Thread: First 3 Pin razor restore - Dubl Duck Goldedge

Had some more time to work on this yesterday and today.
After using micrmesh starting at 1500 and working up to 12000 I saw some light swirl marks on the blade, almost certainly lower grit sanding marks.
I was about to start again with sanding from 600 grit, but thought to try working the scratches out on the small buffing wheel on my drill. After some reading back here on the forum I decided to work with a generic metal cleaning compound on applied to the buff wheel. This was part of a 3 pad and compound set I got from a local hardware store last year.
After 4 applications the scratches were much less noticeable (and I was so focused on it I forgot to take some photos) so i moved to a light polish compound and worked with that for nearly an hour. I can tell you it was very tricky keeping tabs on the heat build up on the blade.
At this point the scratching was almost completely gone, but I just wasn't satisfied with the look of the blade.
Still not wanting to start sanding again I decided to try some auto cutting compound (the stuff used on car paint to make it shine like new again). After nearly an hour the blade was looking much better with a nice polish coming through.

Next move was to do a polish with some Flitz. About 30 minutes later, the blade looked quite good.
This time I took some pics to share.