What are your home remedies?

why?

soaking it in acitone (sp?) (nail polish remover), or CRC elecrical contact cleaner will remove oil.

But again, why? Its cheap, throw out the used stuff and get new.

Degreased steel wool is used in rust bluing.

carberator cleaner

Steel wool comes with a coating of light oil on it to prevent it rusting into a red blob.

I soak it in acetone, then store it in a ziplock after it dries/flashes off.

DO NOT USE ACETONE AROUND OPEN FLAMES!

Now it makes sence to me. Where I was previously employed they used soft wire wheels for carding. I never saw steel wool get used.
That's the wonderful thing about ignorance, its curable through education.

Always used acetone. Carb cleaner would work though.

Gentlemens:

Do any of you use Scotchbrite or Beartex instead of steel wool?

Glenn

1. Use Liberon Steel wool which has far less oil.
2. Leave it in a coffee can full of actetone.

Scotchbrite is to aggresive for carding. It will take you right back to metal. - Works good for prep though.............DJ

Soak in denatured alchohol.

I always use acetone and find it works well, but if left for long after degreasing it does tend to rust

Thanks everyone, seems like acetone is easy and very popular.