Cleaning silver HIFI facia

What is the best cheap way of doing this? I have greese marks on my amp and CD player and its starting to look a bit of a mess whats the best way of smartening it up?

 

I tend to use one of the aerosol polishes.....apply to a cloth and then test on a small area.

Armourall dashboard cloths work.....but you need to remove the residue left with kitchen towel.

pledge impregnated cloths work well but are expensive......

 

meths and a kitchen towel

 

A clear glass cleaner will get the grease off.

If it's brushed metal then a drop of WD40 or TX10 on a cloth will give it a nice sheen - looks great on black gear.

 

I would firstly buy some Tesco Microfiber cloths (£0.99). With a very slightly damp MF towel wipe the suface and then buff with a dry one.

You could then use a vinyl cleaner such as Autoglym or Amorall. Apply a tiny amount onto a foam pad, leave for about 10 min and buff with a dry MF towel. This will give a slightly higher gloss than normal but the damp/dry MF routine will clean the suface.

Most products work by adding a silcone layer with give the gloss but they attract more dirt and give that smudged effect.

The 3M, Vilida MF cloths are expensive rubbish but if you want the best then you will need to order from the USA (well worth it IMO)

 

Don't f**k around.

Give it a wipe with a slightly damp cloth with a bit of detergent.

finish with a little baby oil on kitchen roll.

 

I'd have to agree with garyi, except that I'd suggest that the use of baby oil might also constitute "f**king around" . Put a little warmish water into a glass, squirt in some washing-up liquid and swirl it up a bit, then dampen the corner of a dishcloth slightly with it and rub your fascia until clean. Job done.

 

use your sleeve.

 

I will try water with a bit of microbibre clothes then at first I really don't want to make things worse. I am always a bit scared of things like this since a little accident with T-CUT on my dads car.

 

lol I once cleaned my mums car windscreen with TurtleWax!

 

but don't forget to gob on it first...

 

We bought a cloth from John Lewis which is designed to clean these stainless steel fronted kitchen units/microwave ovens etc and it's brilliant on the hifi. The front of my old Super XV (which is black, but still a brushed aluminium finish) now looks like new - it was filthy beforehand.

The cloth's made of a sligthly fibrous material and is used only slightly dampened with water. Works a treat.

 

The best cloths I have tried so far are from www.pakshak.com Incredible quality.