Guys, I fucked up. I have what was a beautiful two-tone colander that looked nice and retro, with a shiny red finish. After some use, there was a very tiny amount of rust showing in places around the rim, and my dumbass self decided to soak it in CLR like I do with anything metal that gets signs of rust. It didn’t occur to me that it would remove the gloss finish from the powder-coated enamel.

Now it looks and feels awful, like it has a dull, pink, rubbery coating instead of the beautiful glossy bright red finish of yore.

Is there a product I can use to polish it back to beauty? It wasn’t cheap and has been discontinued, so I’d like to restore it if possible.

I’ve searched online but my Google-fu isn’t worthy, apparently. Thanks in advance!

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I don’t know about the best route or if there’s a viable one to get it to its original state, but if you want a replacement, I think that this is what you have:

    https://www.amazon.com/Calypso-Basics-88660-Enamel-Colander/dp/B07FM7W1SJ

    Amazon’s out of stock, but it gives the brand and model number – “Reston Lloyd 88660”, if you want a new one.

    Camelcamelcamel says that it was last available in early 2021 for about $33 (with a small price dip at the end):

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07FM7W1SJ

    So I wouldn’t spend more than $33 of time and resources on repair effort, since I suspect that there are probably some out there.

    EDIT: It looks like their current model is one-tone rather than two-tone:

    https://www.amazon.com/s?k=lloyd+reston+collander

    I don’t know if that matters to you.

    EDIT2: I see the two-tone being sold on EBay (“lloyd reston collander”) new, albeit not currently in pink, if that’s the color you have.

    EDIT3: Apparently Lloyd Reston is the “exclusive distributor”, and “Calypso” is the brand.

    • LillyPip@lemmy.caOP
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      6 days ago

      Thanks!

      Yes, I think that’s the one. It was more expensive when I bought it, and they’ve since discontinued it, which is likely why it’s out of stock.

      I do like the white interior, since it more closely matches the one my gran left to me that was rusted beyond use.

      $30 is kind of a lot for my budget, and I prefer to repair things rather than replace, because consumption bad. That’s a good metric for effort and materials, tho, so thanks!

      edit to your edit: I have the bright cherry red one, which doesn’t seem to be available on eBay. It looks pink or salmon because I ruined the outer coating, but it was a glossy cherry red like in your first link before I adulterated it.

      Thanks for all your research!