Brillo-pad Like Abrasive Pads for Dremel

They are useful for cleaning up a blade or for turning a mirror polish to satin.
They're not much good if you want to actually sand away steel to remove pitting, because they're too soft for that.

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Originally Posted by JP5

If I remember correctly, they work well for removing light surface rust and cleaning the blade but I think they were too soft too remove pitting very well. It's been a long time since I've used them though. The ones I used were generic so the Dremel may be a lot better.

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The pads I used are generic - Dremel versions are much more expensive and harder to locate. I did get one Dremel pad in a polishing set and I really could not tell the difference between that one and the generic versions I purchased through Amazon.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

They are useful for cleaning up a blade or for turning a mirror polish to satin.
They're not much good if you want to actually sand away steel to remove pitting, because they're too soft for that.

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That is my experience as well. I don’t own a buffer so the Dremel and hand polishing are my only alternatives. I experimented with these pads on a blade I got for cheap and so far have been pleasantly surprised. My Dremel is mounted horizontally on the Dremel drill press device so I can manipulate the blade as if I was using a tiny buffer. I would not attempt to use the Dremel freehand with these pads to remove rust.

I 'm going to try and cutting little circles out of a pad and mounting it in one of the mandrel that are used for holding the cut off wheels. Think it will work?

I have made buffer wheels from stacked brilo pads, they work OK for general clean up of rust and patina. They make pretty good satin finish.
I use those with black emery for cleaning and/or lazy finishing sometimes and I like the results I get.
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