Steel wool

Description

An abrasive pad composed of fine strips of steel. Steel wool is available is a variety of grades with the finest labeled as 0000. It is used for wood and metal finishing

Synonyms and Related Terms

wire wool (Br.); laine d'acier (Fr.); Stahlwolle (Deut.); staalwol (Ned.); lã de aço (Port.)

Comparisons

Properties of Common Abrasives

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 775

• Tom Rowland, Noel Riley, A-Z Guide to Cleaning, Conserving and Repairing Antiques, Constable and Co., Ltd., London, 1981

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_wool (Accessed Mar. 20, 2006)