Satin finished my team Gemini crusader

[Ndocyk]

Decided to do a satin finish on my team Gemini crusader. I think it came out pretty good.

 

[BFS]

Pretty good? When do you start taking orders? Nice job.

 

[rcb2000]

Well done!

 

[crowbardog]

What BFS said! Pretty good?! That looks frickin'; great! Good job.

 

[Ndocyk]

Never thought about doing it for other people but I guess I wouldn't mind doing it.

 

[NMMTM379]

Stunning, I love it. :thumbup:

 

[itadakimasu]

Very nice, was this done by hand or with a machine?

 

[JFLemm]

How did you do it sir?

 

[Ndocyk]

It was done by hand. I stripped a desert crusader and when I did it was double cut finish, but it was almost like an unfinished double cut. Didn't look like an uncoated crusader. So I blasted it to get a uniform finish. I then started with 320 then 400,600,1000,1500. I then used diamond compounds through various grits in a swirl motion like waxin a car to get rid of all the sanding marks. It was very shiny by this time. Then I used the sanding balls for a drill that is basically a scotch bright ball and I use that to apply the even and Uniform lines that go from spine to edge. Then I put a fresh convex edge on it.

 

[5seven]

You have the touch, amazing work.

 

[evltcat]

Stunning, I love it. :thumbup:

^--- +1 Simply Stunning! Great work on the Crusader!!! :thumbup:

 

[Dr. Lecter]

Never thought about doing it for other people but I guess I wouldn't mind doing it.

Beautiful work - interested in taking a stab at an-already-stripped CGFBM?

 

[Ndocyk]

Let me see a picture of it because I know some stripped combat grades have a lot of machining marks and I don't really feel like sanding by hand for 12 hours but if they are not bad I wouldn't mind. I enjoy doing it to a certain extent just not 12 hours of enjoyment.

 

[Ratman79]

that came out Very nice!

 

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

Looks OUTSTANDING...very labor intensive, I've done it myself...mine just don't look near as great as yours