Steel wool grade 0000 vs grade 3 on old cast iron pans

I spent all Sunday trying to clean up two crusty old skillets from a garage sale. Used coarse grade 3 on the first one and it scratched the heck out of the surface, took forever to smooth back out. Switched to 0000 on the second pan and it cut through the crud way cleaner with way less elbow grease. Has anyone else found that finer grades actually work faster on heavy gunk than the rough stuff?

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zarapalmer2d ago

Finer grades cut through crud better" - um, that's not really how abrasives work though.

quinn5822d ago

People always think the expensive option is some magic fix for everything.