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Old 04-16-07   #1 (permalink)
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Default Help with polishing steel

I'm looking to polish the interior of my case and was wondering if anyone had any great resources to point me to. I remembered reading something about oven cleaner...? What's that all about?

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If you use a paint thinner and remove all the crap from the metal and then use some sandpaper (yup) and add a grain to the metal all in one direction. Then some special finishing wool made for blending in the grain you'd end up with a very pretty mellow grain to your metal. We did that in the steel workshop I worked in during my summers at Uni. It was a technique used for hand rails and stainless steel counter tops. Really looked nice.
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BRASO!

Works wonders on shinning up metal, however you will need to sand off the protective paint and seal it afterwards.
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Paint thinner to get rid of all the paint, then start on a low grit and work upwards if you want a mirror finish

If not, what pjnt suggested might work.
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Take it in and have it chromed.
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Or....
Check around for a powder coater, some custom auto resto/ hot rod shops do it.
It's very durable and there are some silvers that are outstanding and shine like glass!
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Take it in and have it chromed.
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