how often do you polish your YETIs and with what?

RRP

Let's face it stainless steel is not stainless and even daily washing in hot water and soap still leaves behind some cloudy haze. 2 or 3 times now I have used a spray of Stainless Steel Magic. That cleans and polishes them for the time being but is still not fingerprint resistant after a few more washes. Any body have a good product to recommend?

Lit

You wash them?

Darby_Crenshaw

Many of the stainless steel treatments (for fridges, etc) are really just mineral oil. Instead of removing fingerprints, they actually obliterate them with a sheen of oil all over. 

Stainless really is (cosmetically) a problem if you are looking for a permanently clean solution. I think a few washes is the best you can hope for. 

lousubcap

Acquiring knowledge if I ever move to the "Yeti dark side".  Thanks for the insights-

theyolksonyou

Mine have never seen soap. Rinse and refill. 

swordsmn

"How often do you polish your Yeti"?

that's a little personal Ron......

swordsmn

Wife said "Great, now he's given you a new euphemism"

Carolina Q

You need an abrasive cleanser.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4101

Jupiter Jim

SS has always been over rated.......... I find it funny how the world thinks it's so wonderful like it won't rust but the cheap SS will rust like crazy. I'm old school and love my Tervis Tumblers at a fraction of the cost and no special maintenance....... Just drink faster!

DoubleEgger

Here you go Mr Ron 

http://www.ssina.com/download_a_file/cleaning.pdf

Jupiter Jim

Wholly crap all that just to clean a drinking vessel!!!!!!!!!!

swordsmn

Ron just lives the life of the gasket guru, he bleeds and sweats permatex glue.  So he has needs to get that off the Yeti occasionally.   ( that was almost a poem)

stompbox

Barker person Friend is great stuff.

Terrebandit

I don't Ron.  Like you, I take good care of my stuff. I have to admit though, I don't mess with the stainless grates much.  I see shiny stuff once and a while.

Lit

Jupiter Jim said:

SS has always been over rated.......... I find it funny how the world thinks it's so wonderful like it won't rust but the cheap SS will rust like crazy. I'm old school and love my Tervis Tumblers at a fraction of the cost and no special maintenance....... Just drink faster!

Tervis isn't a fraction of the cost by the time you get a lif the tervis is 2/3rds the cost of a 20 yeti. I have a cabinet full of tervis and they never get used anymore they are not even in the same ball park as the yeti cups.

pgprescott

swordsmn said:

"How often do you polish your Yeti"?

that's a little personal Ron......

That's what I was thinking. It's better coming from a guy who calls himself @swordsmn. Maybe change your handle to yetimn?

Botch

My Yeti only sees iced tea.  I call it "patina" and don't worry about it.  

blasting

Botch said:

My Yeti only sees iced tea.  I call it "patina" and don't worry about it.  

Uncle Si ? Is that you?

RRP

Botch said:

My Yeti only sees iced tea.  I call it "patina" and don't worry about it.  

I hear you about the patina left inside - I was talking about the no longer shiny "grain pattern" on the exterior. For our use my wife and I know the YETIs are clean but when guests come over to sit outside I don't want to hand them YETIs that look like they have a collection of the FBIs finger print files stored on them.

northGAcock

Ron......I use to have a microfiber stainless steel cloth that I used on some of my appliances.  It was specifically for stainless and used no chemicals. It was good at removing prints. Chech Amazon......right certain they have them. Would link but not on the right device.

swordsmn

What about barkeepers friend?

Eggcelsior

stompbox said:

Barker person Friend is great stuff.

Do you mean Barkeeper's Friend?

If so, yep. Works great on my sink and pots/pans. The cream is less abrasive.

swordsmn

Good timingEggcelsior

swordsmn

Barker person friend probably involves a showcase showdown..

swordsmn

I crack myself up 

swordsmn

pgprescott said:

swordsmn said:

"How often do you polish your Yeti"?

that's a little personal Ron......

That's what I was thinking. It's better coming from a guy who calls himself @swordsmn. Maybe change your handle to yetimn?

Touché' @pgprescott but my screen name is a nod to Tom Clancy in a Jack Ryan book.  Sword fights in that context ain't happening lol

northGAcock

Jupiter Jim said:

 I'm old school and love my Tervis Tumblers at a fraction of the cost and no s pecial maintenance....... Just drink faster!

Not opposed to stainless, but you do get to make a personal statement with the Trevis!

nolaegghead

Unless Yeti is code for an anatomical part, I don't polish it because it's a tool.  We just throw ours in the dishwasher every now and then.

stompbox

Eggcelsior said:

stompbox said:

Barker person Friend is great stuff.

Do you mean Barkeeper's Friend?

If so, yep. Works great on my sink and pots/pans. The cream is less abrasive.

Thanks for nothing spell checker!

Yes.  That is what I meant.

swordsmn

nolaegghead said:

Unless Yeti is code for an anatomical part, I don't polish it because it's a tool.  We just throw ours in the dishwasher every now and then.

They are explicit about not dishwashering it Nola.  Did you decide that was really for the lid or ?.

bgebrent

Don't ever deviate from manufacturers direction!  Ever!