow soap, the valid substitute for Marseille soap

Many women know and use Marseille soap, in fact there is another, neutral, which manages to clean the steel very well, leaving it again as new in a few applications. Pour 500 ml of water into a saucepan, add 1 bar of soap of 500 grams and bring to the boil. When it has completely melted, turn off the heat, cover the saucepan and let cool. Then transfer the mixture to a spray bottle and spray it directly onto the steel surfaces. Wipe clean with a cloth and rinse. Among other natural remedies, there is also lemon that exerts an excellent cleaning, stain remover and degreasing action and manages to perfectly polish steel surfaces. It is a brightener, in fact it is used to polish glasses. Then add the juice of two lemons to a liter of water, dip a soft cloth in it and pass it over the steel. Then, as usual, everything is dried with a soft cloth. For an even more intense result, you can dip the sponge, already soaked in lemon, in salt and then run it over the surfaces to be polished. The use of coarse salt is not recommended because it could be too abrasive and therefore scratch the surfaces. Finally, it’s best to avoid using too much salt, which can ruin the steel.