Polishing alternative to MAAS

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05-10-2006, 05:26 PM
Trinity

Polishing alternative to MAAS

Trying to clean up a set of razors which has rust spots and pitting,MAAS is not available locally and I have tried WD40 and autosol and a number of other cleaners...anyone know uk alternative to MAAS.
05-10-2006, 05:34 PM
superfly

Any metal polish (paste form) in your local mall car department will do the job. I use Rex, german made one. It's made for shiny parts on cars and motorcycles...

Nenad
05-10-2006, 05:42 PM
Ben

I've seen Mr. Williams suggest the use of Fabulustre over at his straightedgerazors.com forum.

This is what it looks like.
05-10-2006, 05:45 PM
PapaBull

Fabulustre is not a wipe-on paste, which might be what a lot of people are looking for. This is a polishing compound that is hard and applied to high speed polishing wheels. Works great.
05-10-2006, 06:00 PM
RichZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by PapaBull

Fabulustre is not a wipe-on paste, which might be what a lot of people are looking for. This is a polishing compound that is hard and applied to high speed polishing wheels. Works great.

Can you you it with a dremel?
05-10-2006, 06:09 PM
vladsch

You should be able to get Simichrome polish in the UK. It is made in Germany and works great. I have both MAAS and Simichrome and lately I have been using Simichrome. No particular reason, both seem to give the same polish with the same amount of effort.
05-10-2006, 06:24 PM
EdinLA44

Another suggestion is Wenol (from Germany?). I've also used Simichrome and Flitz.
05-10-2006, 07:09 PM
LX_Emergency

The easiest one to aquire in the Netherlands seems to be Commandant 4 which is mostly a car polish as well. But available in every hardware store.
05-11-2006, 01:52 AM
gglockner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trinity

Trying to clean up a set of razors which has rust spots and pitting,MAAS is not available locally and I have tried WD40 and autosol and a number of other cleaners...anyone know uk alternative to MAAS.

Brian, look for metal polish not cleaner. I like semichrome and Flitz. Even this cheap stuff at Target in the silver container. Is there a Target in the UK? :shrug:

Glen
05-11-2006, 09:44 AM
LX_Emergency

Quote:

Originally Posted by gglockner

Is there a Target in the UK? :shrug:

Glen

target=US only....so I guess nope.
05-12-2006, 08:20 PM
randydance062449

Perhaps the best way to use Fabulustre is to break off a chunk, smash it with a hammer into small pieces, put that into an electric coffee bean grinder/spice mill and make a powder out of it. Then combine the Fabulustre powder with something
like MAAS/Flitz/Simichrome etc. Use the resulting stiff paste on a felt wheel at low speed . The Fabulustre works very well. Better than MAAS by far.