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[member=75933]luvmytoolz[/member]  For your own daughter? That's kind of what I get from your wording. Cleaning fuzzies is one of those jobs that feels like it is never done, like filling pits in a slab table top that has a lot of figure/character. Have you ever tried a brass or plastic bristled brush? They can break this stuff out without rounding over the details, like sanding can. It is also faster and less nit-picky.

Yes it's for my daughter whom I want to bring the mood up a bit for, so I'm borrowing a quote from William Morris; “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”

Only part of the quote though, I can assure you my house is very full of crap that will surely come in handy or be valuable one day! ;-)

As I also like carving Greenmen images which are quite intricate, I've got drawers full of stainless steel and brass brushes. The fibres on Tas Blackwood though are quite soft so mostly just bend but not break off cleanly. I don't mind though as the timber grain is incredible, the chatoyance in parts of it are truly a thing to behold.