Thread: Caution Work In Progress...

Well I had some time last night to get back to a project that's been sitting on the shelf for a while. I wrote about my adventures with Evapo Rust and buffing compounds a while back and I wanted to put my 'money where your mouth is' so to speak and show you my "work in progress". My grand pappy would say something to the effect of "shit or get off the pot" so I'm going to do the former and show you a little of where I'm at so far.

I wish I had taken photos step by step but before I started this blade had about 2mm of rust covering its tip and round abouts. Both sides where severally pitted before I went to work with a dremel, felt wheel and emery buffing compound. What you see is one side that's still pitted (what it looks like after Evapo-Rust gets all the rust off and deep within the pits of hell) and the other side after buffing with an emery buffing compound.

I still need to do some more work on the engraved side, then get the pitted side in shape. I will most likely use something faster on the pitted side (dremel sander, followed by mini 3M bristles (this is how Bill Ellis shows in his 2007 restore CD), then finer grit buffing compounds to finish off both sides to the original mirror finish.

That is a very nice job. I will have to take some compound to my razors soon to buff them up. They are a little tarnished from when I got them.

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. I think most would have thrown it away. I looked at it and saw something to experiment on (mad scientist). LoL

That emery compound might be a little harsh for basic tarnish, Maas might do you better. But if it's really bad it might be what your looking for. There's a "stainless" that's a higher grit than the emery that might also do the trick. The stuff [buffing compounds] is a lot faster than working with Maas, and is not as crazy as electric sanding. I highly recommend these buffing compounds for working around engraving.