Old Wave and New Wave Polished

[Aloha]

Many of you have seen my New Wave that I've polished.  I decided my Old Wave is just to nice of a tool to not carry so I gave it a face lift.  I spent an hour or so hand polishing it with green compound on a leather stop then followed up with Mothers Mag Wheel Polish on a leather strop. 

I'll continue to add more shine to it over time but for now I'm even more stoked to carry it.   

The shine holds up really well as can be seen by my New Wave pictured.  I've not babied it one bit and yet it still looks great IMO.

[sawman]

Looks great

[Obi1shinobee]

Many of you have seen my New Wave that I've polished.  I decided my Old Wave is just to nice of a tool to not carry so I gave it a face lift.  I spent an hour or so hand polishing it with green compound on a leather stop then followed up with Mothers Mag Wheel Polish on a leather strop. 

I'll continue to add more shine to it over time but for now I'm even more stoked to carry it.   

The shine holds up really well as can be seen by my New Wave pictured.  I've not babied it one bit and yet it still looks great IMO.

 

[HarleyXJGuy]

Tutorial go!

[Aloha]

If you don't have a dremil type tool or buffing wheel no problem.  You don't have to worry about heating the tool up needlessly by hand so thats a good thing.   

Degrease - I use WD 40 then wipe down tool completely.

Apply green compound and old leather belt, I bought green compound from Lowes.  I used a lighter to lightly melt compound so I could liberally apply to belt.  Belt is simply placed onto a hard surface ( I used a 2X4 ). MT is rubbed firmly onto compound laden belt.  Any part you want to polished should be rubbed, applying compound as needed.  When I can see the belt beneath compound that's when I reapply.

Just go at it till you produce the shine you desire.  The Old Wave took about an 1 1/2 hours total.  If you have bad scratches ( mine didn't ) then I'd use wet and dry sandpaper ( USE WET ).  Work up to the highest grit you can find before using compound, I'd say 2000 minimum but I'd find a higher grit.  I wouldn't start at 320 unless you have really bad scratches.  You'll spend a lot of time working the low grit scratches out but this will produce the best finish IMO.

Once you have the desired shine from compound then apply Mother Mag Wheel polish onto another belt and get after it.  This will clean and polish the tool to a high shine pretty quick.  I imagine any metal polish like Mothers will work, I hear good things about flitz but I cannot find it locally.

The belt is some old crappy belt so I dont think its that important.  Just make sure to put the compound and polish onto the underside where the nap is.  I wiped the tool down after all the polishing with an old t shirt and there you have it. 

It's obviously faster with mechanically but you can get nice results this way as you can see.     

[detron]

If you don't have a dremil type tool or buffing wheel no problem.  You don't have to worry about heating the tool up needlessly by hand so thats a good thing.   

Degrease - I use WD 40 then wipe down tool completely.

Apply green compound and old leather belt, I bought green compound from Lowes.  I used a lighter to lightly melt compound so I could liberally apply to belt.  Belt is simply placed onto a hard surface ( I used a 2X4 ). MT is rubbed firmly onto compound laden belt.  Any part you want to polished should be rubbed, applying compound as needed.  When I can see the belt beneath compound that's when I reapply.

Just go at it till you produce the shine you desire.  The Old Wave took about an 1 1/2 hours total.  If you have bad scratches ( mine didn't ) then I'd use wet and dry sandpaper ( USE WET ).  Work up to the highest grit you can find before using compound, I'd say 2000 minimum but I'd find a higher grit.  I wouldn't start at 320 unless you have really bad scratches.  You'll spend a lot of time working the low grit scratches out but this will produce the best finish IMO.

Once you have the desired shine from compound then apply Mother Mag Wheel polish onto another belt and get after it.  This will clean and polish the tool to a high shine pretty quick.  I imagine any metal polish like Mothers will work, I hear good things about flitz but I cannot find it locally.

The belt is some old crappy belt so I dont think its that important.  Just make sure to put the compound and polish onto the underside where the nap is.  I wiped the tool down after all the polishing with an old t shirt and there you have it. 

It's obviously faster with mechanically but you can get nice results this way as you can see.     

Lowes.com does not list "Green Compound" Though I found These Matches

Can you upload a photo of the compound container?

[Aloha]

If you don't have a dremil type tool or buffing wheel no problem.  You don't have to worry about heating the tool up needlessly by hand so thats a good thing.   

Degrease - I use WD 40 then wipe down tool completely.

Apply green compound and old leather belt, I bought green compound from Lowes.  I used a lighter to lightly melt compound so I could liberally apply to belt.  Belt is simply placed onto a hard surface ( I used a 2X4 ). MT is rubbed firmly onto compound laden belt.  Any part you want to polished should be rubbed, applying compound as needed.  When I can see the belt beneath compound that's when I reapply.

Just go at it till you produce the shine you desire.  The Old Wave took about an 1 1/2 hours total.  If you have bad scratches ( mine didn't ) then I'd use wet and dry sandpaper ( USE WET ).  Work up to the highest grit you can find before using compound, I'd say 2000 minimum but I'd find a higher grit.  I wouldn't start at 320 unless you have really bad scratches.  You'll spend a lot of time working the low grit scratches out but this will produce the best finish IMO.

Once you have the desired shine from compound then apply Mother Mag Wheel polish onto another belt and get after it.  This will clean and polish the tool to a high shine pretty quick.  I imagine any metal polish like Mothers will work, I hear good things about flitz but I cannot find it locally.

