Found out steel wool #0000 leaves way less scratches on my old hand plane

I was over on the fine woodworking forum last night reading a thread about restoring vintage tools and someone mentioned that #0000 grade steel wool is actually finer than most sandpaper grits you'd use for metal. Checked the specs and #0000 is equivalent to around 1200 grit, which I never realized. Has anyone else switched to using a finer grade and noticed a difference on their tools?

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quinn58210d ago

I've definitely gone from 'polishing' to 'angry scribbling' before I checked my grit.

schmidt.willow9d agoMost Upvoted

Went from a 220 grit to a 60 grit just to show that rock who's boss, huh? Did you manage to save the piece, or did it end up looking like a crime scene with scratches?