Thread: Joseph Rodgers & Sons restoration

Looks real good so far! I just cut some Osage for this very purpose. I'd never seen it done, and I like the wood. Now I see what it will look like, and will get to it some day.
I just finished some scales with CA, my first time, and used Turtle Wax rubbing compound as mentioned in the tutorial by gsixgun on this site. I followed it with a polish called Beyond Clay by Surf City Garage. Followed up with multiple coats of Ren Wax.
Someone mentioned re-using the lead wedge. I would go this route to keep as much of the original together as possible.
But whatever you do- I'm sure it will look good!

Ed
quicknicker

Originally Posted by quicknicker

Looks real good so far! I just cut some Osage for this very purpose. I'd never seen it done, and I like the wood. Now I see what it will look like, and will get to it some day.
I just finished some scales with CA, my first time, and used Turtle Wax rubbing compound as mentioned in the tutorial by gsixgun on this site. I followed it with a polish called Beyond Clay by Surf City Garage. Followed up with multiple coats of Ren Wax.
Someone mentioned re-using the lead wedge. I would go this route to keep as much of the original together as possible.
But whatever you do- I'm sure it will look good!

Ed
quicknicker

Very cool! Good to hear! Where did you get the rubbing compound and ren-wax? I've googled ren wax to know what the jar looks like but don't recall seeing it anywhere.

I followed gsixgun's tutorial to a T up to this last step and am tempted to try Flitz just because it's what I have and I'm so happy with how it worked on the blade.

Here they are with a hand polish of Flitz

I am pretty happy with this look!!!

Sorry for the confusion. Familiarity with a thing lets you assume everybody knows what your talking about. Ren wax is Renaissance micro-crystalline wax polish. See! Ren wax is easier to say and spell. Google it. It's good for everything, leather , marble, razor steel, scales, ivory, houshold pets- well....maybe not pets.
The price will seem steep for the amount but it goes a looong way. Has many advantages over a paste wax and is worth it.
The Flitz might polish metal by dissolving it to a small degree chemically. I don't think I'd test it on a hard earned scale finish. gsixgun suggested Turtle wax rubbing compound- that's what I used. I just went smoother with a finer polish, used by car freaks for a mirror finish, prior to waxing.
I'm normally not about a perfect finish, but after my last scale effort in musk ox horn, only perfect would do.
ps The rubbing compound came from an auto parts store.
Ed
quicknicker