Thread: Too far with the buffer

Gents,

I got kinda carried away with my new, old baldor. Took a W&B French point way too far for the condition of the blade. (I'm just not gonna sand out the extensive and deep pitting). In short, it's just too damn shiny. Any thoughts on taking the shine down a few notches? I think I want to give it a flat finish, but I've never done that before. I'm not gonna post pics cause it's just embarrassing.

It seems to me the best way to get a nice satin finish is to go to a hight gloss first, you seem to have made t this far and then hit it with a lower grit, I have not done this very many times but I think I went with 1000 grit. I started the sandpaper stroke on the blade face near the spine and stroked down to the edge, it is a one direction stroke, if you go back and forth it will get swirly and scratchy looking. I also taped off the spine and kept it gloss as well as the tang. I used electrical tape because it is fairly tough stuff.

Pumice or suchlike by hand or with a buff. "Bobbing compound" for buffing.
A bit of pumice or tooth powder may work well.
Pumice is cheap at the hardware stores. So it\s some of the coarser cleaning products and some of the cleansers like Barkeepers friend.
~Richard

Crocus Cloth at Ace Hardware, comes in sheets or strips, couple dollars for a sheet, use fine for real nice satin finish, take your time and put on an even finish from edge to spine.

Do not throw the piece away, it last forever… almost.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Crocus Cloth at Ace Hardware, comes in sheets or strips, couple dollars for a sheet, use fine for real nice satin finish, take your time and put on an even finish from edge to spine.

Do not throw the piece away, it last forever… almost.

+1...If your patient the Crocus finish is real nice.

Just run the razor on 600 greasless and you get pretty decent satin.
Another option would be a scotchbrite wheel. I made one from the green kind and it works pretty well.