Acid wash stained my stainless steel?

Use wax than acid. I use Meguiars. Good wax. I always use it in warm days. When cold, pressure washing with wax.

 

Try using Speedy, i use it on my stainless twice a year because it also has carnuba wax in it for protection, it also has a cutting agent in it for restoration of aluminum and stainless.

 

Mate any normal aluminum Polish will bring it back up really good, I own concrete trucks and we have to clean them with acid to get the Crete off and I have a fair bit of stainless on the trucks. The acid will burn them but a bit of polish brings them up like brand new. Wicked or purple are the best.
I find the stainless easier to polish than the alloy.

 

Try a polish called California purple works awesome with little effort. Wipe on wipe off. I get mine at a local Pete dealer

 

I would stay away from Limeaway. Limeaway and CLR have acids in them to react with the calcium and dissolve it.

 

I first purchased it at Trenton Mack years ago, they no longer sell it since owners changed, now i purchase it from a trailer dealer/repair shop called Hecht Trailer in Toms River,NJ. I don't know who sells it out west but it has became a proven maintenance tool for boats as well.

Speedymetalpolish.com You can order it direct from them.

 

Did you get it back to shinning???

 

The OP has not been on TTR since 2015.........so i do not think he will answer.