[QUOTE=seasaw2mch;6203944]I'm glad you all responded because it gave me more ways to try my little experiment. I did not think about the steel wool rusting and since it's humid here, I'm think now it's a bad idea. I might see what I can find out about the emery powder and the soap bars were my grandma's favorite come to think about it. I also used them when I did wood working to keep my saw blades from rusting and it helped them glide through the wood a lot easier. I have never used wool before but maybe I'll have to check into them as well. Do you any type of wool for that? or is there a specific type I should try?

Maybe you could enclose one of those little packs of silica gel along with the steel wool to absorb moisture?

I love making pin cushions. I heard that you should use raw wool. I have stuffed pin cushions with wool yarn and I have also covered pincushions with felted knitted wool. I bet you could use wool roving as well.

I found emery sand here: http://www.joggles.com/store/catalog...ducts_id=15142
The emery sand was a great idea but it's a little fussy to work with.

Yep now I get the right advice! That baby is 40 now and I'm NOT STARTING OVER to find out if that woks and I'm sure he won"t be still for me to re-try it now. LOL
But thanks for clearing that up.

It is so nice to know that there are a bunch of us that actually used cloth diapers, women now a days, have no idea of what we are talking about.