Scotch Brite pads are for refinishing similar to sand paper.
If, and only if your revolver is stainless you can rub it with bronze wool till the cows come home without altering its factory finish. Bronze is softer than steel so bronze wool doesn't mark stainless but more than sparing light use will remove bluing. Lead away cloths also are a little abrasive and will eventually remove bluing. When I bother to remove the powder burn doughnuts off stainless I wet the cylinder front with solvent, let it stand for awhile then use bronze wool. That takes no more elbow grease than Scotch Brite.
If a stainless gun has collector value, and they eventually all do, any visible polishing reduces value. A shinny stainless gun the owner thought he was taking care of with Mother's Mag is only a shooter. Like always, you alter original guns at the expense of present or future collector value.
Edit to add that this really is the best advise: "just ignore them ;-)". However I do sometimes clean the doughnuts off mine as part of admiring the gun or before putting one away for long term storage.