Kitchen Profile Maintenance: Cleaning & Care Guide
To clean aluminium kitchen profiles, wipe them with a soft microfibre cloth and warm water with a few drops of mild dish soap, then dry them immediately. Never use acidic cleaners, bleach or scouring pads — these permanently damage anodised and PVD finishes. A weekly wipe is enough to keep profiles looking new for years. That is the short version. The longer version is worth two minutes, because most dull, patchy kitchen profiles were not badly made. They were badly cleaned. Why do kitchen profiles lose their shine? Your profiles have a protective finish on them, and it is thinner than you’d think. Anodised aluminium — the usual silver, black or bronze — has a hard protective layer grown into the metal. Scrub it with a green scouring pad and you scrape that layer off. What’s underneath goes chalky and uneven, and it cannot be put back. PVD finishes like rose gold, champagne and gunmetal are tougher than they look but only a few microns thick. They handle daily cooking without complaint...