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Topic: End plate finishing advice needed. |
Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 5:01 pm |
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Picked up an old steel that turned out to be in worse shape than the pics I got of it showed.
Tell me what you guys have done for end plates that are all scratched real bad. I have used the file and cleaned up the edges OK and worked a few of the gouges out, but I am not thinking that a mirror polish job is ever going to grace this old guitar again.
Want to go with a low lustre satin finish. Anyone have any tricks to doing this that will save some sanding time. Orbital sander maybe to do the hard work and then some hand work with a block. What grits have you guys used to get down to a low lustre that will look decent and blend in some of the deeper scratches that I don't want to chase.
Thanks for your opinions. |
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Randy Sevearance
From:
Crouse, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 5:08 pm polish
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Bill,
use a 800 grit to work the scratches out that are bad and then 1000 grit wet sand it and use mothers
billet polish with buffer and it'll look great when you are done. 
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 5:15 pm
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Bill, it depends on the casting , if it an Sho-Bud then it will have pit holes due to the casting, it should not be hard to get a good finish as posted by Randy.
a little elbow grease and your there..JR |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 5:33 pm Re: polish
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| Randy Sevearance wrote: |
Bill,
use a 800 grit to work the scratches out that are bad and then 1000 grit wet sand it and use mothers
billet polish with buffer and it'll look great when you are done. |
Randy. 800 grit would take forever on this!
I am starting with 220 to even get through most of the scratches. 800 to 1000 would be fine for a lightly scratched plate, but this is not what I am dealing with here. |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 10 Feb 2008 8:31 pm
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You could always get it powder coated. Perhaps you could get it media-blasted or shot-peened.
Casey
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