Your experience with putting on a Mirror/Satin finish.

Walking Man

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They don't tell you everything. I've tried twice to put a polish on a knife, first on a Gerber EZ out, then on an Opinel, and this last time it was with an AD. The first two times I was disappointed. I put a nice finish on them with 2000 grit sandpaper, but I could still see the microscratches. Everything that I read on BF said that I was doing the right thing. Starting course, I went from 1000 grit to 1500 to 2000, but still no mirror finish. I could see a reflection but it was hardly perfect. Well today, I finally got it figured out. :thumbup: After you finish with the 2000 grit, you have to use rubbing compound. Oh, and this is important, using Oil with wet/dry sandpaper (or water I guess) makes a big difference, at least to me. I recommend it. I don't know if actually helps, but it allows to see that you're making progress by making the oil look dirty, which is a psycological victory, at least to me. I don't know maybe another high-powered polish will work, but rubbing compound, from Turtle Wax worked best for me, then I followed with Mother's metal polish and Ta Da, a nice shiny polish. It's not a mirror, but it's pretty close, all of the residual micro-scratches from the 2000 grit sandpaper are no more.
So now, I'd like to hear from you guys, what can we learn from each other?
Thanks.
 
rbmcmjr said:
Pictures, man. We need pictures!
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It's not anything special. So I did go back and look at old threads and apperantly rubbing compound is mentioned, but it mostly says you have to use a buffer. Mine looks okay just rubbing it by hand.
 
what's wrong wit you boy, you say you will pay $5.60 an hour for polishing?

sign me up :thumbup:




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rbmcmjr said:
Pictures, man. We need pictures!
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Okay, I tried a scan, and you just can't tell the difference between the polished and unpolished side. sorry. If anyone wants to come over for some Pop Rocks and Coca-Cola and check out the knife, that's cool with me. :)
 
How would you get a Double Cut finish and is a Double Cut finish the same thing as a DCBB finish. Is it a coating? I thought that I had read that they give the knife a satin finish and then come back over it with something else to give it a DC finish but I could be wrong.
 
Silas said:
How would you get a Double Cut finish and is a Double Cut finish the same thing as a DCBB finish. Is it a coating? I thought that I had read that they give the knife a satin finish and then come back over it with something else to give it a DC finish but I could be wrong.
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DCBB = Double cut Bead blasted finish, I think. Yes, I think it's same. It's a bead blasted finish done right. I think it's blasted twice, and you really can't do it by hand, you need a blasting cabinet.
 
DCBB is basically ground to a near-satin finish level(first cut??) then bead blasted(this I'm assuming is the "double" in double cut) with glass or ceramic beads (these peen the surface smooth, unlike the rough finish that aluminum oxide leaves) to provide that silky matte finish. I remember reading somewhere that it was beadblasted twice, if that's the case then they probably do the first blast with A.O. then finish off with the glass/ceramic.
 
Idaho gives a good description of the process on "Staight Handle Badger Attack's in DCBB or Satin" thread. It's the thread above this one.
 
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