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    Question Restoration gear questions

    Hello gents,

    Today I was browsing one of DIY stores in my town and decided to bought some gear to use with my rotary tool:
    An arbor to attach to a felt wheel and 2 polishing pastes.

    I have a filly 12 needing a clean-up, so I assembled the felt wheel into the arbor and put it in the rotary tool. When I turned it on I put the felt wheel with some brown paste and started to work on the "back" side of the blade. Although it started to look cleaner, the felt wheel turned black and icky.
    How do I clean the felt wheel? How long does it take to polish a blade with this kind of equipment? Did I choose the right items? In your opinion, should I've bought something else?
    I also bought a roll (2nd one on the product page) to remove the pitting on a different blade. What do you think about this?

    Thank you

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    You need a separate felt wheel for each paste. Don't mix them. You'll also probably need several wheels for initial cleanup because they get pretty grungy. I've never tried to clean one, just popped a new one on. Keep the dirty ones for initial cleaning and then progress to cleaner ones. As for the "roll," I don't know what you're referring to. All I saw were stones on that page. I wouldn't use one of those on a blade as they look much too coarse.

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    The "roll" should not be used if I'm reading that page right. The one I think you a referring to is a hard grind stone. Here are some quick links to show some of the suitable types of wheels for sanding, you can also use the sandpaper disks on a mandrel but each style has it's own use. I quite like the Scotch type wheels but sometimes you need something more aggressive and sometimes not. Hard stones really won't work well with razors.

    The links are not suggested sites to purchase from, nor do they necessarily show the best type of each style, I just used them for illustrations purposes.

    Scotch-Brite type abrasive wheels


    Bristle wheels


    Sanding drums

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    Christian

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaptain_zero View Post

    Hi. Thanks for the replies.
    Actually the roll looks like that one, but it's a stone, I see the difference... I'll need to buy those instead...

    Live and learn, right?

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    Sorry gents to bother you once more, but what kind of drum/roll should I use with my rotary tool to remove some white painted letters on bakelite/celluloid black scales?
    I have a Henckels that was part of a 7-day set, so it has "Thursday" in the front and some initials on the back. I wanted to remove those.
    Any idea how can I accomplish that?

    Thank you

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    Most people used flapwheels on the dremel for that kind of work. They are available in many grits. They are basically small pieces of sandpaper mounted around a cylinder. They are available at most places that carry dremel supplies.

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    This is a good place to get flapwheels up to 400 grit.

    http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/...ing-flap-wheel

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    I don't have a WidgetSupply where I live, but maybe this one should do the trick, no?

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    You really need a flapwheel in a higher grit than either of those. Those are too aggressive and won't allow you to work in the curves of a straight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leon View Post
    I don't have a WidgetSupply where I live, but maybe this one should do the trick, no?
    Whoa, I wouldn't go anywhere near the blade with those sanding drums! They are great for working on scales, but they are probably the quickest way to put huge gashes into your blade.

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