Please help me shine my kettle

I have the prettiest stainless steel stove top kettle but it's gotten all filthy from grease and grime from it's close proximity to saucepans, etc. It doesn't fit in the dishwasher so this grime is accumulating making it look a lot less pretty.

I have tried washing it with detergent, cleaning with sugar soap, and polishing with eucalyptus and tea tree oil but so far this has only worked on the top half leaving the bottom half with a dirty, mottled look. I assume this is something to do with the heat solidifying the grease.

Please does anyone have a remedy that will work, bearing in mind that I am a tea addict and use my kettle almost constantly so I can't soak it for hours or anything like that.

Jif or a cream paste. And a microfibres cloth. Works every time!

Dear fellow tea addict: if your problem is baked in oil, a paste of bicarb left on for half an hour, followed by some straight dish detergent & a soft plastic scourer may cure your woes. You can boil your tea water in a small saucepan if necessary to tide you through this process.

Is it wrong that I thought you thread title was a euphemism?

I have had the same problem with my kettle - by mine fits in the diswasher. I've also sprayed it with oven cleaner before and that's worked.

Wonderful suggestions, thank you wise women. I don't have cream paste but I tried the microfiber cloth as a start and it's already shined up beautifully. I'll try the cream when I get some to finish it off and if it doesn't give me my desired shine then I'll try the bicarb or the oven cleaner.

I use my microfibres for all things grease related! Always works a charm. Be careful of any scourers and bicarb as depending on the finish it can scratch. Always do a test patch with anything (even cream cleansers as some are abrasive and some aren't) or you could end up with a clean scratched kettle ;)

I used to put mine in the top shelf of the dishwasher once a month.

Lol you sound like me, cant go an hour without the kettle on!

Yep I'm what my granny always called a "right tea Jenny". There's nothing like a cuppa and I do enjoy it more when it comes from a shiny kettle :)

If all else fails, after your last tea of the night, soak it in the laundry tub with a scoop of washing powder (for clothes) and hot water. Should come off in the morning. That's how I clean my oven racks.

That's how I do mine too Kim! Great tip :) just make sure it's not a metal that can rust. As I've learnt this the hard way with certain baking dishes that oxidised in the soaking process due to the detergent.

I think a kettle that rusts would be in very little demand :lol: I might try that if I get desperate but I'm not keen on the idea of having no kettle for my first-thing-in-the-morning caffeine hit

You'd think so. :p but this is a chemical reaction. Normal soaking overnight never rusted these pans :p

In that case I'm too afraid to try!

My husband used to polish our kettle & toaster once a week with Mr Sheen & an old rag. Worked a treat!

I use my Enjo glove and cloth on our kettle and it comes up shiny