...which are insulators by joining hands to form a circuit through which electricity could flow. If the object, such as a steel wool pad, was a conductor, an electricity ball held by two students would light up.If the object, such as a rubber eraser...

...stems gritty enough for scrubbing pots, and that's how the plant got the name scouring rush. Horsetail also makes a fine polish for all sorts of other wood and metal items, its grittiness about on a par with the finest grade of steel wool.

...know of. If you have calcium build-up on your shower then you need lemon oil. Simply use a piece of extra-fine steel wool dipped in lemon oil to clean a shower door that you currently cant see through because of the lime deposits. Once the...

...with three holes remaining, Lietzke picked up a birdie at No. 16 - again after hitting his approach out of the thick steel-wool rough short of the green. That made Lietzke's bogeys on the final two holes meaningless. Watson was the gallery's...

...sanitation. Magazine editor Aggie MacKensie is joined by Kim Woodburn, who works as a sheik's housekeeper and is tough as steel wool. "I think people are just filthy buggers, actually," Woodburn said as she confronted a substandard homemaker...

...oak and pine scrap and birch plywood, turned out. Ms. Hammett stained the wood and applied a protective finish with steel wool. Beaten brass hinges add to the old-fashioned look. Woodworking in a condominium presents its own challenges. She...

...Richmond County sheriff's Capt. Gene Johnson said as he held a little brown bag of four loosely rolled cigarettes and a steel wool pad. Holding in each hand a small piece of the wiry string pulled from the pad, Capt. Johnson demonstrated how the...

...I take a three- or four-day vacation, my hands get clean," he said. "I use Gojo, and sometimes I have to use steel wool, because it gets embedded in my skin." Mr. Lee has been in the business for more than 40 years, 23 of them at Forest...

...year. Rub sap from the blades of pruning tools with steel wool dipped in a little oil or paint thinner. Scrape off...thin patches of dirt with medium-grit sandpaper or steel wool. Or soak a tool blade in water for a few hours, then...