Cleaning up Nasty Old Black Scales
I tried this out last night after I scuffed up one of those old black "plastic" scales that kind of smell like tar when they get ground a little.
- light sanding with 600 grit sandpaper
- heavy buffing with chromium oxide on a paper towel
- light buffing with chromium oxide on a paper towel
- heavy buffing with tooth paste on a paper towel
- light buffing with tooth paste on a paper towel
With the heavy buffing just rub parallel the length as hard as you can press against a flat surface and the light buffing do circles.
Shiny. This isn't agressive enough to get out gouges and medium to deep scratches but light scratches, "whoops" accidents with sandpaper and scuff it works great.
The OCD guys like Topher might find a new obsession with shining the scales instead of the blades :).
Mark