Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Try a little WD 40 for a final shine. I stumbled upon it. Just put a little on a piece of cloth and rub the scales; I do use the Neatsfoot Oil to soak horn scales in but the WD seems to put a nicer sheen to the scales.

Thanks for the advice - amazing the stuff you learn here.

The Evapo Rust and a toothbrush cleaned them up nicely, sanding now, and then will finish off the scales with a wipe of WD40, never would have thought of that but makes perfect sense.

I stay away from sanding as much as possible.with a non pitted blade and minor rust,a bit of oil or WD on a rag,some powderd Crox works wonders.

After i finished my DePew with fluorescent Scales:





This french Blade will get the same look:



And beneath the Razors im working on my new/old bicycle, an old Dutch Cycle from the late 50s-mid 60s that needs some new lacquer and a few parts to get the original look back (some parts i had the luck to get in NOS Condition for a cheap price like the transparent wheel cover, the elastic straps, the rubber splash guard).

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I stay away from sanding as much as possible.with a non pitted blade and minor rust,a bit of oil or WD on a rag,some powderd Crox works wonders.

Powdered crox...what a great idea...going to do that instead of any sanding then to try it out. I have a chunk of it, guess I could just use a grater to get some powder?

I use crox liquid on a leather shammy, same same. If it is in crayon form just rub it on the rag and WD-40 on top.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Powdered crox...what a great idea...going to do that instead of any sanding then to try it out. I have a chunk of it, guess I could just use a grater to get some powder?

If Nothing Else you will have a Highly Polished Grater!

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Originally Posted by Phrank

Powdered crox...what a great idea...going to do that instead of any sanding then to try it out. I have a chunk of it, guess I could just use a grater to get some powder?

Glen sells 99% pure powderd Crox,thats what i use,works well,I suppose any crox would work.

Well, after 4 months of letting these scales sit in a sealed ziplock bag & ferment awhile with a decent looking blade except it is cracked, I tested these scales to see if they have cell rot but there has been no change.When i first got it, there were a few that had their doubts & i don't blame them.
Here's the first post I made back in January & I figured if they are bad scales, they would have done something by now unless I need to give it more time. Here's the original thread:


http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ml#post1449430

Here's a pic of when I just happened to think about it & took it out of the sealed baggie:


Now I need to find the other straight that has the good blade in it & do my thing to it.

If you look at the area near the spine of the Deutsch, you can see it is unpitted versus the area of the blade which sat in the scales for a long time to gas and cause that mess. No reason for the other blade to be any different than the spine, upper tang, and tail of the Deutsh. I think, possibly, an inconclusive experiment. It is well-known that those green monsters are culprits.
Another way to think of it is to search for another blade for those scales which does not already look the same.
If you find a nice one, I feel you will be lucky. JMO

Originally Posted by sharptonn

If you look at the area near the spine of the Deutsch, you can see it is unpitted versus the area of the blade which sat in the scales for a long time to gas and cause that mess. No reason for the other blade to be any different than the spine, upper tang, and tail of the Deutsh. I think, possibly, an inconclusive experiment. It is well-known that those green monsters are culprits.
Another way to think of it is to search for another blade for those scales which does not already look the same.
If you find a nice one, I feel you will be lucky. JMO

Tom, I have another good blade somewhere which is what I was going to do with that one like i did this one here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...me-polish.html

I need to find the other razor that has the inlay missing on the scales but the blade is good.