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I chose coarse steel wool over fine for restoring my grandpa's old plane, and it went way better than expected
Everyone online says start with 0000 for vintage tools so you don't scratch the finish. But after four tries with fine wool on a 1950s Stanley plane I found at a flea market in Ohio, I was getting nowhere. Switched to #2 coarse and got all the rust off in 20 minutes. Had to be careful but the scratches buffed out easy with some oil. Anyone else skip the fine stuff and go rough first?
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schmidt.willow11d agoMost Upvoted
Dive right in with the coarse stuff and don't look back. I did the same thing on an old Disston saw, everyone was yelling at me about scratches and I just went for it with a heavy grit. Took off ten years of grime in like fifteen minutes and the finer sanding smoothed it right out. People act like old steel is made of glass or something. Just work slow and you're golden.
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