Thread: holograms and swirls

not quite mirror finish.....

80 grit progression to 1500. Then cloth (not felt) wheel on the dremel with meguiars 85 cutting polish.

It's looking spectacular, almost liquid from some angles but in others and in flat light i see plenty of fine flaws.

I think I have almost reached the limits of the tools I have.

I think I need a finer and more aggressive polish on the cloth wheel.

Where do I go next?

Thanks,
Bob

Some of the guys on this forum are really great at perfecting the shine on a blade. When we got together last weekend The Topher had some compounds and polishes that were amazingly effective at bringing the surface of a blade to a mirror finish using a dremel and a cloth (and some skill, of course). I think you should post a close up picture of what you have and let the resident Polishmeisters have at it.

Originally Posted by RobertFontaine

not quite mirror finish.....

80 grit progression to 1500. Then cloth (not felt) wheel on the dremel with meguiars 85 cutting polish.

It's looking spectacular, almost liquid from some angles but in others and in flat light i see plenty of fine flaws.

I think I have almost reached the limits of the tools I have.

I think I need a finer and more aggressive polish on the cloth wheel.

Where do I go next?

Thanks,
Bob

I've used white jewelers rouge and it
really brings out the shine. It took
away the "haze" I was getting with
the MAAS alone. I read that the green
rouge is even better.

John

I've continued to use the green rouge and meguiars 85 cutting with some new felt pads. Still not "perfect" but improving

What the hell is wrong with you boy??? You could shave from the reflection of that blade!!

Well done!

That's looking beautiful Bob. From here I'm wondering how much more you can polish........... Yer gonna have to flat top the molecules to get any better shine on it...........

at a glance you dont see the razor that is outstanding shine job

Granted that this shot shows no visible flaws, one way I've found that gets a good mirror finish is to do the polishing equivalent of pyramids. Sand and polish all the way up to your highest grit compound, then go back to like 1500 or 2000 grit paper and go all the way up to compounds again. See if it needs more, if so, start at a coarse polishing compound and work up to the finest, and that should be about as good as you can do with any tools.

But as with anything, your results may very based on technique, etc.

And that blade looks GREAT!