30sVintage - What you have is a mix of leftover furniture polish and dust, baked together. Have you tried mild soap and water? If that doesn't work, try mineral spirits on a soft cloth. Wipe on a generous amount, let it sit and then wipe it off with a clean cloth. Test in a hidden area, but mineral spirits usually doesn't affect the finish of a piece. As you found, anything oily just spreads the oily dirt around. The mineral spirits can dissolve old oils and grime.

Well Mo, sgmkj22 et al... we're observing same phenomenon, which seems to have no viable solution other than "staying on top" of the streaks. Which means every day I suppose. But it sure is bizarre that none of us can make real sense of where/how it comes from. For example the vent idea makes sense, however these evaporation vents are in different places on the appliances - yet some of us get the streaks from seemingly unrelated areas. ALSO I wonder if its mostly Bosch brand, or if its a general stainless steel door thing ? Maybe some of them have really thin/flimsy door panel which essentially translates "heat" from inside leaving ghost marks! All I KNOW is that I hate stainless steel appliances, never understood why they became so popular as to be ubiquitous -- and the ONLY reason I have this new dishwasher in SS is because my husband insisted it would "look better" than my old white one. HA ! I think I'll have HIM "stay on top" of the streaks. Thanks everyone for chiming in... We're hosed. That's it.

Depending on what the finish was before the paint you might be able to break the bond using a steam cleaner. First I would check the finish on the unpainted portions of the door to determine if it's varnish (solvent for that is mineral spirits or turps) or shellac (solvent for that is alcohol). If the wood-colored parts are covered with varnish I think you'll have an easier time breaking the bond. Shellac might be harmed by the steam. And maybe you'll get lucky and have varnish topped with latex paint. That's the easiest pairing to crack. However, depending on how old your house is the wood grain "takes your breath away" may be faux graining, not the actual wood pattern. In my c. 1840 NY house much of my woodwork had this treatment, and has since been painted. I can see where it was done, perhaps as practice, on the back sides of doors. Grain painting present special challenges as the graining may have been done with one medium, then topped by another to protect, maybe not. In historic restoration projects I have read of successful cleaning and restoration of faux grain painting, but I imagine it's very fussy work. And just as aside to anyone playing around with alcohol solvents. I recently acquired several liters of grain alcohol to use in cleaning books and have experimented with it on shellac-finished furniture and been amazed at how easy it is to work with compared to denatured alcohol. I think it is higher proof, so perhaps a more ready solvent. It's not cheap, and hard to find - and may be illegal in some states, but it's worth looking into. I live in NY, and can't buy it here, so I go to Vermont and special-order it at State Liquor Stores. You have to fill out several forms and sign an affadavit that it's not for human consumption (only for scientific, educational or research purposes). I just stated I was using it for cleaning books and antiques and the form came back approved along with my order of the stuff. The clerk in the liquor store said they had had to remove if from sale because college kids were using it to create something called Jello-shots, which sound vile. I don't think that's quite what the intended educational use is, though! Molly~

kporter, i'm going to urge you to do the 4000K lights. I have the 4" LED's w/the natural daylight, or 4000K (don't go higher) To me, the 3000K is too warm and gives off yellow light. do a 3500 at a minimum. my kitchen isn't bigger than yours, and I actually have dropped ceiling, but you can see how many I have (9) my main workspace area is continually lit w/undercabinet lighting, maybe a 3500 or so? during the day I never even turn on the ceiling lights I've considered doing a pendant or sconce over the sink, but the can light puts out enough light I also have a sconce (on the left you can't see) on the same line as my pendants (4000K), and those are on a dimmer in the pantry area (to the left of fridge) I have a ceiling light w/3 100watt bulbs