Thread: Mother's mag and aluminium polish

I read on a forum (I think it was shave nook) that Mothers' mag polish had better results on blades with etching than other polishes by hand.
has any one here used Mother's mag polish ? what where your reslts?

I like Blue Magic better as it is less abrasive and therefore less likely to remove the etch (provided I am trying to save it of course). That being said Mothers is less abrasive than flitz, Maas, or simichrome so it is a better option than they are for etched blades IMO.

here's the one I am tring to clean the blade up , no rust just darkening
and the entire etching is there not just the circle with the 'B' in it.
The second picture I took, the first was from the ad that shows the etching better than the photo I took

That looks like a nice, fairly deep etching. I don't think you have to worry about it with any of the hand polishes mentioned above. If anything they may may not be aggressive enough for that blade in my opinion. It really just depends on what you want to accomplish with it.

You could probably use 0000 steel wool on that, perhaps even more coarse than that, although the more coarse will leave visible scratching that will need to be polished with the 0000 in the end. You can finish off with the mothers. Black marks often hide very shallow pitting. It is a nice deep etch.

Even with polish there will be some softening of the edges on the etch if you over do it.
I have found Blue Magic gentler than Mothers as well.

Originally Posted by Hart

Even with polish there will be some softening of the edges on the etch if you over do it.
I have found Blue Magic gentler than Mothers as well.

thx, is 0000, steel wool the same steel you find in the cleaning section at te store that is commonly used to clean dishes?
also I have 220 grid is that much harsher than 0000 steel wool ?

Originally Posted by whoever

thx, is 0000, steel wool the same steel you find in the cleaning section at te store that is commonly used to clean dishes?
also I have 220 grid is that much harsher than 0000 steel wool ?

Steel wool grades.

I worked an etching recently and used diamond lapping film and a cork.

If the 220 you mention is sandpaper, then it is waaaay to harsh for your purposes.

not done, still need to go pick up neatfeet

here is a hair line crack in the scale, that does not go all the way through, Is there anything i can do to repair this without unpinning or bracking all the way to repair it or, am I better off waiting until it brakes, ?