saucepans !

[MERLOTBEAR]

This is probably the most boring question you'll read this week. I recently acquired a new set of stainless steel saucepans and already they are starting to look grotty - not dirty, they just don't seem to like the dishwasher. The outsides are fine but the insides come out looking tarnished and discoloured. Presume that the insides and outsides are the same metal so this is a puzzle for me. I always had saucepans with a layer of teflon inside so have never had these before - how can I restore them to their former glory?

[wendilla]

I have had my set of stainless steel sausepans for over 10 years there is not a mark on them and have been used daily but they have never been in a dishwasher.

[Figi]

My stainless steel pans always go in the dishwasher and they're as sparkling as the day they were bought. I don't wish to appear rude, but were your pans cheap ones or top quality?

[thelewisgang]

buy a tub of Astonish cleaner available from Wilkos & other outlets. I get tarnish type marks in mine & they are not cheap saucepans but by using Astonish which incidentally is brilliant for cleaning things like ovens, sinks & even glass. only costs about 85p they come up gleaming. hope you can locate it somewhere.

[theonlyone]

My set of stainless pans are made by Kinox and are at least 20+ years old , but I just wash them with a green pot scourer if something burns on to them use a Brillo pan , they are not discoloured and went through the dishwasher when I had one . If you are not happy with them ,return them and get a refund .

[tinkertontom]

try good old salt and vinigar to get stains off ,it really does work and a lot cheaper than all these cleaners you can get