Removing molding lines

[gearchow]

Does anybody have a good technique for removing molding lines from the "cheaper" handles? I'm thinking a super fine grit wet/dry and then Flitz for final polishing, but no clues as to the grit I should begin with. I'm afraid to go to coarse and just (1) make a lot of extra work in removing the sandpaper marks or (2) destroying the handle.

Any words of wisdom/experience welcome!

thanks,
jim

 

[Sueto]

depending on how tall the lines are I have used an x-acto knife to scrap down the lines, or use wet/dry.

 

[gearchow]

depending on how tall the lines are I have used an x-acto knife to scrap down the lines, or use wet/dry.

Not so tall, but maybe more of a difficulty is that it seems to be more of a mold mismatch rather then flashing that wasn't properly taken care of.

Really want to blend it in. But there are grooves at the base and I will probably use a the xacto there with some easy does it sanding.

-jim

 

[vitaman]

I've had good luck w/ 0000 steel wool followed up w/ a polish.

 

[Saxmoore]

I used a dremmel with a sanding drum on it. i don't recommend this method. It's too hard to control depth and precision and I got stray scratches on the handle. I ended up going over it again with some very fine grit sandpaper, then used Maas to finish it off. I really had to use some muscle with the Maas and it took awhile, but I got it to an acceptable smoothness. The methods mentioned above would probably work better for you.

You can see my results in this thread.

 

[prophetic_joe]

4 different grit nail file. Go from the most coarse down to least then go to some very high grit sand papers and polish it polish it out with some Turtle wax premium rubbing compound.

This one had em now it doesn't.

 

[gearchow]

I used a dremmel with a sanding drum on it. i don't recommend this method. It's too hard to control depth and precision and I got stray scratches on the handle. I ended up going over it again with some very fine grit sandpaper, then used Maas to finish it off. I really had to use some muscle with the Maas and it took awhile, but I got it to an acceptable smoothness. The methods mentioned above would probably work better for you.

You can see my results in this thread.

Yeah, I've had bad luck with dremel type tools on other projects. If I used it daily, probably a good tool. The only machine that is getting near this is my drill press, which I will use to drill out the old plug. Even that can be a disaster if I don't get the holding jig right.

-jim

 

[gearchow]

4 different grit nail file. Go from the most coarse down to least then go to some very high grit sand papers and polish it polish it out with some Turtle wax premium rubbing compound.

This one had em now it doesn't.

Thanks, this is what I will do. But you gave me a great idea. I have a large supply of sandpaper, various grits (AD comes in all forms). I can use any substrate suitable and glue the sandpaper on and then cut to size. I need to have the right shape to get into some grooves. It's like this one of yours here:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1956543&postcount=311

But just plain off white base with red holder. The swirls in yours is awesome.

-jim

 

[Sueto]

I found sanding sponges to be a good use in this sort of situation