Buffing residue

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TJ Smith

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We all have problems when buffing guards with light colored handle material.
I have been trying a product called un goo. Made for removing tape residue and other sticky stuff.Wet a paper towel and rub it off. I have been using it on handles that have been in min-wax wood hardener.I don't know how it would work on untreated wood.
There are several different kinds on the market.
Works good for removing tape from knife blades to.
Find it at your local janitor supply house.
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TJ Smith
 
WD40 or acetone works fairly well at getting the tape "goo" or buffing compound off of the blade as well. I keep both in the shop.
 
Sonicare Tooth Brush. Yup, not kidding.

I have some stabilized stuff with pits in it. Couldn't get the compound out. So I hit it with the sonicare tooth brush with an old set of bristles and some tooth paste. Helps clean out those deep parts.

I'm gonna try the goo remover as a first pass, good idea.

Steve
 
TJ, go to an auto body supply and buy so DX-330. It is made by PPG company. It will remove buffing compounds without removing the shine. It is about $10 a quart but it will last a long time. I think it is what body shops remove wax with before painting a car. It smells like lighter fluid, in fact lighter fluid might work.
 
This is a good post for me. I just got through buffing a bowie handle, only a few minutes before seeing this post, with nickel silver spacers and used minerial spirits to try to cut the buffing compound out of the adjacent tiger maple handle. Very difficult. I had some acetone on hand but did not remember to try it.

I'm printing this post for my records. Jolly good.

Roger
 
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