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  1. 27th February 2011, 04:25 PM #1
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    Hello, can anyone please tell me where you can get 0000 steel wool for finishing?
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  2. 27th February 2011, 04:28 PM #2
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    Got mine from Carbatec
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    G'day JillB!
    Any paint store or the big green shed or other hardware stores should have the steel wool for you.
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    The two Australian brands I have tried crumb very quickly. The best steel wool I've ever used is made by a Scandanavian company called Trollul, but I haven't seen it in Australia. The best available within Australia by far is the 000 from Liberon (French). Their 0000 steel wool is much finer than the locally produced stuff and far outlasts it and without crumbing.

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    Can't say I have had a problem with Sifa crumbling but I usualy use it with a cutting oil mix of turps and linseed. I give it a very hard time but as soon as it is flattened too much I cut of a frsh pad. I saw that Tend had another brand at Artisans Retreat woodshow the other day but I don't recall the brand although from them it may be Rustins. I also only ever buy it in the roll and cut it with sharp snips. I never use the pads in the hobby packs and never just drag it apart. And never use it if it starts to rust because then it will just crumble.

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    Mrs. Wood picked up a couple of rolls for me from a local retailer. I think there's a list of retailers on their web site.
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    Bunnings, have got it from there lots of times, cheap as too )
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    Read an article in FWW relating to a project by an well known American woodworker (can't remember who) and he highly recommended Liberon.
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    Yep! Bunnings have it.
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    Are you saying Bunnings carry the Liberon brand?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    Are you saying Bunnings carry the Liberon brand?
    No no, just that they have 0000 steel wool. Don't know the brand name.
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    I have only ever seen SIFA brand at Bunnings, never had a problem with it myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JillB View Post
    Hello, can anyone please tell me where you can get 0000 steel wool for finishing?
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    Rustins 0000 Steel Wool very good quality.

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    I tried Rustin's 0000 and it was excellent. I wondered at the time if they simply sold repackaged Trollull steel wool. Is Liberon 0000 really Trollull or vice versa? It's such a specialised product and I can't imagine there'd be many plants producing the quality stuff.
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    I've heard steel wool comes from hydraulic rams.

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