More Brass Plaquery

[Nealieboyee]

That looks amazing. May you share your process for sanding/polishing/buffing please?

[Wal]

After cutting I relax the sharp edges with steel wool and then use Brasso before de-greasing and washing off residues. Then the resin gets added. In an ideal situation that would be that, but often you get a bit of over-spill and you need to sand off the excess and re-polish. If you want the resin to be flush with the metal then you'll need to overfill the pockets and sand back anyway, so don't bother with the pre-polish. Resin, by and large, polishes up well with Brasso, but micro scratches are your enemy. Work through the grades of paper - there's no way around it, a lot of elbow grease needed for a decent job. Finish with Brasso and then to remove the micro scratches use a polishing compound, like 310, and buff buff buff..!

[the great waldo]

After cutting I relax the sharp edges with steel wool and then use Brasso before de-greasing and washing off residues. Then the resin gets added. In an ideal situation that would be that, but often you get a bit of over-spill and you need to sand off the excess and re-polish. If you want the resin to be flush with the metal then you'll need to overfill the pockets and sand back anyway, so don't bother with the pre-polish. Resin, by and large, polishes up well with Brasso, but micro scratches are your enemy. Work through the grades of paper - there's no way around it, a lot of elbow grease needed for a decent job. Finish with Brasso and then to remove the micro scratches use a polishing compound, like 310, and buff buff buff..!

Hi Wal
If you want to make your life easier get yourself a cotton polishing mop
https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/abra...olishing%20mop

and some of this stuff https://www.menzerna.com/products/so...per-finish/m5/
to finish with it's the dogs b+ll+cks the cream menzena pastes are a little more agressive but still give a great finish also Matador brand 7000 grit wet and dry gives a good shine on it's own.
Cheers
Andrew