How to clean 'rust?' from stainless steel radiator?

[zeebop]

Hi,

In the bathroom we have a stainless steel radiator which seems to accumulate rust spots over time. What is the best liquid or material to clean this with?

Some examples of the markings here:

for any pointers

zeebop

[Andrew Gabriel]

Looks more like chrome plate steel, in which case the rust is due to the chrome plate failing.

[Andy Hall]

Umm...

I don't think that it's stainless steel.

Do the spots appear in the same places and is there pitting?

The radiator appears to be a plated one and so your options are limited to painting it, getting it replated or replacing it.

[Kevin]

move it away from the toilet as urine is great for rusting most metals

[zeebop]

Thanks very much for the fast responses and advice. I'm sure it must be the chrome plated type as advised.

I've just tried rubbing a wet cloth across it, and it comes up very well, so my description of rust spots was misleading. I'm going to see how well it comes up by cleaning normally.

[Andy Hall]

I suppose that another thing that you could try is to use some kind of rust inhibitor liquid - clear one - carefully dabbed into the pits and wiped carefully. This may at least hold the rust back from developing to some degree but won't hide the marks.

[The Natural Philosopher]

you can clean rust off chrome pretty well as the rust spreads from teeny holes that don't show..until the pitting under the plating causes massive chunks to fall off.

[NOSPAMnet]

Could try Autosol for cleaning car chrome ???