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So I was polishing an ebay razor (I will be posting pics soon...) and rubbed some maas on one side of the scales and when I rubbed it off they were a different color!
I thought that Maas was good on a lot of different scales types... It seems as though I got unlucky!!
Is there any way for me to restore my now brown scale back to its former glory? Would sanding help?
From my experience the Maas will be a different colour when you take it off since you are cleaning it... :thinking:
But pics would be of a great help here if you could....
When I took the Maas off, the scale was brown instead of its original black. The description of the razor on ebay said it was celluloid and I thought Maas was OK to use on celluloid?
So at the moment I have one black and one brown scale... lol!
Is there info around on figuring out what kind of material it is?
From just the description that you are giving, the scales sound like the typical "Slick Black" scales... As stated above pics would really help...
I my experience these scales can develop an oxidation coating that is brown, when you started cleaning them you exposed that coating...
More aggressive cleaning would be the order of the day, wet sanding starting at around 800 grit thru 2000 grit will get them clean, then polish with the MAAS, followed by a good wax will bring them back to an almost new look.... IF they are the scales I am thinking of ... PICS would confirm that.... :gl:
Yes, they are a very black scale and looked quite good already. I just got some Maas on one of 'em so I said heck, I'll just clean the whole thing!
Anyways, I will get my girlfriend to bring her camera and post it up tonight. Thanks for the help so far!
You know at the end of the day even if the scales end up being ruined beyond repair it means you can be introduced to scale creating. And Glen (gxsixgun) is the master of that. Worry not m, even if the scales are a no go, you'll have loads of fun making new ones. :gl:
Hahaha... I don't know if I can take any more learning!!! With my job, school, stroping, honing, shaving, and restoring my head might explode soon!!!
Also, I don't have any tools other than a Dremel. Can I make scales with that? Hmmm... One side is chipped a bit from the blade being off-center, maybe I should just...... DAMN YOU! :gth
I'm sure it wouldnt be difficult to find somebody willing to make you a new set of scales.... :rolleyes:
Alright, here are the pictures of the blade so far.
BAD SCALE is on face side w/ brown scale.
GOOD SCALE on back w/ black scale.
Yep those are slick blacks,,, however I am seeing something odd in the pic
Those pins look very, very, much like the new Dovo's from Classic shave, so there is a possibility that those could be two different scales from two different razors.... I would work on the brownish one first and see where that gets you and try and get them both shiny, black, and smooth... The only other explanation for two sides looking so different, that I can think of, is that the razor might have been in a display case so that one side was protected for many years....
When I first got them they looked the same (black). It is when I put the Maas on one side that it become brown.
So you think my first step would be go from 800 -> 2000 grit sandpaper on the scale?
just adding my 2 cents... try cleaning the other one with maas and then more maas... i have had some black horn scales turn brownish when cleaned as the black was simply a dye job not natural... they were streaked with lighter colors and i chose to leave them as natural
from the pic i just cannot tell
in this post I'll wager the horn were dyed black and he cleaned off the dye... look familiar?
Ya know Jim's got a great point, look at those bumps on the one side.....
either way a little more MAAS won't hurt anything..... other than yer elbow :D
But yes the 800-2000 would be the next step, also the one thing that Jim nor I can tell through the computer is the smell, as yer cleaning them that is a dead give away as to what they are made of....
Camphor smell = Celluloid
Boiled meat smell = Bone/Horn
Hot electrical connection smell = Bakelite
Thanks Glen! I do remember smelling something similar to a hot electrical smell, almost like burnt rubber. Now I am just thinking of were to save your last post for future reference!!
Should I know what Camphor smells like?
Camphor smells like mothballs.