steel wool quality question

I like Liberon steel wool. I buy from Rockler but it’s available online.

-- Aj

Most ordinary steel wool has a lot of oil in it. Liberon has little to none, the best I have used.

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Bronze wool is worth considering as well.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bronze-Wool-3-Pad-Pack-Fine/380316364516?hash=item588c9f2ee4:g:ihoAAMXQDXRRGnpV:sc:USPSFirstClass!91335!US!-1

Interesting thing about steel wool: the very fine grades—0000 or finer, can catch a spark and burn. Be careful when grinding or welding near it.

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Interesting thing about steel wool: the very fine grades—0000 or finer, can catch a spark and burn. Be careful when grinding or welding near it.

- runswithscissors

Also keep it away from places you plug things in. My dad set some on fire one time when a few strands of it were across a plug when he plugged it in.

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I switched to the “artificial steel wool” pads. Have used Norton and Mirka ones with success. After issues with stell wool causing rust, but also wondering if I was breathing in metal dust. Where do all those fine little shards of steel go as they slowly disintegrate? I certainly don’t want them getting in my eyes, food, etc or my dogs eating them etc.

I was shocked the first time I saw how steel wool was made. I was thinking “just think up the most inefficient method possible and go for it”. My biggest gripe with SW is all my tools, being slightly magnetic, really look hairy after a wooling session.

I like the artificial pads, but there is a big difference between a known brand and some off brand products.