Thread: YAY I fixed it - first restoration - suggestions for a metal polish

ok as some of you maybe aware i bought a razor from ebay a little while ago and after giving it a hot water bath to clean it, the blade reacted badly and ended up looking like this http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...ing-blade.html.



after some kind suggestions on what to-do about it and what may have caused the problem, i was getting no where cleaning the balde up and was on the verge of giving up and shipping it off to have it polished professionally, however this weekend i was in Halfords (uk car part store) and noticed a metal polish on the shelves so i figured hey for £5 its worth ago.

after 4 hours of polishing it now looks like this



the blade is spotless now, the camera is showing a shine in the middle of the blade and the little marks are dried polish, im officially over the moon about how the blade has turned out after my stupidity

This is also my first attempt at a razor restore and am learning a lot as i go along, I de-pinned the blade today when i knew the polish was working and have been polishing the blade ever since.

so im sure some of you are now ready to ask the question "what polish did i use"

its called Autosol and its been around for as long as i can remember (link below for any of the uk guys looking to try it when restoring).

Halfords | Autosol Metal Polish

so im now officially a happy bunny and have learnt a lesson in that hot water dipping is a big no-no from now own, im going to just use common sense and some liquid soap to clean blades in future.

my next step is to straighten up the scales as one has a slight warp to it repin the blade and then give it a good honing as its seriously blunt at present.

thanks to everyone who commented in my old thread with advice on how to correct the blade it was really appreciated.

kris

Nice work, it came out wonderful.

Autosol really works wonders, and last forever, I bought a tube when I started restoring razors and have done at least 25-30 razors since then, and there's still quite a bit left in the tube.

I tried Brasso at first - worse than useless, but AutoGlym is amazing - will post some pics of the first four razors I've cleaned up once I've had a go at honing them. I think the other half is going to have to cope with a fulminant case of RAD, unfortunately. . .

Way to go kris, looks good. A little metal polish goes a long way to putting a shine back on an old razor.

Bob