Thread: polishing question

sanded my razor then started to polish and it just looks like the metal has wrinkles anyone ran into this

Pictures?

Was there a lot of rust you needed to remove? then it could be some form of pitting
Do you mean the kind of wrinkles like there is on a weld?
Is it discolored metal that makes it appear that way?

Maybe you left ridges during sanding, and the polishing is making a rippled effect?

Regards,
Neil

There could be many variables involved to your 'wrinkles' effect. Try to post us some pictures and explain exactly the procedure and grits sandpaper used.

heres as good of a pic that i could get it almost looks like cracked glass. i used 800grit 1000grit 2000grit

If I'm seeing that right, thats pitting where the rust was. If you want to get rid of it you have sand with a low grit till its gone, then start with the finer grits to polish.

Yup. The picture helped a lot. The initial sanding simply revealed the pitting beneath the rust. If you want to remove all of the pitting, you have to sand down to the depth of the deepest pit. After you do that, you will have a better appreciation for why people send their razors to others for restoration and why none of the restorers are getting rich.

Pic did it all. It's pitting and the only way to get rid of it is go back to the coarse paper and take the steel down as mentioned above.