HOMAX PRODUCTS 123100 Bronze Fine Wool Pad, 3-Pack

Nice pads do a good job

I purchased this because it was recommended to be used with Borlas exhaust system polish to help remove heavy oxidation and light rust. It works fantastic! I first clean the stainless steel with an all purpose spray cleaner/polish, then use the Borla product with the fine bronze wool to buff out all the nasty stuff. It does a great job of removing everything but the shine. Plus, the package has enough wool for many applications. I highly recommend this for any of your steel polishing needs.

While this is considered a marine product, it was recommended to me for keeping rats out of holes. It may be too soon to see its effectiveness, as its only been in my grill for a short time. The vote is still out.

I hate working with steel wool because it rusts so quickly. If youre using steel wool to remove the finish on wood, little bits of rusty steel can get into the wood and ruin the surface. I was very excited to find out that there was such as thing as bronze wool and immediately bought some to try. Ive used it in my furniture refinishing projects for several months now and also to remove rust on metal. Ive also started using it in place of kitchen steel wool pads, which become quickly become too rusty to use. Bronze is softer than steel, so bronze wool scratches less than steel wool of a comparable grade. Overall, bronze wool is a big improvement over steel wool for many applications, and Ive already ordered more of the fine as well as some of the coarse grade. The only reasons for giving docking it a star are: 1) its much more expensive than steel wool (yes, I would expect it to be more expensive, but IMO its disproportionately so, although the price has come down since my original order) 2) because its a soft metal, tiny fragments break off and can make a mess. Note: Bronze wool comes in fine (this one), medium, and coarse grades. I havent seen the medium grade anywhere, but Ive ordered the coarse grade and will post a review after Ive had a chance to work with it. Heres a link the coarse grade in case anyone wants to compare:

Who reviews bronze wool, for gosh sakes. I bought this stuff to remove lead from gun barrels after using target lead loads, and it is utterly fantastic in that regard. If you shoot, get some, wrap a pinch around your nylon bore brush and look at the shiny bore it leaves. You wont be sorry.

It didnt do what I needed, but Im not sure how much of that is the Wools fault. It is interesting stuff.

Not quite what it appeared to be

I use this on my boat, my outside furniture and my favorite use is all my glass top cookstove it’s so clean

I used this with oil to remove rust from a WWII Kar 98k bolt. The rust was in the contours under the gas shield where a brush would not reach well. I got the rust easily with a little bit of this and some oil. Did not harm the 70+ year old bluing.

This was perfect to gently remove rust on parts that have a surface finish, like bluing. It also worked well to smooth down any overly textured piece of Cerakoted metal, like a rough edge or a piece that somehow ended up with a noticeable texture from fingerprints.