Post by SEDstar on Jul 4, 2019 12:37:56 GMT -5
i dont have a lot of sanding stuff historically... I once FOUND a small name brand hand sander. I "finally" figured out i did NOT have to get off the weird pad someone glued to the bottom? i had NO EXPERIENCE with "hook and loop" sanding pads. (I KNOW, its comical, but how would i know?) ()we're talking YEARS here, ha ha). SO, i finally hit my "limit" on what i can try to sand out by hand... my fingers and hands get tired and sore after a couple hours... "wahhhhhh".
Having figured out the "calculus" that is the modern hook and loop sanding pad "and feeling quite f-o-o-l-i-s-h" I found 220 grit I think but, it was nice to run up and down the "flat" of the knife to try to get larger scratches and gouges and corrosion spots out... THEN taking little squares of the "medium and fine" emery paper, and the 400 and the 600 little squares too... i was able to get "better" results.
then i remembered the "cheap dookickey" i bought once for "polishing stuff" (which i never ever once did before, besides mother's polish by hand). Its just two little chinese "drill mountable" pads, and two "polishing stuff" pieces of rouge stuff. white for regular metal, red for jewelry. I fooled around a little, and quickly discovered to watch if the knife "catches" and jumps or whips out (oopsie) and finally got some polishing lines going.
whats funny is my newer bigger bowie? I played with one side of it more than the other... and while it was certainly not "mirror polished"? i was FINALLY able to begin to recognize my face in the reflection once i learned how to look and how the light was best... then i found i could look around the room behind me a little.
all for nothing though, as there are giant imperfections that i didnt make on the blade, its a salvaged machete i cut off the bad part and used it for a blank. kept the handle shape.
getting perfect results isnt the point now, but, i can just imagine if i am CAREFUL with a new piece of bar stock, how well i can final polish it up now, let alone with some practice.
Having figured out the "calculus" that is the modern hook and loop sanding pad "and feeling quite f-o-o-l-i-s-h" I found 220 grit I think but, it was nice to run up and down the "flat" of the knife to try to get larger scratches and gouges and corrosion spots out... THEN taking little squares of the "medium and fine" emery paper, and the 400 and the 600 little squares too... i was able to get "better" results.
then i remembered the "cheap dookickey" i bought once for "polishing stuff" (which i never ever once did before, besides mother's polish by hand). Its just two little chinese "drill mountable" pads, and two "polishing stuff" pieces of rouge stuff. white for regular metal, red for jewelry. I fooled around a little, and quickly discovered to watch if the knife "catches" and jumps or whips out (oopsie) and finally got some polishing lines going.
whats funny is my newer bigger bowie? I played with one side of it more than the other... and while it was certainly not "mirror polished"? i was FINALLY able to begin to recognize my face in the reflection once i learned how to look and how the light was best... then i found i could look around the room behind me a little.
all for nothing though, as there are giant imperfections that i didnt make on the blade, its a salvaged machete i cut off the bad part and used it for a blank. kept the handle shape.
getting perfect results isnt the point now, but, i can just imagine if i am CAREFUL with a new piece of bar stock, how well i can final polish it up now, let alone with some practice.