Thread: Eliminating light scratches

I have a W&B that has a few light scratches on the blade. Can jewelers rouge be used by hand to buff these out of the blade?

Try running yer fingernail across them, if you can feel them probably not

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Try running yer fingernail across them, if you can feel them probably not

With the assumption that I can't feel them (it's currently not in my posession), is jewelry rouge the best option for light work like this? I don't have a wheel or any plans to get one. I'll leave the scratches be if a simple solution isn't readily available. But if it's something I can do without any special tools, I'd like to give it a try.

By hand I like to try Blue Magic first, then Simichrome, those are my two goto products for light scratches I have good luck using Rouge on wheels, I used to use the Green Chromox bars by hand and did ok with them so perhaps the Rouge will work

I have had results with very minor scratches by scraping some jewelers rouge into Colgate toothpaste(not gel), mixing it, then using a cotton white sock to work it in by hand.
Might work for you.

It can be done by hand. How deep the scratches are dictate what I will use in the particular case, but for full blade polish I use Jnats slurry with sand paper 400/600/1500, then 1/2/10k White Alumina polishing powder. All scratches gone, and all grinding marks too. The process is time consuming for full polish like that.
Light scratches will be easier to remove for sure.