Sanding...how much time should it take to...
I am trying out my first restore, and am handsanding a rusty razor that I picked up at an antique shop.
It is not a name I have heard before: CARL ERNST KIRSCH, SOLINGEN (on the front side), CONDOR (one the back).
I have been sanding at 120 and seem to have reached a point where I don't think it is doing much anymore. But the razor is not a 'clean' as I think it should be before I move on the the next grit.
I have sanded it for approx 3 hours at 120 grit.
It has had a big change in appearance but the pitting (??) is not changing ... staying black.
What do you think:
http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/a...7/CONDOR-1.JPG
http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/a...7/CONDOR-2.JPG
http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/a...7/CONDOR-3.JPG
http://www.shavemyface.com/gallery/a...7/CONDOR-4.JPG
How much more time at 120 should I spend?
(I have the sneeky suspision that people are going to tell me 'as long as it takes')
Either way I would appreciate the input.
Thanks,
Seth