Advice: How to polish anodizing on Ti ?

[FredericoFreire]

I need some advice of you experienced guys.

I have some Ti bezels and Ti clips, and want to remove the anodizing and polish it to mirror finish.

What products and chemicals I may use?

By the end, should I use a Dremel and some car wax to polish it?

Thanks in advance for any inputs!

 

[FredericoFreire]

Anyone ? :shrug:

 

[Anglepoise]

There is a member here called.... KENSTER....

He most probably has more experience in polishing Ti than
any one else I know. Give him a PM

 

[FredericoFreire]

I PM'd him but no response yet. It seems that he's not having activity over the forums.

Anyone got any tips?

 

[karlthev]

Shoot me iof I'm wrong on these one folks but, my understanding of anno on Ti is that it really isn't the toughest of surfaces--not nearly as hard as HA on Aluminum. If I'm correct here, I'm sure you could try some very fine lapping compound for lapping automobile engine valves. A Dremel or similar hand tool with a felt polishing wheel impregnated with the compound should take off the anno and give a great shine.


Karl

 

[FredericoFreire]

Thanks for your imput, Karlthev.

I'll buy a Dremel soon and try this.

 

[LEDobsession]

I have some pretty kickass stuff called "Happich Simichrome Polish" thats from germany and worked pretty well on a mirror polished Ti ring I made. Im not really sure how to get the anodizing off other than 80 grit sanding it for a long time, and then you would have to work your way up to a finer grit of paper to achieve the finish you want again. That sucks though and takes forever.

 

[fludunlimited]

I have some pretty kickass stuff called "Happich Simichrome Polish" thats from germany and worked pretty well on a mirror polished Ti ring I made. Im not really sure how to get the anodizing off other than 80 grit sanding it for a long time, and then you would have to work your way up to a finer grit of paper to achieve the finish you want again. That sucks though and takes forever.

I would start with at least 400 grit.

I remove anodizing from my knifes all the time and it comes off pretty eazy. you can also use mag wheel etch, just spray it on let it set for a few seconds and wash it off and repeet till its all off then polish.

 

[jch79]

Kenster's thread on polishing (I think it was called "calling all polishing freaks" or something like that), goes over techniques. Check that out.

 

[FredericoFreire]

Is THIS THREAD that you're talking about?

I'll read it entirely. Thanks!

 

[jch79]

That the one! :thumbsup:

There might be one other thread somewhere on polishing - maybe started by Cuso? :thinking:

Either way, have fun and good luck!

john