Does anyone still use SOS pads?

[El Sapo]

These things are teh suck.

I guess I can understand why they might have been cool about 50 years ago, or whenever it was they came out, but they have got to be one of the worst inventions ever made.

You get a blast of entirely too much soap for the first use or two, no soap at all for most of the time you use it, and then you're left with a rusty mess that looks like a hairy coyote turd after a strong rain.

Ok. That's all.

 

[washparkhorn]

I use the unsoaped Brillo steel wool pads regularly. I solved the rust problem by setting it on an upside down disposable plastic cup I have under the sink.

They are great on stainless steel pans and glass baking dishes.

 

[Mrmyke709]

They're great for cleaning pruning shears, hedge shears, and other similar gardening equipment.

 

[Macanudo]

They get blood up pretty well too.

 

[X-Ray_Horn]

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[K-Man]

i wipe with em

 

[ctrl+alt+del]

I use them to clean my Delorean

 

[Statalyzer]

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[WorsterMan]

I buy em to wash the white letter tires on wifeys SUV. I have tried a lot of soaps and brushes to clean white letters over the years and discovered SOS pads by accident a few years ago - they do a great job.

 

[BrothaHorn]

Small pieces of Brillo are also good in the crack pipe

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

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[El Sapo]

Right. I am talking about the kind with all that blue powder soap caked on to them.

 

[WillWork4Horns]

I have a cousin from okla that has major dentist issues. So every 6 months or so he simply buffs the ol chompers with a fresh SOS pad.

 

[uisge beatha]

Just dampen the part of the pad you are actually scrubbing with, not immerse the whole thing, and the soap will last a lot longer