Polishing Brass

[Archer Here]

Hi all, Happy Labor Day.

Have a question. I am making a custom sword for a customer with brass on the guard and pommel. It's got some tight areas that I'm having trouble polishing. I can get the main parts and the easy accessible parts, but in the tight spots, it's not polishing out nice, and you can really see the contrast between the polished areas and the not polished areas. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[galadduin]

I use brass on bolsters and guards a lot, it is really easy if trhere is no coarse scratches. The hard to reach areas can be polished with dremel polishing attachments... If there are sctatches there try to remove by sanding up to 800 or 1000 grit..

 

[Archer Here]

I use brass on bolsters and guards a lot, it is really easy if trhere is no coarse scratches. The hard to reach areas can be polished with dremel polishing attachments... If there are sctatches there try to remove by sanding up to 800 or 1000 grit..

Thanks. I should have thought of that. An attachment for my dremel. You da man!! :thumbup:

Chris

 

[Redrummd]

Another option would be using a metal polish such as Semichrome and a chamois (real or synthetic both work fine). Spread the polish paste onto the chamois and bend twist or shine as needed.

 

[butchesforge]

Q-tip maybe-Regards Butch

 

[69_knives]

There's also the tiny drill bit with cotton ball wrapped around it. the edge of a cotton towel should work with polish on it as mentioned, semichrome or autosol is also good.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

You can use bristle brush attachments with a Dremel or rotary machine. Use very slow speed and charge the brush frequently with compound.
Ideally, fittings should be polished before installation.

 

[jdm61]

Dremel makes a polishing kit that include some small felt buffs that work very well on guards, etc. The good news about brass is that it is soft enough that it doesn't require the heavy duty abrasives that some other metals do. In the army, we used to get big scratches out of our belt buckles with Brasso and shirt cardboard and then the small stratches with a rag and Brasso followed by a rouge cloth.