On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:23:17 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

>
>> The first is that, though it will indeed remove the stuff on
>> the pot, it will also scratch the surface in ways that will
>> make cleaning more difficult in the future.
>
>> In addition, it will leave in those scratches bits of steel
>> far to small to be seen, but of a size that you might not
>> want to eat when they find their way into your next meal.
>
> Hm, are you in USA? If so I think you maybe have a different steel
>wool from what we have here in Scotland. I've been eating invisible bits
>of it for years and ....
>
>..............aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrggh
>
> Janet.

Hi Janet,

I am in the USA...

Our "steel wool" looks rather like... well... "wool."

Folks here also often use another cleaning item that is
essentially the same thing but on steroids. That is, instead
of the "fibers" being the thickness of a hair, they are more
like the thickness of a slender wood shaving.

That latter type does clean surfaces very well, but at the
expense of scratches that are typically quite deep.

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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