ShineOnYouCrazyDiamond
Flashlight Enthusiast
For the longest time I was so afraid of getting a scratch or mar on my lights. I had no idea how to really polish out a blemish or make my Ti shine. I knew you could use a metal polish, Autosol seems to be a favorite and I've been happy with it, but did not know how to make a dulled piece of Ti shine. I've seen people saying that they use scothbrite pads of varying roughnesses, but from my experience they just scrapped up the metal and didn't help at all.
In my searches for the right tools for an upcoming project I was looking for something I could use to clean up Ti and started my search on Amazon looking for 800 and 1200 grit sandpaper. My search started to turn up these results for wet/dry polishing papers that could be used on cars with 1200, 2000 an even 3000 grit papers. I started reading reviews and was getting very close to buying a few different grits when I came across something from 3M called Micron Polishing Paper. The reviews were good and it came as a kit with 6 different with decreasing roughnesses starting with 30, 15, 9, 3, 2 and 1 micron. According to the back of a sheet of 1200 grit paper I have it is 15 micron.
I bought a pack of the polishing papers and I have been nothing less than amazed. They are not exactly paper but rather made of a tough fiber that gives it strength and flexibility. In the pictures below I am taking a McGizmo clip as it come from Don and then each following shot is after each step of the 6 papers. Each step is very subtle but when you look at them in sequence it is quite impressive and the finished clip has a very nice shine.
A little elbow grease required but anyone can do it. Enjoy!
Stock McGizmo clip:
30 Micron Paper
15 Micron Paper
9 Micron Paper
3 Micron Paper
2 Micron Paper
1 Micron Paper
In my searches for the right tools for an upcoming project I was looking for something I could use to clean up Ti and started my search on Amazon looking for 800 and 1200 grit sandpaper. My search started to turn up these results for wet/dry polishing papers that could be used on cars with 1200, 2000 an even 3000 grit papers. I started reading reviews and was getting very close to buying a few different grits when I came across something from 3M called Micron Polishing Paper. The reviews were good and it came as a kit with 6 different with decreasing roughnesses starting with 30, 15, 9, 3, 2 and 1 micron. According to the back of a sheet of 1200 grit paper I have it is 15 micron.
I bought a pack of the polishing papers and I have been nothing less than amazed. They are not exactly paper but rather made of a tough fiber that gives it strength and flexibility. In the pictures below I am taking a McGizmo clip as it come from Don and then each following shot is after each step of the 6 papers. Each step is very subtle but when you look at them in sequence it is quite impressive and the finished clip has a very nice shine.
A little elbow grease required but anyone can do it. Enjoy!
Stock McGizmo clip:
30 Micron Paper
15 Micron Paper
9 Micron Paper
3 Micron Paper
2 Micron Paper
1 Micron Paper