Thread: Cleaning around pivot

Hi chaps,

Can anyone provide some good tips for getting in and around the pivot - behind the scales when cleaning? I have tried floss and mini-brushes but with only marginal success.

Thanks

Tom

You could try loading the area with polish and work it into the pivot, swinging the blade this will clean them up more, then you need to clean the polish out, I keep loading renwax into the pivot then until I think it is clean enough

If the pivot is gunked up with no visible rust do as Subastance suggests.

If there is rust you should unpin and sand out the rust.

You can use a lapping film cut into thin strips. Dentists use this and will usually give out a strip or two.

Do you mean Renaissance Wax? From the makers of Pre-Lim? I have the Pre-Lim, it's very good.

https://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Brush...iber+glass+pen


These work very well

**Warning**

The little tiny broken off Fibers are extremely dangerous and irritating wear Eye protection and rubber gloves and work outside away from everything..

Don't work over your lap

They will penetrate skin they will get into eyes and they are near impossible to get out..

And nobody listens to the warnings because these are not high speed machines

I'm going to try the pumice method first, as I have one to hand and cannot blind my child with that. If I feel I need to take further steps I will purchase the scratch-brush and remove myself to the attic in a bee-keeper's suit!

And scuba goggles.

The spiral dermel wheels (Abrasive Spiral Detail Wheel), work great getting at the tang between the scales and any tight corners like at the stabilizers. They come in a variety of grits.


You can get them cheaper in sets from EBay, but the aftermarket ones, do not use the same grit/color coding and you have to figure out the grit progression. They run from 36 – 2500 grits and will save you tons of time.


A flex shaft and variable speed cordless Dremel give you lots more control. I use them at the slowest speed, in corners and around the pivot.


I buy the older bolt on one, and several mandrels, they are cheaper and they last a long time. An assortment or 4-5 each, is about 10-15 bucks. You will find you only need a coarse, medium and fine grit, but the assortment is a good way to get started.

I posted about them in another thread recently, but it is buried and probably did not get seen much. Omaru turned me on to these years ago.

The fiber glass pens work well, but the glass fibers get EVERYWHERE and hurt like hell. When I do use them, I do so over a trash can placed on the bench, even then I usually still get stuck.

Originally Posted by TomP30

Do you mean Renaissance Wax? From the makers of Pre-Lim? I have the Pre-Lim, it's very good.

I just use the ren wax mate