[TowerTalk] Re: Steel Wool For Deburring

[Al Williams]

There is a product--brass or bronze wool--I think used in the boating
industry as it doent rust.  Would that work?

k7puc


----- Original Message -----
From: <N4CW@aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: Steel Wool For Deburring


>
> In a message dated 10/04/2000 8:16:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> n2mg@contesting.com writes:
>
> << Please oh please do NOT use steel wool.  It'll leave steel slivers all
> over the place that will rust the first chance they get and perhaps cause
> dissimilar-metal problems as well. >>
>
> Good point...I'd forgotten (I do a lot of that lately...) that I'd used
the
> plastic gritty pads for furniture stripping or something like that...they
> hold up pretty well, too, and are just as flexible as steel wool.
> The thought occurs to me  that steel wool particles in the No-Alox
suspension
> might not fare badly...they conduct, and the goop might just keep them
from
> rusting. As for the dissimar metals thing, I just dunno. It doesn't seem
to
> be an issue with stainless hose clamps (short term...).
> Appreciate the cautionary feedback.
> 73, Bert N4CW
>
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