[Northkeep] dorky question for armoring types...

Carl Chipman cchipman at nomadics.com
Tue Sep 13 12:39:00 PDT 2005


In that case, sanding will be involved...  you can pull the rust off with a solution like naval jelly, but it will still typically leave the surface in a non-uniform condition, and if you're wanting to etch afterwards, you'd want it to be uniform.

Angus has more than sufficient tools at his shop, and there are better tools at Dave White's (Tristan) shop or mine if you want to make the trip.  If you are wanting to do it by yourself at home, it will take several hours of hand-sanding.  If you know someone with one of those small 1" belt sanders, it will do a good job on small pieces of work.

With power tools, it shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes to get almost any piece up to a mirror polish.  I can get an elbow cop sized piece up to a mirror polish in about 15 minutes.

JP


Carl Chipman
Nomadics, Inc.
cchipman at nomadics.com
http://www.nomadics.com


-----Original Message-----
From: northkeep-bounces+cchipman=nomadics.com at ansteorra.org [mailto:northkeep-bounces+cchipman=nomadics.com at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of zubeydah at northkeep.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:15 PM
To: cchipman at nomadics.com;The Barony of Northkeep
Subject: RE: [Northkeep] dorky question for armoring types...

Quoting Carl Chipman <cchipman at nomadics.com>:
> What is it made of ?  Brass? Steel? Copper?

I think that it is made of steel. It's definately NOT brass or copper. It's 
darkened quite a bit, from sitting in a bag in a dusty closet-like spot for 
quite some time.

> Does it have:
> 1) Deep scratches, gouges, or pits?
- No.

> 2) surface rust/tarnish?
- Yes, a lot.

> 3) none of the above.

> Are you wanting to make it 
> a) evenly finished (i.e. brushed)
> b) polished (can see yourself)
> c) Highly polished (like a mirror)

well... er... clean looking. Polished, or evenly finished.  I am hoping to etch 
a design on the top using an engraving tool on my dremel, so I want a clean 
surface to work on.

On my first test piece, I used various sanding bits on the dremmel, which 
created more problems than it solved, and was labor intensive. I was probably 
using the wrong bit for the job. :-(

-Zubeydah



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