can anybody tell me a good way to clean a stained blade so it comes up nice and shiny. Cheers guys:)
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can anybody tell me a good way to clean a stained blade so it comes up nice and shiny. Cheers guys:)
Welcome to SRP. There are more experienced restorers, and blade cleaners, than me, but i'm sure they will agree with me in the following:
If You just want to polish the blade, use some Maas, or Flitz, or any other metal polish.
If there is more to do than only polishing, You will need to sand the blade, but that's another story.
Aniway, You can find some wery helpful hints in the Wiki area.
What kind of staining, pics please?Quote:
Originally Posted by daz
I only have Iphone so Im not sure on posting pics. LOL I'm a technaphobeQuote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Daz first off welcome to SRP.... :)
You really might want to do some browsing in the Workshop forum to get an idea of what things are even capable when it comes to polishing out blades...
It basically runs from using some metal polish on a rag, to felt wheels and a Dremel, all the way to Buffers and greaseless compounds, to Knife grinders and total re-finishing of the blades....
So when you say polishing you opened a very large doorway here...
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Originally Posted by daz
Dont feel bad that makes two of us, and as Glen said, the word polish opens a very large door, hence the request for pics.
You're a technaphobe? You've got an iPhone! I still only carry a pager, and that's only because of my job.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz
If you want better help, you either need to give a better description or borrow a camera from someone else. Alternatively, I assume you newfangled iphone has a camera, so just use that. The camera in that thing is still probably better than my old camera.
thanks everybody. The blade is not pitted , just discoloured (blackish) and only in a couple of places. The edge is fine
Start with MAAS, Flitz, Simichrome, or Blue Magic Metal cleaner/polish on a rag and see how that goes first...
ps: Polishing a blade will dull a shave ready razor...
cheers glen. I'll see what I can get tomorrow. We may not have those in England. Are they the same as chrome cleaners?
Maas is stocked by Lakeland if you have one of those near you. If not you can get Autosol at Halfords.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz
Halfords is around the corner. Really looking forward to getting started and learning more. Thanks to everybody.
Welcome to SRP, Daz. A warning about metal polish on goldwashed blades - the goldwash will come off very quickly. If your blade has goldwash, be very careful with polishes.