Comments on: Bronze Wool http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/09/bronze-wool/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/09/bronze-wool/#comment-384672 fred Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:44:34 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/09/bronze-wool/#comment-384672 Of course steel wool has the advantage that shed strands can be picked-up with a magnet. By the way - on both bronze and steel wool a good brand with good QA will have all the material at the same grade with no errant strands - so as you move down to finer and finer material - you will not have a few strands of coarser material spoil the finnish. Thats also why it is important to clean between sandings or between steel-wool use - so that you do not leave behind coarser material. Another alternative is the 3M (Scotchbrite) or Norton pads - that do fine in many instances for paint-grade work. Of course steel wool has the advantage that shed strands can be picked-up with a magnet. By the way - on both bronze and steel wool a good brand with good QA will have all the material at the same grade with no errant strands - so as you move down to finer and finer material - you will not have a few strands of coarser material spoil the finnish. Thats also why it is important to clean between sandings or between steel-wool use - so that you do not leave behind coarser material.

Another alternative is the 3M (Scotchbrite) or Norton pads - that do fine in many instances for paint-grade work.

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