48h Restoration Marathon

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Little piggies ready for some carnauba wax

 

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I swear I uploaded the photo...
Here they are after wax

 

[Old_Newby]

Were these restained, or just buffed and waxed?

 

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3 or four were restained

 

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Rims, chambers and stems were fun here...

 

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Do you wax and polish with the stems removed?

 

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Do you wax and polish with the stems removed?

Yes why?

 

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3 or four were restained

Nice. I have a few I need to cleanup. Whats your process, tools, products?

 

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[Briarcutter]

Yes why?

You may want to rethink that. With out the mouthpiece in place you can easily round over the end,edge of the shank, same with the end of the mouthpieces. I ALWAYS polish,wax and buff with mouthpiece in place. Without the mouthpiece in place it also gives the wheel a sharp edge to grab and rip the pipe out of your hand.

 

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Nice. I have a few I need to cleanup. Whats your process, tools, products?

That's not that easy to answer, if you check in the repair section, you will find a few very long threads I posted with a lot of photos. You can find most answers there. If something is unclear after that ask me here and I will answer.

 

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You may want to rethink that. With out the mouthpiece in place you can easily round over the end,edge of the shank, same with the end of the mouthpieces. I ALWAYS polish,wax and buff with mouthpiece in place. Without the mouthpiece in place it also gives the wheel a sharp edge to grab and rip the pipe out of your hand.

The sharp edge lesson I have learned the hard way... More than a few times... I don't use the buffing wheel like most people - I try to finish 95% of the job by hand and then pipes and stems go once for less than 40 seconds under the wheel, with almost no pressure applied

 

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I tried the whole one hour restorations using the buffing wheel aggressively, to see if I could lower prices, but it just damages the pipes and the result is Ha I have another old bulgarian saying for that - " Hang roses around the ass, so people don't notice the shit" if there is another bulgarian in this forum i just made him chuckle

 

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You may want to rethink that. With out the mouthpiece in place you can easily round over the end,edge of the shank, same with the end of the mouthpieces. I ALWAYS polish,wax and buff with mouthpiece in place. Without the mouthpiece in place it also gives the wheel a sharp edge to grab and rip the pipe out of your hand.

Do you use the same paste for both pipe and stem?

 

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Do you use the same paste for both pipe and stem?

Do you mean polishing compound? If so, yes, same compound for Ebonite,Acrylic and wood. different compounds for silver and gold though. The compounds I use come in the form of a bar and applied directly to the wheel. I'm sure I over kill the Ebonite though, I take it to 1500 paper then four compounds after that. I'm sure my process is different than most. I'm not restoring pipes or just giving them a new wax job.

 

[xrundog]

This is not a criticism. If you are rounding edges, maybe use a soft buffing wheel. I use soft whhels and don’t have a problem rounding edges or blurring stamps. I also use very little pressure. It does probably take more time though.

 

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Do you mean polishing compound? If so, yes, same compound for Ebonite,Acrylic and wood. different compounds for silver and gold though. The compounds I use come in the form of a bar and applied directly to the wheel. I'm sure I over kill the Ebonite though, I take it to 1500 then four compounds after that.

I was doing the same thing until I discovered two "magical" compounds. I am trying to find the manufacturer, brand or alternative. I will share if I do and if I can't find it, i will be extremely sad after a couple of weeks when I run out... At least for my work flow where I bring everything to 1000, I use one compound for wood and metal and another for vulcanite and acryl- 30-60 seconds and that's it. Best results I have ever had!

 

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[Jwebb90]

I tried the whole one hour restorations using the buffing wheel aggressively, to see if I could lower prices, but it just damages the pipes and the result is Ha I have another old bulgarian saying for that - " Hang roses around the ass, so people don't notice the shit" if there is another bulgarian in this forum i just made him chuckle

Не съм българин, но живях там три години.

 

[Sobrbiker]

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What’s/where’s the Peterson with the p-lip stinger?
I’m just curious, I’ve got a pre-republic 120 Sterling that came with a stinger (slotted ball type, not a corkscrew like yours).