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    I'm restoring my first razor, it's a dovo 28 it had some pitting and rust. I started sanding with a 80 120 220 400 800 and then 1500. It cleared up the razor nicely but scratches still remain any ideas? I'm doing all this by hand and I'm a little nervous about removing to much metal. Since I'm just starting I will having it professionally honed. What kinda polish ?
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    When sanding, the idea for each finer grit, is to sand until the heavier scratches from the previous grit have been removed. You either need to drop back a grit or two to remove those remaining scratches, or you may just need to move up to a 2000 grit and finish wth a polish and buff.
    Also when sanding, change the direction you rub when moving from one grit to the next. i.e Sand lengthways on 220 until all the 80 grit scratches are removed then sand widthways at 400 until all the 220 grit scratches are removed.
    You might also have to compromise on just how perfect a finish you're going to be able to get, depending on how big a restoration job it is.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    When sanding, the idea for each finer grit, is to sand until the heavier scratches from the previous grit have been removed. You either need to drop back a grit or two to remove those remaining scratches, or you may just need to move up to a 2000 grit and finish wth a polish and buff.
    Also when sanding, change the direction you rub when moving from one grit to the next. i.e Sand lengthways on 220 until all the 80 grit scratches are removed then sand widthways at 400 until all the 220 grit scratches are removed.
    You might also have to compromise on just how perfect a finish you're going to be able to get, depending on how big a restoration job it is.


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    Good sound advice Mate!

    I've got a background with automotive refinishing and while the two materials are as different as black and white, the principles still apply to sanding steel!

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    I'm gonna try and post pictures so u guys can get a better idea..
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    Once you've gone up high enough in the grits (i.e 2000- 2500) you have two choices.

    1) continue with grits, and head into micro mesh all the way up to 12k.
    2) Use something like Maas or Flitz (I prefer Maas), and polish for a long time. At the end of my restores, with a buffer and all the jewellers compounds, to get as close as I can to mirror I polish with Maas for about 20 minutes by hand.....going over and over and over the same spots.

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