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Silver Streak Digest       Sunday, July 3 2005       Volume 01 : Number 179




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Re: [SilverStreak] Steel Wool??

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Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 19:06:22 GMT
From: "waymark1@xxxxxxxxxx.com" <waymark1@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Steel Wool??

Steel wool leaves microscopic fragments of steel embedded in any soft 
metal such as aluminum. These teeny bits of steel RUST. To see this, 
just leave an ordinary steel wool ("Brillo") pad wet.

All mechanical polishing operates by scratching. The fineness of the 
abrasive determines the size of the scratches. If the scratches are 
about the size of the natural surface grain of the metal the finish 
will be similar to the unpolished metal that has not been exposed to 
weather and abrasion.

Burnishing sort of mashes the surface grain of the metal over, making 
a smoother surface.

Using appropriate chemicals can be done to chemically polish an already 
smooth surface. Some polishes (such as Wenol) function by a combination 
of chemical and mechanical (abrasive) polishing. Brasso and silver 
polishes use an ultra-fine abrasive.

Al Grayson

- -- "Carolyn" <hown@xxxxxxxxxx.net> wrote:

I cleaned ours with a product called MetalAll.  It did a nice job but did 
not remove water streaks from the air conditioner.
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "david bailey" <dbwentfishin@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
To: <sslist@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] New Member


> try a little 0000 steel wool some time on a chromed surface...even 
> without any polish.  It will shine it quite nicely and not leave any scratches.  
> I used 0000 steel wool and 409 to do a first wash on my SS that had not been 
> washed in years...did  a pretty good job.
>
> db
>
> CHRIS H BROWER <chrishbr@xxxxxxxxxx.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure "any" wool would be good. I think it would scratch the 
> surface rather than polish it. Tom has recommend a soft abrasive before 
> but I can't remember the name of it. Just think what steel wool does to the 
> side of a nice shiny cooking pan. (no more shine).....but then maybe I'm wrong... 
> good luck.
> chrishbr
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: david bailey
> To: sslist@xxxxxxxxxx.com
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] New Member
>
>
> Why is it that steel wool should not be used?
>
> db
>
> MSC06USNret@xxxxxxxxxx.com wrote:
> Welcome to the silver streak group. i'm also a struggling member working on a 
> 1958 clipper. the main lesson that i learned the hard way is to only use aluminum 
> wool if you need to rather than steel wool. i can provide a source if you need it. 
> jim -)
>
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