What is Steel Wool?

Steel wool, also known as steel wool, can also be called steel velvet, into a velvet-like, composed of a number of continuous fibers of a certain width band.

The fiber is generally divided into 8 models from thick to fine: 4 #, 3 #, 2 #, 1 #, 0 #, 00 #, 000 #, 0000 #, and finer 00000 # models, but they are rarely used in China. . The thinner the fiber, the softer it is. The thinner-fiber cotton belt feels as soft as cotton, so it is also called steel wool. In fact, the thicker-fiber cotton belt is not as its name. Looking at a high-power microscope, the two sides of the fiber are sharp-edged, so you must wear labor protection supplies when using it.

Steel wool products are widely used: generally used for household cleaning, cleaning of large shopping malls, hotels, public places and other facilities, polishing and processing industries such as stone and wood, automotive industry, etc. Due to the late start of the industry in China, everyone knows less about it, and there are more unexplored areas of use ^[1]

Steel wool (steel wool) can be made into a variety of products suitable for different uses and fields, such as:

Polished cotton and polishing discs

It is mainly used for the polishing and polishing of stone and wood utensils. The three types of polishing cotton and polishing disc 2 #, 1 #, 0 # are more commonly used in the stone processing and stone conservation industries. 0-0000 # polishing cotton can be used for paint removal, polishing, sanding, scratch repair, etc.

Steel wool strips and sandpaper

It is mainly used for household cleaning, mechanical cleaning and sanding of metal and plastic molds. Steel wool strips are mainly used for cleaning kitchen utensils and other hardware and mechanical supplies. Generally, there are 0 # and 1 #; coarse sandpaper can be used outside Removal of wall groups such as wall tiles or stubborn dirt, finer sandpaper can be used for polishing or scratch repair of home-made furniture, and cleaning of glass and high-end furniture.

There are also soap-containing steel wool (steel wool), which is mainly used for household cleaning, and large cake cotton (cake-like steel wool), which is mainly used in industry, polishing cloth, polishing pads, large rolls of cotton, etc.