How can I remove the marks seen on this blade?

[dawgfan]

Do not appear to be scratches. Can the marks be buffed out? If you have an idea, I'd appreciate any product or procedure suggestions. Thank you!

edit - the pictured marks may not be, but others do appear to be light scratches after all.

 

[irona]

Try giving the blade a good wipe down / clean with soap


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[mycough]

Progressively finer sandpaper working the same direction. Some fine marks I have buffed out with mothers, or fine diamond oil based lapping compound.
Russ

 

[BITEME]

lighter fluid...acetone...flitz.,this is my progression if it's not scratches on the steel itself,they look like smudges of something?doesn't look like the steel is scratched...good luck

 

[irona]

lighter fluid...acetone...flitz.,this is my progression if it's not scratches on the steel itself,they look like smudges of something?doesn't look like the steel is scratched...good luck

That's what I'm thinking, in the picture these look more like strips of gunk on the blade than scratches, although I could be wrong.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[dawgfan]

Upon closer examination, there appear to be a lot of small scratches. This changes things. Can this be buffed out?

 

[TravisH]

Try buffing them out with Flitz or a premium automotive mag wheel / all metal polish like Mother's or Turtle Wax.

 

[dawgfan]

Thank you all for the ideas. Please keep them coming.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Upon closer examination, there appear to be a lot of small scratches. This changes things. Can this be buffed out?

As obviously visible as those marks are, if they're scratches or scuffs, Flitz and/or buffing alone likely won't remove them. Try that first, just to be sure; if it works, so much the better. But, if it doesn't work, the suggestion to use sandpaper is the next step. To emulate the finish seen on the blade in the pics, it'll likely need something in the 320-600 grit range, which is where most factory satin or 'brushed' finishes fall. Higher grit (800+) might remove the scratches eventually, but it'll likely leave a brighter, shinier finish than what's seen elsewhere on the blade. I've most often used 320-grit on finishes like that, making linear passes over the sandpaper (spine to edge; one direction only, no back & forth); that usually works pretty fast to remove scratches like those. Make sure the sandpaper doesn't move, shift or lift up or curl while you're working, as that'll interrupt the consistency of the scratch pattern, which never looks very good.


David