Steel Wool?!?!?

:rolleyes: ive heard that some people use steel wool to sand some parts on their cars:rolleyes:?!confused: is it good to use steel wool????:confused: :

If I were you, I wouldnt use it. My bro used it on his model BMW Z8. And when I looked at it up close, I saw all kinds of scratches here and there. Im never gonna use. I prefer wet sanding.:smoker2:

I'd say it would be pretty hard on the plastic and would leave lots of scratches.
Never heard of it being done before so i'll stick with my sand paper

whats wet sanding?

steel wool is not something to use on painted surfaces,it's good for
removing light rust or corrosion from bare metal or chrome
(not plastic chrome)

wet sanding is using water as a lubricant and for moving sanded material
away from where you're sanding !
:bandit: Mike

I've heard people using Scotch Brite from 3M for sanding, anybody know what that is?

Originally posted by daggerlee
I've heard people using Scotch Brite from 3M for sanding, anybody know what that is? It's that green abrasive pad that comes on the backs of kitchen sponges. It's like steel wool, but less abrasive and made of plastic.

Well, im not sure excatly how to do it, but When me and my dad were working on a project car. After the primer had set and dried. We took very light sandpaper and water and just sort of went around the whole car applying water then sanding it. Without pressing to hard. It made the car look really smooth. And the finish came out perfect. Thats what we did and we called it wet sanding. :D But I never really tried it out after the paint had been applyied. I think its only for sanding primer.