Re: [World] Steel Wool

["R&B Alexander" <addressis@removed>]

Gary,
My comparison was over a year ago.
I bought some Rhodes at Lowe's and I had some Professional's Best from ABC
 Home Depot also carries it).
I have found that more oil came out of the center of the pad which I had cut
in half. If I used the outside end of the pad there was less problem with
oil residue.

I have tried washing pads in rubbing alcohol and even brake cleaner. The
latter dries very quickly but it takes a bit of it and it smells bad for a
while. Do not use it over asphalt!  The alcohol takes a while to dry. Pure
alcohol might work better. I could clean a whole bag at once with some
denatured alcohol and let it dry on my dashboard in the sun.

I found the white scrubber to be much less effective dry than the wool,
however, I do use the white pads wet sometimes. There is also a blue
synthetic steel wool pad. I found it to be ineffective dry but satisfactory
when wet.
I prefer to use my steel wool dry. I would like to get some brass wool but
have not found a source.

So, did I read that 000 and 00 wool do not scratch glass? is that used dry?

Ross Alexander
Greensboro, NC

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Mauer <moms@wcmail.net>
To: <World@wcmail.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 7:20 AM
Subject: RE: [World] Steel Wool


> >>>I've found that either brand is oily - Ross Alexander<<<
>
> Ross,
> For years I've been finding that one brand - the Rhodes American - is NOT
> oily - and I recently confirmed this by buying samples of both and testing
> them.
>
> Is what you just said about both brands being oily based on a recent
> comparison, where you've double checked the labels to be sure you had
> samples of both?



 
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