Bronze wool … is there any fine enough for glass?

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Hello everyone.
I see Canada cleaning supplies has bronze wool … not the 6 by 9 pads , but little balls/pads like regular steel wool.
They claim they dont scratch glass, but from what I understand , all the bronze wool available is not actually fine enough.
Anyone offer any insights ?
I ordered some because I was ordering some super slip , and was the only place that wasn’t sold out ( and I can’t order it from the states , it wouldn’t ship … actually I wanted hi slide … they would not ship either to Canada ) .
Obviously I won’t use it on a customers glass without testing on some glass I have .
Any input is appreciated.

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We returned multiple pallets of that stuff as it scratched glass in all our tests.

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Thanks Chris .
I’m glad I just ordered a little bit .

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Hey Chris, what’s the deal with brass wool availability? In all my years of cleaning windows, I had never used it. I’ve found some of the 6x9 pads, but haven’t used any yet. Did all the brass wool factories shut down? Lol

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Good call Chris. Multiple tests. Some glass will not scratch and other glass will. So obviously it is not the product alone. When testing products I make my own “scratch Sensitive” surface by polishing a new glass square with a cerium oxide slurry. Just do one half. Test a broken shard of glass across both sides. Then once confirmed I will test a compound, brass wool, super abrasive powder, or anything else. I should do a video on this test. Works every time.

Henry