Thread: Flitz and a dremmil

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Dremel is a powerful tool and should be treated with respect. I enjoy figuring out polishing progressions to mirror finish and find that different steel will always respond differently. Free fingers on the blade at all times, oil too, as it helps to release heat (especially with felt and paste). I live in a two bedroom apartment, hey... [emoji16] Never had anything fly away, but I've stained my face and my wall several times!

Dremel doesn't exclude hand sanding and hand polishing, I will always have machine-hand-machine-hand type of progression and I will never use sandpaper (discs or drums) to clean a razor. That is hand work. Can't imagine grinding on steel with that, it's too aggressive. Polishing with pastes will also leave an uneven finish and machine marks, so manual work in the final steps is a must.

Agreed, final finish is by hand.
But I've found that doing circles the width of the blade with the dremmel instead of back n fourth, eliminates most of the machine marks your talking about.

Please elaborate, Mike. Which bit/wheel/material and which compound are you referring to?

Maybe this can turn into a very useful tips&tricks thread.

I've done it from greaseless to polish.
Greaseless with felt wheels.
Rag and felt wheels for grease type.
Rag wheels for polishing.
And I've recently found a wheel that's 2 or 2 1/2" in dia. that works well with greaseless.
Don't know what its made of, but its stitched and hard.

Originally Posted by outback

I've done it from greaseless to polish.
Greaseless with felt wheels.
Rag and felt wheels for grease type.
Rag wheels for polishing.
And I've recently found a wheel that's 2 or 2 1/2" in dia. that works well with greaseless.
Don't know what its made of, but its stitched and hard.

Here's a pic of the gear.
Gotta thank Sharpton for the greaseless and wheel block.

I always finish with a Dremel , felt bit and Blue Magic.

It gives it that finishing shine..

I polish really close to the edge too. I'm crazy like that :/

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Please elaborate, Mike. Which bit/wheel/material and which compound are you referring to?

Maybe this can turn into a very useful tips&tricks thread.

Here's a wedge I've been working on with the greaseless, doing the circles mentioned before. This is at the 80 grt. stage, and ready to move up to 120.

Before:


At 80grt.

I had to put a bit of a hollow back in it, since it was almost honed to a true wedge, and to remove pits.
Far from done.

I picked up a Dremel kit couple of months ago...been reading how I might use it...did a test run on a destroyed blade to see how it felt in the hand...variable speed, so uber slow and careful...worked great.

Found hand sanding is the way to get that nice final look, but you can take care of a lot of the grunt work with this tool.

Nice looking setup Outback...just what I was looking to see and how to roll...thanks!

I like that kind of work, outback!!

Originally Posted by Phrank

I picked up a Dremel kit couple of months ago...been reading how I might use it...did a test run on a destroyed blade to see how it felt in the hand...variable speed, so uber slow and careful...worked great.

Found hand sanding is the way to get that nice final look, but you can take care of a lot of the grunt work with this tool.

Nice looking setup Outback...just what I was looking to see and how to roll...thanks!

Mines variable speed also. I go as slow as possible without stopping the wheel.
Settings are at 5 and 6 and always start and stop with the wheel on the blade.
You don't ever want to see sparks, "EVER"!!!!! Watch your heat on the blade. as well as the dremmel. The greaseless is hell on the dremmel itself.
A lot of resistance going on.

Mine is set on 20mph all the time.
It works fine for everything in that speed.

But ill be the first to admit : I don't know what im doing