Thread: White or Green

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You can see the streaks on the blade.

I have no idea how to remove these. I used MAAS on a Dremel buffing disc and was left with a shiny blade that still had these streaks on it.

Will Green or White buffing compound work? Could I use the Dremel version?

Should I use the buffing disc or another type of Dremel buffing attachment?

It's hard to say from the pic, but the streaks look like an indication that more metal has to be removed. White compound may do something - it seems to leave a hazier effect to my eyes that tends to hide small imperfections, whereas the green shines everything up to such a point that even things you hadn't noticed before jump right out.

Unfortunately, the razors that respond to just these mild compounds are few and far between - in my experience at least! Usually, I start out thinking that only a little work has to be done, then have to go further and further back down the line to get some marginal improvements. I think they call it the law of diminishing returns!

The marks don't look like that bad - at least not in the picture - I'd be inclined to leave it as it is.

Regards,
Neil

It may be that the oxidation is a little too deep for the compounds. I'd throw some 2K grit paper at it and see how that goes. Then work back from there if it doesn't do the trick.

Or do as Neil says and leave it. I personally go for the least amount of work on my restores and thus I have many blades with black marks like that.

Rust is bad, black marks and petina is character.

I was PMing with Glen and Max and then I went home and looked at the marks again. You cannot feel them with a finger nail but under magnification they almost look like submicron scratches.

I used some MacGuires #1 to clean the blade and man does it shine marks are still there but darn its shiny.