Is there a way to clear up scoured metal?

My fiance's mum came round one night (about 4 days ago) and she decided to clean our built in hob (we live in a newly built apartment block) that had a lovely metal finish, it wasnt chrome and you cant see yourself in it, but it was a lovely shiny metal, but after she was done with it, its not got scour marks and scratches all over it and now it looks dreadful... I hate to look at it.


Is there any way to fix this? possibly without having to hire a professional to do the work...





Oh and before you comment, there really was no reason to clean it just yet, well, it certainly did not need a scour, a small wipe over would of sufficed.Is there a way to clear up scoured metal?
Get some Brasso Duraglit metal polish. This is cotton wadding with a very fine abrasive metal polish absorbed into it.





Polish the scratched metal until the finish is restored. Depending on how coarse the original abrasive cleaner was, this may take some time and a lot of elbow grease.





The good news is, you don't have to do it all in one go, or all at once.Is there a way to clear up scoured metal?
It sounds a though it might be stainless steel. It is hard to get the finish back if it is too badly scratched but one of the mildly abrasive metal polishes will help. If you can't find any, try a chrome cleaner for car brightwork or a car colour restorer polish. It won't discolour the metal but will restore the surface if you polish it for long enough.





EDIT: what I suggested might make it a bit shiny. If you don't want that, a mildly abrasive kitchen cleaner (without pressing too hard) will give a less shiny finish.
I'm not familiar with the term hob. I imagine the abrasives in the cleaner scratched the surface of the metal with random scratches. If its a nice flat surface the finish can be restored but it isn't going to be easy for anyone including a ';professional';. I imagine they won't know what to do either. What you're going to have to do is use a sanding material suitable for metal (not for wood), like emery cloth starting with about 220 grit and you are going to have to polish the entire surface with a circular motion. It probably will go a lot better if you use an orbital finish sander. Do the entire surface using the 220 grit, then do the same thing with 280 grit. Then 320 grit. I imagine it will become fairly polished once you get to 400 grit. You might need to even use 600 grit for the final polish. (I don't know how polished it was to begin with).