[Namron] Rust!!!!! GRRR!

[mikea]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 01:24:04AM -0700, iggie_300 at yahoo.com wrote:
> It is slightly pitted .... but to polish it how do i
> go about that?

Well, pit removal means that you have to polish the rest of the
material down to the same level as the deepest parts of the pits. Yes,
you have to remove the steel around the pits. And you have to make
sure that the metal remaining is thick enough to do what you want it
to -- or, if it's armor, to meet armor standards for thickness.

So if you want to just polish the stuff and leave the pits in, you
can use a bunch of very fine (400 grit and up) sandpaper, then red
and white rouge optionally followed by polishing to a mirror-bright
surface with Cerium oxide.. If you want to remove the pits, you'll
wind up using coarser sandpaper or a grinder to remove the stock
around the pits, and then polish as above.

It's a lot of work one way, and even more the other.

Enjoy -- and keep a light coat of oil on the metal after you polish
it!

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Mike Andrews		/	Michael Fenwick 	Barony of Namron, Ansteorra
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