|
Post by thatguy on Nov 19, 2010 21:13:46 GMT
I've been stepping up the maintanence of my collection and I noticed some slight rust on the guard of my hussar from one of my friend's fingerprints or someting similar. I've tried 400 grit sandpaper I had on hand with 3 in one oil, but I couldn't see much effect besides scratching up the guard. Am I doing something wrong or am I just not using the right technique?
|
|
|
Post by SlayerofDarkness on Nov 20, 2010 5:54:48 GMT
I think 400 grit may be a bit rough to polish off light rust... but I've never gotten rust bad enough that I had to use sandpaper, so IDK.
I would suggest using a polishing paste like Metal Glo or Flitz, or Mother's Mag (I think that's what it's called? :?: ) I use metal glo on my blades all the time and it cleans off light rust and other marks exceptionally. I think you can get some of the sword-safe polishing pastes at Walmart, but I'm not sure which.
I hope this helps, and best of luck!
-Slayer
|
|
|
Post by bloodwraith on Nov 20, 2010 13:47:35 GMT
Well I've never had to deal with rust as I use fish oil but depending on the level of the rust and the active or non-active attributes of it something as simple as a chux or some steel wool would probably serve you extremely well.
|
|
|
Post by 14thforsaken on Nov 21, 2010 5:01:51 GMT
I've used fine steel wool (000 grit) with something like fitz or brasso to good effect for removing rust spots. Though since you already used 400 grit sandpaper you will probably need to completely polish it out that grit and move upwards in grits until you get the finish you want.
In general it is a good idea to try using the least possible abrasive substance first, that way you don't to spend as much time sanding things back out if you started with too rough a grit .
|
|