0000 Grade Steel Wool

Iamnobody

I keep reading this is the best method for cleaning rosewood fingerboards and polishing frets (pretty sure I've done so in the past but my memory is shot). However...

Two wasted trips - one to my local hardware shop on Sat and just now to Wickes, reveals it's not easy to get hold of. Both sold multipacks contains fine, coarse and medium.

Any ideas which chain stores stock it? If not I'll be ebaying I guess.

Cheers

randomhandclaps

I only buy Liberon and have only managed to get it from the internet.  This is where I usually purchase it from -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIBERON-1kg-HIGH-QUALITY-STEEL-WOOL-CHOICE-OF-GRADES-0000-TO-4-/390739595411?var=660197435513

exocet

Touchstone Tonewoods in Reigate?

Suspect you're looking at mail order whichever route you take.

meltedbuzzbox

amazon for the win

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberon-Steel-Wire-Wool-Ultra/dp/B00CDUG7PW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410289456&sr=8-1&keywords=0000+wire+wool

Sambostar

Brought a load over from America.  I couldn't find it here either, best was 00 but 0000 is three grades finer than that.  You can buy it in any hardware store over there.

On a more positive note, they do sell Gorilla Glue and Birchwood Casey Tru-oil here now though.

Found some Liberon 0000 Grade:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberon-LIBSW0007G-Grade-Steel-Wool/dp/B000TVIWXW

 

 

jd0272

Google........

Tis where one gets one's.

dafuzz

meltedbuzzbox said:

amazon for the win

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberon-Steel-Wire-Wool-Ultra/dp/B00CDUG7PW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410289456&sr=8-1&keywords=0000+wire+wool

Yup, bought mine off Amazon

Andyjr1515

I got mine (in fact I thought it was 00000 - or is that daft?) from a shop, not mail order...just got to remember which one though...

Adam_MD

I'm in the states at the minute and bought some 0000 from Home Depot a few days ago but it's definitely not as fine as the Liberon 0000 I bought online last year.

Iamnobody

Cheers people. I know it's available online but hoped I might get it from a shop. Looks like you (widely) can't though.

Andyjr1515

I was right about the 00000 - Coloron fine is 00000...click on the 'how to remove cup rings' on this page here 

I'm pretty sure you can get this at any decorators / builders merchant (but I thought I got mine from either a large Homebase or large B&Q...might have that wrong and the B&Q website is down at the moment)

Andyjr1515

Don't use it anywhere near pickups, though!!!  They will end up looking like the iron filing beard toy we all used to play with as kids.

Andyjr1515

Yes - B&Q sell it  Click on the link - it is the Coloron Fine - the grade in 000's is marked on the packaging

Iamnobody

Andyjr1515;347561" said:

Yes - B&Q sell it  Click on the link - it is the Coloron Fine - the grade in 000's is marked on the packaging

Hi Andy - thanks for that. I'd given up hope though and just bought off eBay!

Here's a link incase anyone else needs some:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321452385559

Cheers

Andyjr1515

No, problem, Steve.  At least you know ebay has it in stock! 

t1000

I got mine from a Brewers Decorating centre they stock liberon products or at least they used to.

imalone

Andyjr1515 said:

I was right about the 00000 - Coloron fine is 00000...click on the 'how to remove cup rings' on this page here 

I'm pretty sure you can get this at any decorators / builders merchant (but I thought I got mine from either a large Homebase or large B&Q...might have that wrong and the B&Q website is down at the moment)

Think the Liberon might be finer than Colron 5 0s http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/2749/#Comment_2749
I've been to decorators and fairly large builders merchants that have only had 'fine' steel wool as their finest grade, but a decorators or possibly furniture conservators might be the best bet for an actual shop. Getting it off ebay is fairly cheap though, and small amounts will fit in a padded envelope, so no worries about missing deliveries.

Misterg

I got some 0000 stuff from B&Q and it was absolute rubbish - it shed so much rubbish everytime you touched it, and it was nowhere near as "soft" as Liberon 0000 that I used to have.

(It wasn't B&Q branded - a green & yellow pack IIRC)

I'm sure Axeminster will have the right stuff.

Sambostar

Don't forget to paper and mask up your pickups/magnets.

fretfinder

jd0272 said:

Google........

Wisdom duly awarded. Isn't that what everyone tries first...? Although I guess if they did, we wouldn't have nearly as many interesting questions on here! 

nickp

i cleaned my LP for the first time in 12 years.  makes hell of a difference!!

watched a good you tube video

then cleaned using

credit card first, then 

wire wool

masked up pups per sambostar's suggestion

then did frets after masking the fretboard all the way up