Blade maintenance question.

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What is the best way to protect my beautiful magic stone mirror finish? What do you guys use?

Thanks
Roger
 
Roger, I use a number of different products, but the one I probably use most often is Simichrome Polish.
 
I've never heard of that. Is it like Flitz?
What type of store would carry it.
I have light oil on my Chainpuri right now, but I always have to wipe it off when "playing".
 
Roger, I think it's the same stuff, but I could be wrong. I was wrong once before, back in the summer of '54.
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Marine TuffCloth on all my knives, and never had a rust problem yet.
 
I was using a teflon-based lubricant/protectant similar to Rem-Oil. It worked, and I never had a rust problem. However, I've recently switched to Turtle-Wax Chrome Polish (not sure if that's the right name, but it is a chrome polish, and it's made by Turtle-Wax). I get it at Wal-Mart. It seems to leave a thicker dry film coating on the blade than the Rem-Oil stuff did, and it doesn't seem to wipe off as easily as the Rem-Oil. You can keep on dry wiping the blade, and it still feels "waxy". Rob Lefebvrj introduced me to it. Thanks, Rob.

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Originally posted by Steven F:
Roger, I use a number of different products, but the one I probably use most often is Simichrome Polish.
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Steven,

Does the "Simichrome Polish" you're referring to come in a tube? If so, I believe it is *Happich* Simichrome Polish, and not Flitz.

Both are available in my local hardware stores. I currently use Flitz, but both have worked very well for me. I believe the Happich is also sold by AG Russell.

"In use," Tuff-Cloth still gets my nod ...

Glen
 
Glen, thanks for the clarification. The stuff I use is made by Happich, so it is not the same as Flitz. When I finish the tube of Simichrome I'm presently using, I guess I'll have to try the Flitz.
 
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