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

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

There are many reasons why  

steel becomes dull.  Once it is 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 you to clean  

dull steel quickly,  making it as shiny as ever again.

Remedies for polishing dull steel.

To polish dull steel,  you cannot avoid using vinegar, known by housewives and not only,  

loved by practically everyone  for its multiple properties, both cleaning and polishing. Not in vain  

is it used to wash and degrease dishes,  sinks, stoves, but also to whiten clothes and remove stains.

Pour the vinegar onto a soft microfibre cloth, then wipe it directly onto the steel, then rinse with warm water and you’re done. It’s best to use soft sponges because abrasive ones  

can irreparably scratch the steel  . Once this is done, dry very carefully using a soft microfibre cloth. The vinegar removes not only the scratches but also the stains, making  

the steel look as dull as new  . The remedy is in the kitchen, there’s no need to go out and buy products like anti-limescale, which don’t 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 litre of demineralised water.  

Pour it into a spray bottle and spray it  directly onto the steel,  

then leave it to work for a few minutes.  Wipe it with a microfibre cloth and dry the steel thoroughly  

using circular movements as if you were cleaning glass  . This will leave the steel looking like new.

Few people know  

that citric acid is a natural descaler  , so it is the best thing to use to  

clean the steel of taps,  which are always exposed to water and therefore tend to accumulate limescale. Citric acid is often used, among other things,  

to clean household appliances  where limescale builds up over the months and years.

Baking soda cream, more miraculous than vinegar and citric acid

The baking soda cream could not be missing,   which gives shine to surfaces,  

eliminating opacity in a few moments.

Mix  

baking soda and water little by little  until you get a kind of cream, then apply it to the steel surface and  

leave it to act for at least 10 minutes  . Once the time has passed, rinse. Finally, dry properly to avoid streaks forming. The baking soda cream  

also removes grease stains from the countertop  , which are usually stubborn and impossible to completely remove using any product indicated for the care of countertops.

Yellow soap, a valid substitute for Marseille soap

Many women know and use Marseille soap,  

but there is actually another, neutral soap  that cleans steel very well, leaving it looking like new again in just a few applications. Pour 500 ml of water into a saucepan,  

add a 500-gram bar of soap and bring to the boil.  When it has completely melted, turn off the heat, cover the saucepan and let it cool. Then  

transfer the mixture to a spray bottle and spray it  directly onto the steel surfaces. Wipe with a cloth and rinse.

Among other natural remedies,  

there is also lemon, which has an excellent  cleaning, stain-removing and degreasing action and manages to perfectly polish steel surfaces. It is a polishing agent, in fact it is used to polish glasses. Then add  

the juice of two lemons to a litre of water  , soak a soft cloth in it and wipe it over the steel. Then, as usual,  

dry everything with a soft cloth. For an even more intense result, you can wet the sponge, already soaked in lemon, in salt and then wipe 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 is best to avoid using too much salt, which can ruin the steel.