Thread: Take a look..

Here are the two straights I picked up at a flea market for $13. I want to restore them and I used some metal polish to get some gunk off and here is what I saw. These pics are not the best but, what can I do to clean these up? See all the scratches? I have Billy's CD ordered but, it's not here yet. Any suggestions on what I should do?

Can - a progression of sandpapers. I'd start around 400 and go up from there ending at around 1500 or 2000. Finish with polishing paste such as Simichrome, Flitz or Maas. - John

Originally Posted by Namdnas

Can - a progression of sandpapers. I'd start around 400 and go up from there ending at around 1500 or 2000. Finish with polishing paste such as Simichrome, Flitz or Maas. - John

And I should be using my dremel while doing all of this correct?

Can-
IMHO (and, bear in mind, I'm just getting started at this stuff, too!) One of those blades appears to have a fair amount of pitting up by the spine. So, first you need to decide what level of restoration you're looking for. I mean, we ALL want the kind of restorations that Joe and Vlad and usedtobe Bill would post on here, but bear in mind that THOSE are the razor equivalents of Angeline Jolie in the actress world....or Elle McPherson in the modeling world.... or Jenna Jameson in the......well, whatever....you get my drift. In that case, I would follow John's suggestion and start with the 400 and take it from there. And don't start progessing up the grit ladder until ALL of the pits and are gone, and the only thing left are the 400 marks. Bear in mind, you've got to look at the deepest pit, and realize that you've got to take that much metal off the whole surface.

Or, are you interested in cleaning up the scratches, making them shiny and living with the pits (and, for the sake of my marriage, I am not going to make ANY comparisons here....NONE)....ahem...if that's the case, you might start with 1000-1200 grit and go from there. John's suggestions are excellent, and the only thing that I might add is that Vlad in one of his earlier posts recomended using mineral oil with the wet/dry sandpaper - he said it made a bit of a slurry and really speeded up the process.

This probably wasn't much help, but at least I got to mention Jenna Jameson on a shaving forum!

(...made MY day!...)

-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by canman23

And I should be using my dremel while doing all of this correct?

If you want to get rid of the pits, then use the Dremel,and you'll need to order the 400 grit flapwheels from widgetsupply.com

Also, take a look at Ilija's video - it's real helpful - and watch the video BEFORE you order the flapwheels, so you get the proper one! I made the same mistake that Josh did, and ordered the long, thin ones instead of the short, wide ones.

...live and learn!

-whatever

-Lou

Can-
I just went over to the thread that you started the other day (here) - if those scratches that you're trying to remove are from a 120-grit flapwheel, then you're probably going to have to start with a minimum of 220 and work up from there. As Ilija points out, you could just work your way up to a 400-grit flapwheel and leave the 'satin' finish.

But lets get some other opinions from the more experienced hands.

-whatever

-Lou

is there a link to Ilija's video

Thanks Lou, that will get me started until I get the restoration video. I will have to order that 400 grit flywheel before I go on from here.

Originally Posted by heliguy

is there a link to Ilija's video

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