Stainless steel problems

[Iain]

We finally have our kitchen in and I have encountered one nasty little problem, Cooking on high heat with an aluminium fry pan left a golden coloured tarnish on the stainless cooktop.
I cannot getr it to move, any ideas?.
I suspect this may be some sort of reaction between flame, aluminium and stainless but buggered if I know how to get rid of it.
I have not resorted to any abrasive cleaners as I am sure there will be a simpler way (he hopes).

[silentC]

I haven't tried this but a mate of mine had a stainless cooktop and he cleaned it up with a cleaner that's made for stainless steel sinks. When you buy a new sink from Clark they sometimes give you sachet of the stuff but I think you can buy it from a hardware store. He reckons it came up like new.

[Grue]

I fyou go to your local welding supply shop you can get some stainless steel pickling or passivating paste used to remove welding discolourisation from stainless.

Never use steel wool!

Glenn

[Iain]

I had never contemplated using steel wool, if I did I suspect I may be gelded with a wire brush:eek:
Thanks for both of the suggestions and I shall try the hardware first, if that fails then off to thr welding supplies.
Just a word of warning, after fitting all these wonderful stainless appliances we have made a new discovery, bloody fingerprints, oh well, may just deter thieves:confused:

[zathras]

You outta try a stainless fridge with little sticky fingers. talk about fingerprints!

Comes up a treat with the oil supplied with it though, until the next attack upon the fridge :) I assume the oil is a white oil, does anybody know ?

[journeyman Mick]

Just watch that pickling paste if you use it, it's pretty nasty stuff. From memory it's full of nitric acid.

Mick