I like to keep my stainless pits looking good. What I had always done was to use some sort of stainless cleaner; sprays,wipes or liquids. The results didn't vary much. They were all good @ removing dust ,fingerprints and light smudges..After the application of the cleaner and buffing the results were always good. The problem is after the first cook the stainless looked blotchy and faded..I got to thinking - all these S S cleaners I had used contained mineral oil...That led me to applying straight mineral(drug store
variety)..Here is how it went: Ambient 72º..Pit clean, @ ambient and out of the sun. Wiped on the mineral oil as lightly as possible. It was slightly high on the viscous side(thick). That made it a bit harder to apply and wipe off. It looked good, not 100%..Later I fired up the pit and while it was warming gave it a buff with a dry cloth..That is all it needed to lower the viscosity just enough to get a super finish..It looked better than any S S cleaner I had previously used. Now after 3 cooks totalling ~ 6 hours the stainless has the same shiny look to it..The big question is how long will it last? So far it is 3x better than any S S cleaner I have ever used...
Has anyone else gone this route?