Stainless steel wool

[rudy]

I'm getting my exhaust all put together and just need to fill in a little bit of the muffler where the packing has come out. only about an inch or two right at the front. Have looked for stainless steel wool at all the local places I can think of that would carry it, but nobody knows where to get it. Do any of you guys know where I can get some? I found some on ebay, but would rather buy something local rather than pay more than the actual product is worth just to ship it, and wait 2 weeks for it to come.

[posplayr]

Rudy

Well it costs money but this is the guy I bought from. Ships fast.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stainless-Steel-316L-Wool-Roll-1-lb-Reel-Coarse_W0QQitemZ180289250162QQihZ008QQcategoryZ46537QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

[Larry D]

Being from the north country, I don't really know.

I found it in Farm and Fleet and Tractor Supply down here. I think you know to get real steel wool, no detergents added.

Perhaps if there is a "mom and pop" hardware store, they may have it.

[mcloud]

Found some for less than $15

How about this....

[dardoonk]

Try Steel-Wool.com? You can buy it buy the roll..
434 Stainless - 4" wide / 1/4" thick / 5lb roll

http://steel-wool.com/

It is designed for hi-temps and exhausts. About $70 bucks a roll

[rudy]

Thanks for the replies guys. After reading Hoomgar's thread again about repacking his mufflers, I think I'll try that kind of steel wool. It's not stainless wool I don't think, but the places I checked at today only had the Rhodes American brand. Same as what Hoomgar used in his.

Back a number of years ago I made a muffler for my car, Zook GS1300 (Swift ). Had a perforated tube and filled the can with real steel wool, Bull Dog brand, which was available everywhere at the time and made locally in Ontario. Well, that stuff didn't last much more than about 6 months, and since I welded the whole thing shut I didn't bother putting more in. Guess there was just too much moisture in that part of the exhaust. That's why I was looking for stainless.

Anywho, will pick up some Rhodes American tomorrow when I get the BBQ black paint for the midpipe I just made.

$70 for a roll is a little too much for me right now. Probably in the future though.

[Steve]

I got mine at the local Ace Hardware.

Come to think of it, based on the reasonable price, it might not have been stainless, but it's easy enough to take out the baffle, so it's not that big a problem.

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[derwood]

W T F is wrong with fiberglass?

[Mark M]

W T F is wrong with fiberglass?

Doesn't last nearly as well as the steel wool.

Mark

[jknappsax]

I bought a repack for Two Brothers cans, was a batt of stainless steel wool the length of the can, and wide enough to overlap when wrapped the long way, about 14" long and about 12" wide. I got it for a little over $13 dollars from Bikebandit (I think!). This is pretty fine gauge stainless steel wool, and I expect it to last pretty well. Another thought is brass wool, frequently available a marine supply stores. Should be pretty resistant to corrosion due to moisture.

[derwood]

does steel wool sound different than fiberglass mufflerpacking?

[Blower]

Doesn't last nearly as well as the steel wool.

Mark

There are different type of a muffler fiberglass and I think every one of them
last better than steel wool and are much lighter .
Btw , steel wool burns a much easier than a muffler fiberglass .

[ALB80-850]

I'm pretty sure you can get the SS pot scruber pad that Mcloud posted about at Wally-World for a few bucks.($3-5) I think that's where I bought it, works real good for scrubbing the cooling fins on oil pans too.

Andy

[jed.only]

ive heard of guys using the old pink house insulation with awesome results.

[derwood]

I tried fiberglass pink but it wasn't any quieter than a burnt up supertrapp glass pack. i couldn't seem to get it on the baffle tight enough. I repack now with the "muffler" fiberglass, 1 pack plus anything salvageable from the old packing. seems to last around 20000 km.