Thread: slurry as a metal polish?

No really, once a blade is free of blemishes and scratches, a piece of cloth with slurry from a belgian blue is excellent for polishing if you take a bit of time.

I won't say that I've never used a dremel, and I don't say that I'll never use on either, but I don't depend on it, and I like to experiment.

My J. Barber is nearing the end of the hand-sanding stage, and I am going to try something different for polishing. I am going to shape a splinter of yellow coticule, wet it and use that to polish the blade. In theory that should give me mirror surfaces.

We can't get MAAS in Australia either (haven't looked hard though). I use Autosol instead - can you get that in the UK?

James.

No MAAS in Belgium either, but it's not magical or anything.
You can use dovo red paste -the stuff they sell for pasting their paddles- with very good results as well.

You'll find plenty of polishing compounds at lapidary suppliers, jewellers suppliers, ebay and the like in the UK

Oh and abrasivesplus has a fair range of stuff.

I have found the red solingen paste to be great for final polishing, but for eating through the crud I use a more abrasive paste.

Si

For you guys in the UK try looking for Simichrome its made in Germany.