Rust stains on stainless steel hob trim

If it really is stainless steel, it won't be rust but more likely to be a stain caused by something stuck to the metal.

If it is rust, it’s either not SS or is of an extremely poor quality with impurities in it. You could try very fine grade wire wool. 

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Try a kitchen scourer and some baby oil. It does work. Back in the day when we had a house we had a lovely stainless steel gas fire stuck in the wall (gripfill's the thing). Once a month we gave it a once over with the above as it was cheap stainless and it looked brand new with a dull shine and no scratches. 

What's the "hob trim" though?

JK

It is the control panel at the front of the hob.

"Try a kitchen scourer and some baby oil"

That’s the same effect as fine grade wire wool and a wax polish👍🏻

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For clarity, I’m not talking about attacking the trim with a Brillo Pad but using fine grade wire wool, perhaps with a wax polish, as used by vehicle restorers to remove rust from chrome trims and by furniture restorers to remove stains from wood, fibre glass workers to clean gel coat and so on. That type of wire wool is as soft as a baby's bottom😀

Stainless steel does rust, eventually, even marine grade 316.

If you look at your saucepans they generally say 18-8. This refers to 18 parts chrome and 8 parts nickel. More expensive and higher quality will usually be 18-10.

Sometimes when you remove cutlery from the dishwasher you may notice brown spots  on them. Dishwasher tablets are highly corrosive and eat into the metal, hence the marks. Oh they can also kill a young child if they eat one, so be warned.

You may find a vigorous rub with a microfibre cloth will remove the marks, if not add a dot of cream cleaner.

You can also use scotch-brite abrasive pads, similar to your kitchen pan scrubbers. these come in several grades, green the roughest can scratch glass, red is medium and the light grey [Mirka manufactured] I use for de-knibbing varnish are used by the motor trade between paint coats.

I would avoid wire wool. It breaks up and odd fibres will remain that when exposed to a moist environment will react and you'll have more rust spots. I have lump of 0000 grade wire wool I've owned for 30+ years and it does not get used.

The baby oil is a good call and is commonly used in commercial kitchens as it dries to a non sticky finish, but at a push any food based oil would do the job.

 

Colin

Baby oil all day long. In the old life I was a shop floor manager in a jam factory. When a big client like Tesco was visiting we went overboard to look pristine. The kitchens for production were obviously zero metal allowed so to make the cookers look good we did the scourer and baby oil thing. A one ton cooker looked brand new in short time and that was silly money stainless that didn't rust. 

Don't miss that life, just the money

JK

Thing is TW you don't get that sort of wool on the high street. I agree about the softness though. When we used to go drag racing there was often a high speed spill which resulted in the bike plastics suffering severe road rash. Tuesdays and Wednesdays were bodywork repair days and at the end the finish you got with that wool was a show finish. I do miss those times

JK