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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Aug 29, 2022 11:13:15 GMT
And it's also good for honing kitchen knives.
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Post by rannh1 on Sept 18, 2022 4:39:09 GMT
SIlly question here, after using the break free clp with the grey pads, did you just wipe it off and then apply the ren wax? or clean it with alcohol and then apply the ren wax @ The op
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Post by rannh1 on Sept 18, 2022 4:41:58 GMT
I know that I'm reviving a year old thread, but I am INSANELY HAPPY right now and I wanted to share how I finally fixed this to 100% perfect. So Albion recommends grey Scotch-Brite pads and CLP Break Free to remove surface rust and restore it to regular finish. As the original post mentions, I tried the blue ones instead. The grey ones are just a lot more rare, and I didn't feel like messing with it since the blue ones were easily available. I figured they couldn't be *that* different. I was wrong. I did still use CLP, but it didn't matter since I was using the wrong pad. They didn't remove the rust. I then put a kind of.. I don't know how to explain it.. a pretty mild abrasive kind of woven sponge thing on my drill. That removed the rust. It also really messed up the finish and there were obvious patches of discoloration, as can be seen in the pictures above. I was able to buff it a bit using Metal Glo as mentioned above, but it still wasn't perfect. It was *better*, but I was really fooling myself when I said it was *right*. It's been bugging me for a year. So much so that when a few of my other Albions developed surface rust I was afraid to address it. I've been using Renaissance Wax to try to prevent more, but four of my nine Albions had surface rust and two were pretty bad. I bought a box of the grey pads several months ago, but as I said I've been afraid to even try as I didn't expect it to work. I just got one out a couple days ago, and I could immediately feel that it was vastly different than the blue ones. The grey ones are absolutely perfect for removing rust. Using the grey pads (my box is item number 64660 which is 25 of them, should last me forever) and the CLP Break Free I completely removed all of the rust from every sword without damaging the finish at all. They look like new. I then cleaned them twice each with dry cloths and put a generous coat of Renaissance Wax on all of them. I've decided that I'd rather see a swirly/streaky coat of wax and know that they are very well protected, and the wax lasts a lot longer than oil. So, I figured what the heck and I got my Ringeck down. It had a couple more tiny spots of rust anyway. Using the grey pads and CLP Break Free I was able to not only remove the rest of the rust, but buff it back to an absolutely perfect factory finish by hand. It's been bothering me so bad that I've been considering getting Albion's maintenance plan and sending them back in, which would have been ridiculously expensive with the plan and the shipping. Bottom line -- I should have followed Albion's recommendation from the start. My query was about the cleaning ^ Just drying off or? Alcohol cleaning or just wiping off before ren wax application
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Post by BWDuty on Sept 18, 2022 13:26:23 GMT
SIlly question here, after using the break free clp with the grey pads, did you just wipe it off and then apply the ren wax? or clean it with alcohol and then apply the ren wax @ The op I pretty much just repeated the scrubbing/polishing process with the CLP and grey pads a few times, wiping it completely dry with fresh paper towels between each application so I could clearly see if there were any more imperfections (plus I didnt want to leave any tiny bits of rust when I started the next application). Once I was happy with it, I gave it a last good dry wipe with a clean paper towel then used the Renaissance Wax.
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Post by rannh1 on Sept 18, 2022 14:01:14 GMT
SIlly question here, after using the break free clp with the grey pads, did you just wipe it off and then apply the ren wax? or clean it with alcohol and then apply the ren wax @ The op I pretty much just repeated the scrubbing/polishing process with the CLP and grey pads a few times, wiping it completely dry with fresh paper towels between each application so I could clearly see if there were any more imperfections (plus I didnt want to leave any tiny bits of rust when I started the next application). Once I was happy with it, I gave it a last good dry wipe with a clean paper towel then used the Renaissance Wax. Much obliged for the explanation
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