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Restoring a stainless sink from use of crust and calcium remover

I used rust, lime & calcium remover on my stainless steel kitchen sink. It left dark spots in places. There does not appear to be any etching.I would like to know how to restore the same color to the sink all over, either the original or dark coloring. In desperation I did try applying the same cleaner all over the sink but could not get an even coloring.

Linda DeArmond
homeowner - Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
2004

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2004
Brasso ⇦this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] or other mildly abrasive polish, possibly scouring powder like

Comet [affil links] would work, if this is one of those "brushed" stainless sinks make sure to rub WITH the grain of the metal.

Marc Banks
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina

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Hmmm...C alcium L ime and R ust. Does that ring a bell?

Daryl Spindler, CEF
decorative nickel-chrome plating - Greenbrier, Tennessee
2005

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2005

My first thought would be that dark adherent spots are most likely to be pitting, as St/St especially non 316 type suffers from crevice corrosion and pitting at contacts with surface deposits. If so, no light rubbing/scouring will remove it. So I agree with Marc and recommend trying again with the abrasive, looking closely at the spots if they remain.

Regards
Martin Rich - Plymouth UK.

(That's not how you spell colouring by the way)

Martin Rich
- Plymouth, UK

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I've seen Boston harbor, and it's definitely tea COLORed, Martin :-)

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2005