Thread: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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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