Carnuba on Silver?
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Great effort. Carnuba wax won't hurt or help with sterling silver. In fact, there is really no protective coat worth recommending. You will have to address the silver every now and again, if you want to keep the shine on. Rubbing compound will work...
I use a jeweler's rag. Any jewelry shop will have one. And the above is correct, you just have to tend to silver now and then. Wax will neither help nor hinder tarnish in my experience. It will provide a bit of an odd coloration and touch, though.
The only thing I couldn't do is get all the little dents all the way out because I didn't have the right little tool to get in there and flatten it out. But I got darn close which is good enough for me. I'm pleased with the final result.??
Just got to secure the cap and shes ready to smoke.
Just got to secure the cap and shes ready to smoke.
Please let us know where you found the brads to affix the cap and how they worked.
? i was able to save 2 of the original out of 3 I'm gonna check a jewelry supply store and if they don't have any I'm gonna make some out of .925 earing studs which I think will look nice.
Beautiful pipe!
We collect a lot of antique meers from the 1800s, and the silver mounts are black a lot of the time when we get them.
With this pipe, we'd use blue polishing compound, and a small cloth buffing pad with a dremel. A lot of restoration work can be done with a dremel.
We collect a lot of antique meers from the 1800s, and the silver mounts are black a lot of the time when we get them.
With this pipe, we'd use blue polishing compound, and a small cloth buffing pad with a dremel. A lot of restoration work can be done with a dremel.
Ya on the silver it had some deep scratches so I sanded it with 220 up to 1500 then hit it with a dremel mousilin (check spelling) buff with tripoli and white diamond and hand buffed with a micro fiber and it came out great. I only use 8 inch buff for the pipe, but the dremel I noticed works just as good as long as you don't stay in the same spot to long and run at lowest rpms,
I've never encountered sand-papered silver. Seems both a lot of work and destructive.
Anyone?
Sandpaper used at the bench every day when I was a jeweller, and then kept for refining afterwards! Lot's of file use still, but sandpaper definitely has its place.
Well, who knew?!?!! Thanks- for a dozen reasons I thought that was wrong, and that 220 sandpaper would scratch the devil out of silver.
For cleaning up silver castings, I would use 180 grit, then 400 grit (or an alternative equivalent solution) before going to tripoli polish.
Your smooth pipe isn't really smooth it just looks smooth to our animal eyes. Under a microscope its nothing but tiny scratches that make it look smooth. As long as your not sanding the detai work and just the plain silver you can take the deepest scratch out of silver as long as you start at that depth.
I'm kind of stunned at that as well, but I'll keep my mouth shut, as someone is likely to post a video of an expert sanding the heck out of antique silver.
I just use a little FItz on mine. Any polish will remove material, but it's only going to be done once in the forseeable future.
It's always good news to find new meer collectors. I've noticed lately that some of the newer meerschaum sellers on ebay can't tell the difference between meerschaum and clay, or between pressed and block. If you have any questions, please ask.
Carnauba will not hurt the silver or any metal, it will just need to be buffed to thin film. a microcrystalline wax, like Renaissance would be a better choice. Sandpaper, ummmm... micromesh can be used on finished silver, but not the best choice. A jewelers cloth would be better.
On dented silverwork... I seem to be getting lots of dented bands and caps lately. But, honestly, it will cost you more for me to repair a dented band than if you just have me make you a new one. Please talk to me before someone mails me a dented band. It cost me more to return that thing if one just shows up in my mailbox. Nothing infuriates me more than someone sending me a pipe without discussing prices... and then they just expect me to pay for shipping to return it. But, this is just my side rant. Who the fuck just mails off their pipe to someone without discussing the work? Then demand I mail it back with insurance, ha ha.
On dented silverwork... I seem to be getting lots of dented bands and caps lately. But, honestly, it will cost you more for me to repair a dented band than if you just have me make you a new one. Please talk to me before someone mails me a dented band. It cost me more to return that thing if one just shows up in my mailbox. Nothing infuriates me more than someone sending me a pipe without discussing prices... and then they just expect me to pay for shipping to return it. But, this is just my side rant. Who the fuck just mails off their pipe to someone without discussing the work? Then demand I mail it back with insurance, ha ha.