Thread: Dremel Mania

Hi guys
I just got a new Dremel moto tool since I lost my last one many years ago. I bought a couple of nice razors recently and wanted to restore one that was not in the greatest shape. It is a DD Wonderedge, and it is one of two I bought. I started cleaning it gently and gradually progressed to coarser abrasives until I got it quite clean with a pretty rough scratch pattern. I decided to go to the buffing wheel to see if it would take them out knowing that it was probably too big of a jump. I then used some .5 micron liquid on the wheel and it began to polish quite beautifully. The blade has what I would call an acceptable polish to it, but I want to get it mirrored. I'm not sure if I need to go back and use an intermediate grit compund and start over or if I should go down to .25 now. I guess it's no big deal to expreiment, but I wanted to share this post in the hopes of getting some input regarding pastes and buffing wheels. Man do I love this tool. It makes me feel like a friggin magician.

btw; is the brass brush an acceptable attachment for cleaning the engraved lettering and those little ducks?

Regards

Korndog, I would be afraid to use any type of brush on the brass ducks and inlays. I used a bit of Maas polish and a soft cloth over mine and it worked like a charm on my Wonderedge. Maas works very well on cleaning the scales as well.
Maas is a weaker version of a Jewelers rouge I was told. Just remember after the cleaning and polishing to add Camillia oil over the blade, to help preserve it from the elements. Mine are all stored away in a glass display case so there really not used for anything else. My 2 cents bro. Enjoy that Dremel!

Originally Posted by Techy

Korndog, I would be afraid to use any type of brush on the brass ducks and inlays. I used a bit of Maas polish and a soft cloth over mine and it worked like a charm on my Wonderedge. Maas works very well on cleaning the scales as well.
Maas is a weaker version of a Jewelers rouge I was told. Just remember after the cleaning and polishing to add Camillia oil over the blade, to help preserve it from the elements. Mine are all stored away in a glass display case so there really not used for anything else. My 2 cents bro. Enjoy that Dremel!

Thanks man. I'll try and pick some of that stuff up today. They didnt have it a the local hardware store when I tried last week. Yeah, I have a spray bottle of Camelia oil for all of my knives and razors.

Thanks again!

In order to get a mirror finish on anything, all the scratches need to come out. That is worth repeating. All the scratches need to come out. That is done in progressive steps with your abrasives. Treat the process the same way as you would if you were honing an edge. One thing... You should always try to remove whatever marks on a razor with the least abrasive tool first. If that doesn't work, then go to something more aggressive. That way you won't have to work the blade as much.

These are the dandy little things you need. I couldn't get by without them. They are called 3M radial bristle discs and they come in many grits. They are the cat's meow. They are perfect for those little ducks in the right grit (pumice). They also remove all the crud from the flutes. One hint. Throw away all those wire and brass wheels. They cause more damage than they are worth.

Thank you Bill. Those look like medievel torture devices. I'll pick up a set and go to work. Very nice of you.

Go to Bills website, www.billysblades.com. He has some of them for sale at the BEST! price I have found anywhere. He is just to modest to advertise his stuff. Check out his other razor restoration tools also. I did!

Originally Posted by urleebird

These are the dandy little things you need. I couldn't get by without them. They are called 3M radial bristle discs and they come in many grits. They are the cat's meow. They are perfect for those little ducks in the right grit (pumice). They also remove all the crud from the flutes. One hint. Throw away all those wire and brass wheels. They cause more damage than they are worth.

These are exactly what I'm looking for! Where do you get them?

Randy you must be psychic! It's pretty scary when you're answering my question while I'm typing it.

I usually use a muslin or chamois buffer for the celluloid scales. Very little pressure and keep moving very fast and you can shine them up like new. I have a set of rouges I got from a jewelry supply site that has a rouge designed for plastic and others for stainless, and very hard steels. Another for removing scratches. Also finishing pastes especially a white and blue rouge that after using a blade can be used as a mirror.