Thread: Scales oxidizing?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Back in the day when I smoked pipes,Most all my old Dunhills had Vulcanite Stems.Used toothpaste to polish them.

+1
Colgate is a good polish.

Originally Posted by BobH

If you scroll down, here are some hints for the care of Vulcanite Leica FAQ — Vulcanite . At a guess it might work on razors scales too.

Bob

The author points out not to use ArmorAll as it may actually damage the rubber. I have used ERV from OneGrand for 22 years with no problem on pipe stem, tires or scales.

Thanks Bob for posting this.

DAve

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I expect they are of an old formula of Bakelite. Old bakelite will brown up. Polishing with Maas or other polish will usually bring back the black luster. I have not ever needed to sand them, just polish to bring back the look.

I sand with the sponges to get rid of the nicks and scratches. You generally have to sand at a higher grit to see the imperfections and then drop down in grit to rub them out. Then,,,,,,, you have to go back up the grit chain until you can use the 12000 sponge and see no dings.

One thing I do not take out are initials, names or some other type of identifying mark. I consider these the history of the blade and should be left as is. Just my thoughts.


I hope the OP has gotten some answers to his post.

Dave

Yes, if scratched I have found fine steel wool works good prior to polishing.