Steel Wool
By Amber
@AmbiePam (120988)
United States
October 21, 2007 9:10pm CST
This may end up being the least responded discussion I ever do. Thankfully, I am OK with that. : )
I was watching TV and someone made something really cool, and one of the things they used was steel wool. It's just too bad I don't remember what they made.
Have you ever used steel wool? Have you used it in an unusual way? Can you think of some useful or creative way to use it that would make something better?
C'mon, share your steel wool stories!
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11 responses
@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
22 Oct 07
You are supposed to nail a tin can lid over the rodent hole. Or so I hear.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
23 Oct 07
Novel approach, and humane, I guess.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
22 Oct 07
I think they used to use a piece of steel wool in a fire starting kit, but I do not know for sure. Hubby says I am wrong, and he is probably right. You have at least one response, now. I have also used it in furniture refinishing.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
22 Oct 07
I should add that if you have a screw that has lost its grip in a hole you are supposed to wrap it in steel wool.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
23 Oct 07
It is Kansas, we have to have wind. No hail that I am aware of. Of course last week there was a tornado about twenty miles from here, and we did not realize it.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
22 Oct 07
Hello I would like to join this discussion of yours in the hope that you will still have more responses as all the others of your discussions.
Well, I have never heard of the steel wool and I am still wondering about the use of it. It would be nice if you had a picture to match this discussion so that I can have a look at it to be more clear of it. hehehe
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
22 Oct 07
Thanks for the information about the picture of steel wool. I have read the one and seen the photo of the steel wool and I have learnt something from it. Thanks so much for it. Have a good day, friend.
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
22 Oct 07
Hi Ambiepam.I made a little "tin man"like in the movie Wizard of Oz a couple years back,haha.I put them on sticks through the middle of the pad for the legs and arms,bodu made of styrafoam/head and covered it with them.Dont ask me why i thought of that to make,hahaha.My boyfriend said one time "im sure if i gave you toothpicks,cotton balls and glue,youd find something to make."Yeah!What about teddy bears(balls body,toothpicks legs and find some little tiny rocks for eyes.Hahah,i know im a a nutjob sometimes.I like to keep my brain updated alot.hehe
Peanutjar:)
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
22 Oct 07
Hahaha,sometimes i like to think im albert einstein,only the dumb version though,hahahaha.:)Its still smart though,hehehe.
Peanutjar:)
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
2 Nov 07
Thankyou AmbiePam:)I wish you a wonderful weekend and god bless my friend:)
Peanutjar:)Hugs
@BlueStarMom1 (931)
• United States
22 Oct 07
haven't used it for any thing really creative but sure do use it alot to scrub. I use the steelwool soap pads all the time. Bob uses steel wool to take rust off of some of his tools. Would that be creative LOL. I will be interested to see if anyone comes up with some great ideas.
BSM
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
22 Oct 07
I always keep a piece of steel wool for very difficult types of cleaning, which thankfully I don't have to use very often.
I will tell you of an unusual use I made of steel wool.
Many years ago I lived in a farming community & there was a terrible mouse plague. We couldn't keep the mice out of anything. Fortunately the flat I lived in was relatively new & there were very few places a mouse could gt inside. Then we discovered a little hole that mice were getting through. As mice can & will eat anything, they kept getting inside no matter what we used to plug the hole.
Until we used steel wool. They can't eat that. Thank Goodness.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
22 Oct 07
Thanks so much for both the picture of steel wool and the use of it. From what is narrated here by you, I think that it is a very useful material for us to use to clean things that won't be easy to get cleaned and to plug the holes from mice entering to do some damages to our furniture. That's really a good idea. I think that you have made the best of the steel wool, dear jennybianca.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
22 Oct 07
Wow, I feel dumb. I've only used steel wool for traditional cleaning-type purposes. Now I have to come up with some creative uses for it!
Could use it like duct tape and make clothing out of it, but somehow I don't think that would be very comfortable. Ouch!
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@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
23 Oct 07
I really hate the stuff. I don't like the SOS pads because they leave scratches on the pans and rust overnight! My mother used steel wool when refinishing furniture to get into some of the small, tight spots and usually before she went to the finer sandpapers. Anyone using it needs to wear rubber gloves, because you can get splinters of it in your fingers! I have seen it used as hair on clowns and dolls, but can't think of any other creative uses for it.
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