Anyone got any tips for getting light scratches out of brass tilley tanks. ive been polishing with autosol and brasso, they give a good shine but the scratches remain. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi paul think most of us on here use some form of buffing wheel in a converted grindstone type machine these buff stuff up really well. Maybe if the scratches are really bad you may have to rub them out with some p320 wet and dry paper first then try polish it up on a wheel good luck with them pete
Brasso!!!!! Ooooh no. That stuff is an absolute no no on brass tanks. It destroys the zinc and will guarantee stress cracks in the years to come. Way too much ammonia in Brasso so throw it out. ::Neil::
what sort of buffing wheel is best to buy? do you need a polish as well for it? i can lay my hands on a bench grinder, maybe i can convert this to a buffing use?
Have a look here http://www.caswellplating.com/buffman.htm You need at least a half HP 6" wheel grinder but a bigger one is better. If you google "Polishing Wheel" you will find many suppliers of the polish cake and wheels. Polishing like this is a dangerous game. You have to remove the safety guards so the whole wheel is exposed and a fast moving wheel and hand held work can lead to the wheel throwing the work to the floor or into your face. You also get a lot of flying dust from the polish and bits of cloth from the wheel so it gets messy and a good extractor might be advisable. ::Neil::
Hi guys. Newby here from CCS. I just take my old drill and set it in the vice and turn it on (with the bufing pad in place of course). Rick
A good tip I can add is to have a couple of polishing mops for your buff. If you use different polishing compounds for different tasks/materials on the same mop you can get some wild cross-contamination and greasy/waxy deposits! I have a mop I use for cutting/polishing brass and keep it for that use only... If there's no scratching and you just want to remove cruddy/discolourated deposits, I use a mild citric bath and give it a quick autosol/resin polish by hand to finish it off. Alec.
