Thread: Cleaned Up My Otto Deutsch Hans With My Dremel & Mothers Chrome Polish

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice work! The best is done slowly and correctly. Lots of work! I was going to say the scales were green. Just waited to see.
So I slather those puppies with 3m wet silicone and let it set. Wipe off. Store with blade up. Tufglide on the blade. Seems to work.

Yep, Tuf Glide is my lube of choice. I also have some lube I got from SRD to coat the blades & protect them.

Well I,m going to say this , even on lowest speed my dremel tends to get metal hot pretty quick so I suspect that as thin as a razor is , would that be good for the temper of the blade? Tc

I feel that using something as light as Maas would be fine. Of course, there are several Dremel models. MY variable will run really slow. Never had the digital one.

Tc, I don't know which model Dremel you have but mine is a variable & on low speed doesn't get hot. I have mine set on 15 & it is the Model 4000 I believe. I meant to mention the fact that if it gets warm to let it cool so I just edited my thread. I HAVE had blades start to get warm therefore I would let them cool off or run water over the blade & dry it off. Thank's for the reminder Tc.

That is one thing I have never done is to let my blades get hot. The same applies to those who use buffers & greaseless compounds. I imagine those get hot quick. That is the reason I do it at my kitchen sink so that if it does try to get hot, I will cool it off with water but I am careful enough to NOT let it get hot. When it starts to feel warm, I cool it off.

Great tip with the tape on the spindle. Another suggestion is to keep that little spinning wheel moving all over. This keeps the blade cool more than anything and keeps you from stopping in one spot you think needs more attention. That is what causes the unevenness. Beside knowing which way the blade is spinning to protect the blade I always know which way the blade is going to spit if it does catch. Keep you fingers on the other side. It's not just blades at risk here.
I used the heck out of my rotary tool for a long time. Moved on to scarier things but what I learned on the Dremmel has saved my digits and blades.

That cleaned up real well. I thought for a long time all these Hans were black :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Great tip with the tape on the spindle. Another suggestion is to keep that little spinning wheel moving all over. This keeps the blade cool more than anything and keeps you from stopping in one spot you think needs more attention. That is what causes the unevenness. Beside knowing which way the blade is spinning to protect the blade I always know which way the blade is going to spit if it does catch. Keep you fingers on the other side. It's not just blades at risk here.
I used the heck out of my rotary tool for a long time. Moved on to scarier things but what I learned on the Dremmel has saved my digits and blades.

That cleaned up real well. I thought for a long time all these Hans were black :<0)

I always saw the ones with the darker green scales but these are so dark that they were dirty at first & it appeared black but after cleaning, I found out they we're the green one. I will definitely keep it away from the rest of 'em just in case it does start to get cell rot!!!!

Originally Posted by Chevhead

My thinking is that people tend to rush through things. Zero patience for most anything today.

Fast and Easy is what they want. This gets them in TROUBLE! It's pretty easy to tell that you HAVE PATIENCE because this came out NICE!

This is NOT the first one you have done, I would guess....you learned what to do and what not to do by practicing on many a junker blade I would also guess.

With enough patience, A SLOW SPEED and COMMON SENSE I am sure people could do this too. Unfortunately most seem to lack these qualities nowadays.

Slower speeds, common sense & very little pressure does the trick. You don't need to apply any pressure. Applying pressure & using one at high speeds to try & get the job done in a hurry just creates heat which will ruin the integrity of the blade. You must use the Dremel at a moderate speed, cover the blade & tang with Maas polish, (I haven't tried any other polish) & take your time. Repeat on the other side. Don't forget the toe. The results will surprise you & will come out with one like mine. Like Chevhead said, HAVE PATIENCE!

Well done.

Originally Posted by Chinaski

Well done.

Thanks my friend
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