Cleaning up an old blade

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Hi all, hoping some one here can help me out. I have an old straight that has some dark discolouration spots on the blade and i'm wanting to shine it up, what should i use?

I have some wet and dry paper, but it is pretty fine, the finest that Halfords sold, this did remove some of the marking but some stubborn spots remain, should i go coarser?

And then polish, the only metal polish i currently have to hand is Autosol, there may be some Brasso knocking around somewhere, would these be any good or is there something better out there?

Thanks.
 
Hi all, hoping some one here can help me out. I have an old straight that has some dark discolouration spots on the blade and i'm wanting to shine it up, what should i use?

I have some wet and dry paper, but it is pretty fine, the finest that Halfords sold, this did remove some of the marking but some stubborn spots remain, should i go coarser?

And then polish, the only metal polish i currently have to hand is Autosol, there may be some Brasso knocking around somewhere, would these be any good or is there something better out there?

Thanks.
I would just go with the Autosol and put on and take off by hand with a soft cloth, you may not be able to remove deep staining and may damage the blade trying to use anything too abrasive. P.
 
I use Autosol, hold the blade firmly flat on a plastic eraser, polish, polish, polish, with plenty of elbow grease very effective.
 
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Thanks for the replies all, i'll try another few rounds with the Autosol.

@Benz3ne the wet and dry i have is 2500 grit.

Since i've been searching around i've found a few mentions of Peek polish, is that any better than Autosol?
 
Thanks for the replies all, i'll try another few rounds with the Autosol.

@Benz3ne the wet and dry i have is 2500 grit.

Since i've been searching around i've found a few mentions of Peek polish, is that any better than Autosol?
Peek polish and Autosol are much the same as far as their abrasive qualitys go and are both perfect for the job, brasso is more abrasive and should be left alone when it comes to polishing razors or any other fine metalwork. P.
 
Just do it, polish, expect no magic but hard work will often pay off, if not I choose to give up and accept blemishes, tested wet&dry from 600 to 3000 once and it was a messy struggle not worth it.
 
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