Like Jon, I have begun to favor the gray scotchbrite over steel wool for rubbing to satin. In particular, I buy it in long rolls and like to use it in "drywall hand-sanding blocks", which are app. 3" x 9" and allow clamping the scotchbrite pad onto a perfectly flat block w/handle. I find that it is MUCH easier to maintain a straight-line pattern when the wool/scotchbrite is on a block like this, particularly on the larger surfaces.. I also like to use "wool wax" or "wool lube" for this process, as a lubricant (essentially soapy water), to ensure more uniformity in the scratch pattern. Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:30:52 -0500 Jon Page <jonpage@mediaone.net> writes: > At 04:48 PM 10/31/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >But unfold the steel wool and use it with the strands > >perpendicular to the grain. Less deep scratches that way. > > > > Newton > > > Use gray Scothch Brite and you won't have the 'banding' caused by > the steel > wool. > > With steel wool you have to physically lift the wool off the surface > to > start a new scratch-pattern. > With Scotch Brite you can 'walk' it across the surface. > > The biggest benefit is that there is no steel wool dust to breathe > in. > > Happy Halloween, > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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