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  2. S.O.S Soap Pad - Wikipedia

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    An S.O.S Soap Pad. The soap is the blue substance seen in the pad. S.O.S Soap Pad is a trade name for an abrasive cleaning pad, used for household cleaning, and made from steel wool saturated with soap. In 1917, Irwin Cox of San Francisco, California, an aluminum pot salesman, invented a pre-soaped pad with which to clean pots.

  3. Scotch-Brite - Wikipedia

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    Scotch-brite. Scotch-Brite is a line of abrasive products produced by 3M.The product line includes scouring pads and tools for home uses such as dish washing and scrubbing, as well as various types of surfaces for industrial applications, such as discs, belts, and rotating brushes, with varying compositions and levels of hardness.

  4. Steel wool - Wikipedia

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    Steel wool burning in air. Steel wool is commonly used by woodworkers, metal craftsmen, and jewelers to clean and smooth working surfaces and give them shine. [3] However, when used on oak, remaining traces of iron may react with tannins in the wood to produce blue or black iron stain, and when used on aluminum, brass, or other non-ferrous metal surfaces may cause after-rust which will dull ...

  5. Abrasive - Wikipedia

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    Abrasives generally rely upon a difference in hardness between the abrasive and the material being worked upon, the abrasive being the harder of the two substances. However, it is not strictly necessary, as any two solid materials that repeatedly rub against each other will tend to wear each other away; examples include, softer shoe soles wearing away wooden or stone steps over decades or ...

  6. Scouring powder - Wikipedia

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    Scouring powder is a household cleaning product consisting of an abrasive powder mixed with a dry soap or detergent, soda, and possibly dry bleach. [1]Scouring powder is used to clean encrusted deposits on hard surfaces such as ceramic tiles, pots and pans, baking trays, grill, porcelain sinks, bathtubs, toilet bowls and other bathroom fixtures.

  7. Floor scrubber - Wikipedia

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    Floor burnisher is the term for a high speed floor buffer that rotates its pad at over 1000 RPM. Closely resembling a large upright, wide-based vacuum cleaner with handlebar controls and requiring two-handed steering by beginners, a floor buffer uses one or more variable-speed circular rotary brushes to dislodge dirt and dust from and apply a ...

  8. Scouring pad - Wikipedia

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    This was, and still is, used as an abrasive scrubbing pad, however, it is becoming less common, as it removes non-stick surfaces off pans. [1] On June 19, 1962, Alfred Benjamin patented the stainless-steel scouring pad - United States patent 3,039,125. In 1988, the first scouring pad made of out sponge material was patented by Hans J. Hartmann ...

  9. Nail file - Wikipedia

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    Emery boards are inexpensive and disposable, making them a sanitary alternative to metal nail files. The emery board was first patented by J. Parker Pray of New York in 1883. [3] Emery boards are generally less abrasive than metal nail files, and hence, emery boards may take longer to file down nails than metal nail files.