Showcase Refrigeration Specialists
Postal: P.O Box 166, Sebastopol, Vic, 3356
Head Office: 40 Production Drive, Alfredton, Vic, 3350
Ph: 03 53376399 Fax: 03 53376499
Email: sales@bar-fridges-australia.com.au Web: www.bar-fridges-australia.com.au
Golden Bear Enterprises T/As Bar Fridges Australia and Aquarange ABN 13 101 612 239
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION
CARE AND PROTECTION OF STAINLESS STEEL
SURFACES
Your Bar Fridge features Stainless Steel components, using 304 and/or 201, 430 or
418 grade Stainless Steels. All Stainless Steel grades require a level of care and
protection to retain their appearance. Stainless Steel is not immune to corrosion and
neither are they maintenance-free, contrary to popular public perception. Even the
highest marine grade 316 Stainless Steel can rust without care, they require
frequent cleaning with fresh water to avoid oxidation and other corrosive issues.
Modern tastes dictate that your Alfresco Bar Fridge or BBQ features Stainless Steel
with a brushed finish. This brushed finish is attained by running Stainless Steel
sheets through an abrasive process that removes the ‘mirror finish’ to leave it
‘brushed’. Brushed finish Stainless Steel requires frequent cleaning and care, to
maintain its quality of appearance. Without adequate care it is realistic to expect that
it will show signs of corrosion in time, that is 100% guaranteed.
Stainless Steel is definitely not a maintenance-free material. Cleanliness and
Stainless Steel are closely related.
After installation, we recommend that owners apply a thin layer of Olive Oil with
a clean rag, to all exposed Stainless Steel areas. This should then be polished in
and buffed off with another clean rag to a non-oily finish. This process will aid
protection against dirt and other corrosive contaminants, by providing a temporary
food-safe shield. The Olive Oil layer also makes later polishing and removal of
fingerprints easier. This process should be repeated frequently every 3-4 months.
A lot of times rust that first appears is just ‘surface rust (tea straining)’, this will
simply wipe off with hot ‘drinking/tap’ water and very fine steel wool if needed. When
you wipe clean dry with clean cloth and add olive oil coating.
You must take into account with your purchase that to look after stainless steel will
have added costs and time needed to periodically maintain.
Look after your investment carefully and it will serve you well for many
years to come.