r/MetalPolishing

Hey, I ordered this tankard off of Vinted, asked the guy if it was suitable for drinking or just decoration and he said it’s been drunk from before and just needed a clean. Well, it came and there was a dead spider in it still and in rough state. I really want to be able to drink from this tankard for my DnD games but I don’t feel safe drinking from it.

I’ve already had a good go at it with lime juice and baking soda with a microfibre cloth and it definitely looks better but I still wouldn’t drink from it.

Any advise greatly appreciated, I considered using it more as a can holder and still drinking from a can but I still want to give it another go.

The photo is when I first got it before I cleaned it a little, I’ll post the current state down in the comments

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Trying to clean up this beauty!

I recently got this Chromcraft table for free. Thought it was a score and oh I could just give it a good wipe. Ummm NO. I have no clue what I'm doing. I have no tools. Please lead me in the right direction to shine this up. Or if its even fixable. Last photo is what it's supposed to look like.

The white gunk is hard all over. Also what are those darker gray specks? they are rough to the touch.

I tried the aluminum foil ball trick but it seems to only be laying gray colored power on the white stuff not taking it off.

Bought the starter kit from spectrum. Grey,yellow,white wheels with 439,p14, and 480 compounds. Sanded 600 and 800. Still getting some scratches near the top of my tank. The clients don’t care about pitting I’m just more looking for a clearer tank free of scratches.

First time at giving a "high" polish a ago. It's a fun side project for myself so I got some cheap compound and a pad for my small drill off Amazon.

Basically wondering if the quality of the products is screwing me here. (Obviously not expecting amazing performance from Amazon)

The compound "brick" is really hard to the point I have to heat it gently with a lighter to get it soft enough to apply it to the pad.

Then as soon as I start to polish it seems like it either dries up and falls off the pad basically instantly or gums itself up into a smudge on the metal.

Is this normal behaviour for compounds? It seems like it's working but very slowly and with constant top ups to the pad.

Thank you for your time 🙂

(In the picture I'm only trying to polish the outer flat face on the barrel and outer rim of the wheel. You can see the dusty compound from maybe a minute of polishing)

Hi,

I just spent the last hour polishing this lamp stand that I got from the salvos, is there anyway to improve the polish at the top?

Is it just the texture of the brass and will be a bit darker no matter what?

Any tips or advice will be appreciated!

Thankyou

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