| Get squeaky clean glassware with superfine steel wool  An auto body shop isn't the first place you'd think to go for tips on tidying the kitchen, but the people who take pride in detailing cars know a thing or two about cleaning surfaces without damaging them. So when I found out that body shops used a special kind of steel wool to clean windshield glass, I was intrigued.
Steel wool is made of thin steel filaments, and the various grades of steel wool are determined by the thinness of those filaments. 0000 is the finest grade of steel wool available—its little steel wires 0.025 millimeters in diameter.
I bought some 0000 steel wool from my local hardware store and tried it on the blackened drip tray of my toaster oven. While it lit up every muscle fiber in my good arm and took a few solid minutes of work,I was able to buff away some incredibly persistent grease with only steel wool and hot water, leaving absolutely zero scratches behind. When I discovered this, I was happy, yes, but also frustrated. How had I wasted years of my life soaking and scrubbing nasty baking dishes for hours? I've also used 0000 steel wool on glasses and stemware—the superfine filaments buffed away cloudy spots that linger after a conventional hand wash. Read more about why I love it, and find a few favorite scrubbing tools below.
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Friday, January 28, 2022
Get squeaky clean glassware with superfine steel wool
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