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tygh

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Thanks to everyone who gave me pointers on the forum. I got a rather well-used Peterson 301 and decided to refinish it. I soaked it in alcohol to strip the finish, performed an alcohol/salt bath to clean the bowl, and micromeshed the stem to get it back to black. I used Fiebing's dye to restain the pipe and then Halcyon II wax for a nice shine. The nickel mount was polished using red tripoli. Overall, it was very straightforward. But, I should have taken more photos of the process....I will do that with my next pipe.
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jpmcwjr

jpmcwjr

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Excellent!
The nickel band looks exactly like pitted aluminum in the before photo! And in the after, it could almost pass for silver. Nice work. Tripoli on a buffer, or by hand?

 
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tygh

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jpmcwjr,

I bought a cheap little bench buffer and used some red tripoli. Tried to do it by hand, and could not get it to shine.

 
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Excellent, that type of rustification is hard to restain, you did well!
A note of caution on the Tripoli, it is pretty aggresive. White Diamond would yield the same results with less risk of damage to the stamping. I have Tripoli, but rarely, if ever, use it on pipes.

 
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