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07-04-2009, 05:59 PM #1Junior Member
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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
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07-04-2009, 06:18 PM #2Senior Member
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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.
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07-04-2009, 06:25 PM #3what Dad calls me
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What kind of staining, pics please?
Originally Posted by daz
can anybody tell me a good way to clean a stained blade so it comes up nice and shiny. Cheers guysIt is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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07-04-2009, 06:31 PM #4Junior Member
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I only have Iphone so Im not sure on posting pics. LOL I'm a technaphobe Originally Posted by nun2sharp
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07-04-2009, 06:38 PM #5At this point in time...
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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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07-04-2009, 06:42 PM #6what Dad calls me
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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.It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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07-04-2009, 07:02 PM #7illegitimum non carborundum
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You're a technaphobe? You've got an iPhone! I still only carry a pager, and that's only because of my job. 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.
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07-04-2009, 07:50 PM #8Junior Member
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thanks everybody. The blade is not pitted , just discoloured (blackish) and only in a couple of places. The edge is fine
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07-04-2009, 08:05 PM #9At this point in time...
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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...
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07-04-2009, 08:15 PM #10Junior Member
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cheers glen. I'll see what I can get tomorrow. We may not have those in England. Are they the same as chrome cleaners?
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