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for household cleaning, although those products sometimes no longer contain steel wool.
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147:Another use for steel wool is in
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92:Steel wool burning in air
976:Machine and metalworking
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30:A piece of steel wool
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951:Cutting and abrasive
585:Ceramic tile cutter
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745:Pocket knife
730:Pizza cutter
705:Nail clipper
665:Honing steel
650:Glass cutter
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690:Meat slicer
635:Emery cloth
620:Disc cutter
595:Countersink
570:Bolt cutter
358:Bronze wool
234:Extra Fine
217:Super Fine
204:Grade Code
201:Grade Name
158:with iron.
130:trade names
114:Bronze wool
55:wire sponge
1017:Categories
922:Wire brush
892:Steel wool
810:Coping saw
725:Pipecutter
680:Lawn mower
475:2009-07-21
437:2009-07-21
384:References
363:Glass wool
251:Very Fine
134:Brillo Pad
132:including
110:after-rust
106:iron stain
78:steel wire
43:Steel wool
21:Steal Wool
1033:Abrasives
835:Miter saw
775:Sandpaper
695:Mezzaluna
630:Drill bit
625:Drawknife
580:Burnisher
470:0161-7370
373:Polishing
138:Chore Boy
74:broaching
67:polishing
51:wire wool
47:iron wool
956:Forestry
946:Cleaning
907:Tool bit
856:Scraper
852:Scissors
840:Wire saw
830:Hole saw
825:Hand saw
795:Chainsaw
543:abrasive
496:23 March
397:Iron Age
352:See also
63:abrasive
981:Masonry
971:Kitchen
897:Surform
847:Scalpel
820:Hacksaw
815:Fretsaw
790:Bandsaw
710:Nibbler
685:Machete
539:Cutting
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325:0.0035
319:Coarse
308:0.0030
291:0.0025
285:Medium
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257:0.0018
240:0.0015
223:0.0010
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102:tannins
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961:Garden
770:Reamer
655:Grater
590:Chisel
575:Broach
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188:Grades
178:tinder
156:oxygen
149:rodent
140:, and
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996:Power
887:Snips
870:Paint
760:Razor
740:Plane
675:Laser
670:Knife
565:Blade
545:tools
268:Fine
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59:steel
53:, or
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466:ISSN
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560:Axe
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