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Give your garden tools a spa treatment at the end of each season. Rub them clean with a piece of 000 (extra-fine) steel wool soaked in ordinary household oil. Wipe them dry with a clean rag before ...

The heavy smoke has cleared but ash may still be lingering on windows and sills. Before you go outside to tackle this gritty dirt, grab a steel wool pad, says Kevin Lambert of FISH Window Cleaning in ...

One of the most damaging mistakes people make is reaching for steel wool or abrasive scouring pads when tackling stubborn stains. That's because glass can be scratched by anything that's harder than ...