sf wrote:
>
> It's sounding like it might be a better idea to use chrome polish on
> it.

You could consider the pan a tool not decor. When a tool has a wear
mark on it that's a badge of honor. Except I rather like having
cookware that counts as both tool and decor. I tend to count the
stainless ones as tool only, the copper ones as both - Picking the
higher effort option for myself.

> It works for silver, so it might for stainless steel too... seems
> like ss isn't really stainless either. Where did that term come from?

Stainless steel stains "less". In English it's accurate but often
misunderstood.

Auf Deutsch man sagt <rostfrei> - Rust free. In German it's inaccurate
but sounds cooler. En Francais on diet 'inoxidible'. Immune to
oxidation is also inaccurate but this one sounds cooler still.