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Oneida 'Heirloom' Stainless Flatware: How Do I Remove Scratches + Signs of Wear?

Decided to downsize from 1 set fancy China, Silver and Crystal plus 1 set "everyday" to just One set for everything and found in using my Oneida Heirloom "Stainless steel" (Julliard pattern) every day - it quickly showed signs of wear and lots of scratches on the tips of the forks (where knife was used to cut near it) and on some spoons. Easy to tell which spoon got used for twirling spaghetti due to the resulting scratches left from the fork tips! Is there any way to get rid of these marks? Thanks very much for any suggestions! It is not 100% stainless steel. The Oneida website lists it as "18/10 Stainless Steel flatware"... for people like me who can't afford real silver (and don't want to polish it.). I've tried emailing them with no reply yet.

Public Comments

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2. Stainless steel would not scratch or chip, sounds like you have a plated set. You could try buffing with steel wool, starting with #1 or #0 and working up to a smoother finish with #00, #000, and final stage #0000. Keep in mind that this will always take a small amount of metal off, until you eventually will have to replace the set. Cleaner will help with any kind of tarnishing or staining of the metal.