Hello,
First off, I am relatively new to sanding/polishing. I recently purchased a ti prybar (https://a.co/d/gI1gfQv) and I took it upon myself to try and sand/polish the finish off of it to try my hand at some basic anodizing. I have sanded and polished the clip on this thing numerous times following what instructions I could online, as well as using a couple different polishes, but it keeps coming out with a "speckled" pattern in the metal, or another way to describe it would be almost a micro nylon weave, almost like what you would see on a windbreaker, but much smaller. I have sanded it down gradually to 1200 grit using my dremel on the slowest rpm setting (5000rpm, but given the extension cable I use it actually spins a decent bit slower than that). I would take pictures of it, but no matter how I angle my camera I can't get a good shot of it to explain.... essentially it looks more scratched than anything. Are there any methods anyone knows of for sanding/polishing small parts like this? Or could it be that the clip itself is some kind of different titanium than the main prybar itself? (I wouldn't know how to check for that though). Any assistance would be appreciated!
First off, I am relatively new to sanding/polishing. I recently purchased a ti prybar (https://a.co/d/gI1gfQv) and I took it upon myself to try and sand/polish the finish off of it to try my hand at some basic anodizing. I have sanded and polished the clip on this thing numerous times following what instructions I could online, as well as using a couple different polishes, but it keeps coming out with a "speckled" pattern in the metal, or another way to describe it would be almost a micro nylon weave, almost like what you would see on a windbreaker, but much smaller. I have sanded it down gradually to 1200 grit using my dremel on the slowest rpm setting (5000rpm, but given the extension cable I use it actually spins a decent bit slower than that). I would take pictures of it, but no matter how I angle my camera I can't get a good shot of it to explain.... essentially it looks more scratched than anything. Are there any methods anyone knows of for sanding/polishing small parts like this? Or could it be that the clip itself is some kind of different titanium than the main prybar itself? (I wouldn't know how to check for that though). Any assistance would be appreciated!
