Rust stains on stainless steel hob trim

Screwfix, Toolstation, eBay, Amazon, various factors….

It's not difficult to find, JK. 👍🏻

Apparently Bakng Powder works too.  (Wire wool, no!)

Fair enough Tinwheeler. My comments were based on early observations of the damage caused to oak furniture stripped with wire wool, the remains stuck in the grain, and my mothers efforts at using the brillo on the stainless kitchen sink. This is what moved me to abrasive pads many years ago. In the workshop I even use the abrasive pads with machine wax when maintaining cast iron machine tables.

Colin 

I give up. It’s up to the OP if he wants to use an age old low cost tried and trusted method which is still in use today or do something else. It matters not a jot to me.

Once again, it has nothing to do with Brillo Pads or coarse steel wool. 😵‍💫

Oops that should read Bicarbonate of Soda as BP has a small amount of acid content.

Folks why not look it up on line, the simple solution is there. Wire wool will  produce more rust spots it's not suitable.

In whose opinion?

A normal shopper will easily find what you're describing TW. We were talking of a finer grade not easily available on the high street. I've been doing bodywork on various types of vehicle for a year or two +35 so I know where to get wire wool and it wouldn't be the suppliers you recommend.

JK