Thread: A Polishing Tip...

I ran across something tonight that worked pretty well for me, and maybe it'll work for you, too.

The first order I ever made to HandAmerican leather, I ordered some 2.8 micron SiC dry honing compound. They sent me 6 micron, with Keith said works out to about 3600 grit. That's really too rough for what I wanted it for, so I figured I'd never use it. Well, tonight, I was working on an Eboy razor I got in yesterday. It's a Commander, and had a lot of staining, some rust, and very light pitting. I got the rust cleaned off with a Scotch-Brite pad and went to polishing it. To make a long story even longer, I found a use for the 6 micron powder.
Using my Dremel and a felt wheel (normally used for jeweler's rouge), I put a little metal polish around the edge of the felt, then dipped it in the SiC compound. The polish was really just to give it something to stick to. I then buffed the blade with the polish/compound mixture. It worked like a champ. It took out all the fine scratches, and even buffed up the pitting. The blade wasn't really pitted enough for me to really go to work on it, but I think if you had one you'd worked up to around 1500 grit, you could probably finish it off with the Flitz and SiC compound. Should save a little time, anyway. Just thought I'd share this one. It's my first "success" restoring a razor. One day I might get ambitious and totally remove all the pitting, but not today... It still looks pretty good, if not perfect.

It's always nice to get the first successfull clean-up. Do you have pictures?

I want to try doing what you did to see how much easier it is than sanding.

Vlad,
I didn't take any pix. It was sort of a spur of the moment thing. I think it'd work great for sanding with some coarser grit compounds, since on a felt wheel it's going to cut softer anway, but with the grit I was using, it's really only suitable for polishing I'm guessing.

any tips about polishing black spots and corrosion with household products..? Things that are readily available?
(and please don't say Maas because that's not available over here).

Commandant 3 or 4 are available here though...would that work?

...don't say Maas because that's not available over here

Do you have Flitz? Actually any metal polish will work. Some just work better than others. You can also use auto polishing compound. It's a bit slower, though.

I worked with some auto polish compound today. Apart from a few stubborn spots the beasts actually shine and look like razors now. I might buy a more aggressive polish though. I'll find something.
It's nice to see all those Dorko's gleam in the evening light though. Some work on those trouble spots, a bit of honing and I'll be really happy.

Wenol (in a red tube) is similar to Metal-Glo, Flitz, Maas, etc and is from Germany. Maybe you could locate that one?

Jeff

Yesterday I worked with Commandant 4 and that worked quite well.

You guys really need to try a honing compound called Flexcut Gold and/or a jewelry compound called Fabulustre. Both work much better than MAAS/Flitz/etc.