Stainless steel supplies can be seen everywhere in home life, such as stainless steel sinks, stainless steel cabinets, etc. In general, stainless steel will not rust, but it will rust in some special cases. So how do we removing rust from stainless steel? Here, we give you a little coup for the pivot point.

stainless steel sink

🟡🟡Reagents for removing rust from stainless steel

If the stainless steel is rusted due to incidental rust caused by iron powder or red rust in coastal areas, it can be wiped repeatedly with a sponge or rag and neutral detergent, and then washed with clean water.

removing rust from stainless steel

🟡🟡Use sandpaper to removing rust from stainless steel

When the stainless steel has a lot of rust and the rust cannot be removed by the first move, you can use a steel ball or a stainless steel brush to wipe it repeatedly, or you can use sandpaper to grind off the rust, and then rinse it with water.

remove stainless steel rust

🟡🟡Recipe to remove stainless steel rust with lemon

Citric acid has high solubility in water, and its aqueous solution is a strong organic acid, which can chemically react with rust (FeO and Fe2O3) to remove rust. The chemical reaction between citric acid and rust (FeO and Fe2O3), the ionization of the dissolved citric acid water, and the chemical reaction occurs, forming a protective film on the metal surface.

Recipe to remove stainless steel rust with lemon

🟡🟡Acid soaking to remove stainless steel rust

The more common acidic solution in life is white vinegar. Soak the rusted stainless steel in the acidic solution overnight. It is necessary to fully let the chemicals in the white vinegar react with the rust, and then use a brush to clean it. This method can remove the rust.

acid solution soaking method to remove stainless steel rust

In addition, we need to buy good stainless steel products in life, and also pay attention to maintenance and cleaning. Here we recommend our stainless steel products, high quality, can bring a better experience to your home life.

How to maintain stainless steel products?
1. Try to keep the environment where stainless steel products are used dry and clean. If you want to contact with water and some solutions, you should clean them up in time.
2. Try not to let stainless steel come into contact with soy sauce, vinegar, oil stains, etc., because these are prone to chemical reactions with stainless steel.
3. Try not to scratch the lubricating layer on the surface of stainless steel. Unrushed stainless steel products cannot be cleaned with cleaning balls and other methods that easily damage the surface.

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