I picked up an original Krenit bowl in Germany and there are some signs of normal aging on the outer steel and inner yellow enamel. Any owners out there have any advice on cleaning. I obviously what to treat it with the care it deserves and not use any harsh cleaners. The person who sold it to me said to use olive oil and that will bring it up like new. Any advice welcome.
Thanks,
C
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Would toothpaste be too abrasive? Then a thin coating of extra virgin truffle oil? Or, Bar Keeper's Friend? Or consider leaving it alone. It took the piece several years to "look like it's looking". You will be removing the lovely bowl's sordid history.
But then again, I'm slightly buzzed.
Aunt Mark
The reason oil
-- any roughly transparent oil -- would make colors brighter and dark areas darker is because it -- like any liquid -- saturates the surfaces and changes their reflectivity. A polished stone is always darker and richer than in its unpolished state -- and oil, wax, water or spit will all, to some degree, replicate "on the cheap" the effect of polishing those surfaces.
Personally, I wouldn't gunk up a favored object with a (temporary) surface treatment which it would otherwise never have suffered. A good washing with some liquid detergent would be the remedy -- and the original treatment choice, as well. Any time you want to artificially enhance the colors, you can just spit on it !
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