Stainless Steel

Dakota Mike · Post by **Dakota Mike** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:33 pm

Stainless gets scratched up pretty easy. Anyone had any luck getting rid of scratches. Blueing is easy to touch up.

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:43 am

Do you have any metal buffing equipment. Something like a bench grinder with a 6" sewn moslin wheel and polishing compound like these.

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/compound3.html

With this setup you can make it like new in just minutes.

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:21 am

Just sand blast the surface and forget about it.

Jayhawker · Post by **Jayhawker** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:01 pm

Try buffing the scratches with a green Scotch Brite pad.

Bitmap · Post by **Bitmap** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:06 pm

The problem I've had is trying to fix a scratch in one small area. I can buff out the scratch but the finish on that spot never matches the rest.

Unless it is something really bad I leave it there.

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:22 pm

Bitmap wrote:The problem I've had is trying to fix a scratch in one small area. I can buff out the scratch but the finish on that spot never matches the rest.

Unless it is something really bad I leave it there.

Whatever you use to buff with the grit size should match. Just like sandpaper grit, the various compounds give different degrees of brightness or shine.

Dakota Mike · Post by **Dakota Mike** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:55 pm

Thanks for the info.