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Anyone know what will clean up old stainless steel really good? I need to clean some tanks that have syrup and caked on dirt all over them. I tried to use soap and water, but only helped some.

Thanks!

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How about good old S.O.S. pads...
And a little elbow grease!
Soft Scrub w/ bleach, Lime Away or the other brand that escapes me at the moment...
Oh yea, CLR ! ! !

       On pop machines the syrup is always caked up in the bottle opener area.
Nothing works better for me than glass cleaner, maybe it's the amonia in it!

Thanks! I will try all those! Seems to be really on there. I did try the brillo pads, but did not help much. The syrup has been on so long that it has discolored the stainless steel!!

                I 'v just used Warm-Hot Water Works Great .Remember it's Mainly Suger



                                                                Leonard

Simple green also really works on dissolving old soda. 

If it's just the caked on crud that's giving you a hard time, I've used spray-on oven cleaner, (Easy-off is one brand name) the lye ( sodium hydroxide) in the cleaner will destroy the dried/carbonized sugar & corn syrup, but it won't harm the stainless, but it will attack any aluminum or magnisium trim, so follow all of the instructions on the can, scrape off as much of the thicker stuff as you can with a plastic scraper/putty knife first, ( dont forget your safety goggles & rubber gloves and a long sleeve shirt) and use it in a well ventilated area. and no open flames or smoking (the cleaner gives off hydrogen gas as it cleans,)

I've also used Westley's Bleech-White for white-wall tires, this works well on dirty rubber seals, again safety first, (as stated above) you'll find that it works very nicely with a medium grade of steel-wool pad & again, it will dis-color aluminum trim, so use it carefully.

I had the same build up in some fountain dispensers... I just let the soak in hot water, and SImple green overnight... next day just rinsed and lightly scrubed with a tooth brush and came nice an clean...

Thanks Gang! Going to try the oven cleaner today. If it does not work, I will try simply green

I used to use a product named Butchers Speedball it is absolutley the best cleaner I have ever used. I cleaned many vending machines including cup soda with it. It also is very good at removing cigarette smoke residue off of the machines you could literally see the residue running down the sides of the machines after spraying it on the sides. Of course as with any cleaner you want to try it on a small area to make sure the paint doesn't come off with the cleaner. I never had it happen with Speedball but better safe than sorry. I used to purchase this from a janitorial supply house.

Although for dried syrup I found hot water usually worked the best.

Sand blast then re-paint.

I have the same issues with my Vendo 39.  It is getting pretty sticky.  It is the only soda machine I have yet to restore.  I may have to restore it to get it clean.  Good luck.

BC

I've used oven cleaner also and had good luck with that :smile: