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Re: Cleaning pad (Scotch-Brite)
At 03:48 AM 3/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I bought a Scotch Brite Scrub Sponge today to use on my tank and noticed on
>the back it said "not for aquarium use!" There is nothing to indicate that
>it is anything but a sponge (no soap, ingredients, etc) w/a synthetic
>scratch pad. Anyone know why it shouldn't be used?
Scotch-Brite (the original pad stuff, they have since applied that name to
all kinds of unrelated products) is a lose non-woven nylon fabric to which
has been bonded a hard, solid abrasive (silicon carbide as I
recall). This stuff is pretty sharp and hard and would likely scratch glass.
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Dave Gomberg, San Francisco mailto:gomberg at wcf_com
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