Thread: Polishing for Newbies

I want to get a mirror finish, which way is safest for the blade? I am afraid to overheat blade and break blade?

Search "hand sanding" on the forums. Grab a small cup of coffee and read to your hearts content.


Basically, you work through a progression of rubbing the blade with sandpaper all the way up to 2000grit. Then use rubbing compound or whatever "finisher" you'd like.

Takes forever, works great, and is by far the safest method for the blade and yourself.


Maybe you're already past the sandpaper knowledge? Is so, the "safest" means is till to use compounds and such by hand. Theirs a long thread or two about using a "vibratory tumbler" which it seems as proven safe.

Great input! Yeah I use up to 2,000 grit but then what? is there a compound you can just buff the steel until it is mirror. I just want to get rid of the hairlike scratches from paper??????

Originally Posted by sharpshavefun007

Great input! Yeah I use up to 2,000 grit but then what? is there a compound you can just buff the steel until it is mirror. I just want to get rid of the hairlike scratches from paper?????

Maas, flitz.

Originally Posted by sharpshavefun007

Great input! Yeah I use up to 2,000 grit but then what? is there a compound you can just buff the steel until it is mirror. I just want to get rid of the hairlike scratches from paper??????

There is no magical and easy way. It takes lots of patience and determination. The most important is to always remove the previous scratches before moving forward in the polishing pyramid. Sandpaper can be had up until 3000 grit and there's micro mesh that continues all the way up to 12K.

There's power tools that help speed up the process but care must be taken as to not overheat the blade and loose a few fingers at the same time. Security is very important. There's the buffer which can be used with different wheels and compounds, the dremel with felt wheel and green turtle wax rubbing compound.

Doing a search for mirror polish brings up many good threads too.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

There is no magical and easy way.

I disagree. One time I needed to get a razor cleaned and didn't feel like doing it myself, so I wrapped it up, mailed it to the Razor Wizard of Las Vegas, and it came back a few weeks later better than new.

That was definitely easy and if you could see the before and after pictures of this razor, I'm sure you'd consider it quite magical as well!

...sorry, somebody had to state the obvious answer to this question.

Originally Posted by commiecat

I disagree. One time I needed to get a razor cleaned and didn't feel like doing it myself, so I wrapped it up, mailed it to the Razor Wizard of Las Vegas, and it came back a few weeks later better than new.

That was definitely easy and if you could see the before and after pictures of this razor, I'm sure you'd consider it quite magical as well!

...sorry, somebody had to state the obvious answer to this question.

ROFL

Great, thanks guys for the input. I bought some compund and I will see what I can do to rid the scratches.