3M 10119NA Synthetic Steel Wool: Durable and Versatile Abrasive Cleaning Solution Review

I bought this product thinking it might work for fine (furniture) paint and "wool dust" remove from steel wool. It doesn't come close to steel wool for finishing. This is normal in some applications such as cleaning. I've used it to lightly clean ceramics and it didn't last long. Did a good job but not worth the extra time compared to using steel wool and then cleaning it up.

I paint, repair, varnish and wax discarded wood furniture. I use chalk paint and clear/dark wax to set the colour. This steel wool is ideal for polishing wax. This makes creating a nice, soft patina a lot easier than socks or rags. It has teeth to sink the wax into a porous painted surface without biting off the base paint. If you want a crisp, clean shine, synthetic steel wool is great.

I usually use steel wool 0000 for deburring woodwork after applying polyurethane. Synthetic 0000 isn't good for this - I had to apply a lot of pressure, and even after much longer rubbing than real steel wool, the board still had a rough surface that didn't remove brush marks and dust particles. I came back to present for a few seconds and now the board is as smooth as glass. There are probably some applications where this plastic could be useful, but deburring polypropylene is not one of them.