1st Biuld - HB-4S violin bass

[Simon Barden]

I’d strongly advise against steel wool. I tried it recently and whilst it looks a brilliant way of getting a smooth finish at first, you find out later that you’ve got small broken ends of steel wool embedded in the finish which show up as white dots in bright light. Caused me no end of repair work. I now use Scotch-Brite pads instead (7447 and 7448 very fine pads). Same effect, no steel fibres.

[Rabbit]

I’d strongly advise against steel wool. I tried it recently and whilst it looks a brilliant way of getting a smooth finish at first, you find out later that you’ve got small broken ends of steel wool embedded in the finish which show up as white dots in bright light.

Was that on timber or on cured varnish?