The belt is some old crappy belt so I dont think its that important.  Just make sure to put the compound and polish onto the underside where the nap is.  I wiped the tool down after all the polishing with an old t shirt and there you have it. 

It's obviously faster with mechanically but you can get nice results this way as you can see.     

Lowes.com does not list "Green Compound" Though I found These Matches

Can you upload a photo of the compound container?

I dont think the green polishing compound matters that much IMO.  I seriously recall getting it from Lowes in the welding dept where the compressors are. 

The wood is 1X4 sorry not 2X4.

The green compound is loaded on the belt ( left ) and the Mothers loaded on the right.   

[detron]

thanks,  that helps me know what to look for

[Monrogue]

Looks great buddy

[powernoodle]

Awesome polish job.  Even more awesome because you did it by hand.

I use Mother's for general polishing of anything I can catch, from the chrome bumper of my 1969 Chevy truck to knife blades.  Its very similar to Flitz and Semichrome, but much less expensive.

[Higgins617]

Awesome polish job.  Even more awesome because you did it by hand.

I use Mother's for general polishing of anything I can catch, from the chrome bumper of my 1969 Chevy truck to knife blades.  Its very similar to Flitz and Semichrome, but much less expensive.

Does the Mother's polish work well?

Thank you for posting this Aloha, I've been trying to figure out a good way to polish as I've had pretty poor results so far.

[Breezy12]

excellent work, as always, Aloha!

you're giving me second thoughts about my Cerakote plans...

[Aloha]

Awesome polish job.  Even more awesome because you did it by hand.

I use Mother's for general polishing of anything I can catch, from the chrome bumper of my 1969 Chevy truck to knife blades.  Its very similar to Flitz and Semichrome, but much less expensive.

 

[Aloha]

Thanks guys 

I recall a member who also did some hand polishing as well.  I figured my knife edges come out so polished on the green compound so why not a whole MT.  I love my BO tools but there is just something about the highly polished LMs. 

Credit goes to many members unfortunately I don't recall all their user names with the exception of Baja. 

 

[HarleyXJGuy]

excellent work, as always, Aloha!

you're giving me second thoughts about my Cerakote plans...

Hey!

Great work Aloha.

[Miknitro]

I've been absent though thinking about MTs an you guys.
Flashlights took over for a while.

Great job Aloha1. +1
War

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[Aloha]

I've been absent though thinking about MTs an you guys.
Flashlights took over for a while.

Great job Aloha1. +1
War

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Hey brother, this is the guy who did some great hand polishing.   

[Miknitro]

Hey bud, how are you guys doing?
Sorry I've been absent.

Thank you too if you meant my Wave.



☺

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[Aloha]

I sure was, I just couldn't recall you user name.  The WAVE looks amazing.  You should also put a tutorial on how you achieved your results. 

[Miknitro]

Well, you've the right idea sir.
It's just a matter of speed, can go slow on a strop like you have and get great results or by dremel an hold item in hand and you'll get to know if temperature is too much if you can't hold it, move on to another location and keep going.
I finished with blue french rouge, started on grey, tool polish/cleaner, then to red, then to green an onto blue.
Blue is for gold and precious metals, though this is precious,
 so what problem ☺
Works great on knife edges too.

My Fuse.. Can see stick of blue rouge in background..





I am noob but will answer any questions Best I can guys.


Still edc and hasnt been abused but has been used lots, needs a touch up again maybe in new year.
Idk if this helps.



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[NKlamerus]

Looks awesome!

We used to use the same polish on our Sousaphones in highschool.

Have you tried a blade? Or not the right finish?

[Aloha]

Thanks Miknitro,  I'm gonna get some blue rouge now.  I enjoyed the hand process albeit slower than the mechanical alternative. 

I'd also encourage those with tools that have deep or lots of scratches to use WET/DRY sandpaper first.  I'd work up to the highest grit you can find even up to 3000/4000 grit before you move onto the compounds.  Making sure all previous sanding marks are gone before you move to the next grit leaving no sanding marks when you actually start to polish. 

I'd imagine felt with a close nap would work well.  I had the old leather belt so thats what I used. 

[HarleyXJGuy]

I sure was, I just couldn't recall you user name.  The WAVE looks amazing.  You should also put a tutorial on how you achieved your results.

What Aloha said.

[Miknitro]

Thank you very much guys!!☺

I can try and put together something more if you like?
I started on knives, the benchmade was brushed when new.
I've done most of my knives and tools, trinkets... I'm part Raven/Crow, aka WarRaven on other forums, Tapatalk used my email on MT.
You guys made me feel  great today, cheers I hope you have a great day too☺


Edit, I'm just getting into modding lights now too, noob, but I'm going to learn ☺
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Third edit lol sorry, I just realized you meant blade on Wave, I never thought of doing it honestly, thought it may get too much scaring and would be a monthly thing to keep up, on MT blade anyways.

[HarleyXJGuy]

Thank you very much guys!!☺

I can try and put together something more if you like?

We would like.

[babola]

Nice job, Aloha 

For those who aren't in possession of a rotary or polishing tools, there's a way to achieve the look completely by hand using good old elbow grease method with sandpapers of various grits and a polishing cloth.

I own Dremel but this time wanted to go it manual, slow way. Smaller tools at the bottom of the handle were polished too, for more striking polish effect.

Steps explained in the post below.

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,55725.msg979900.html#msg979900

 

[Aloha]

And here's another member who has an amazing polished Wave.  Love looking at this tool especially the pliers head. 

Great resource on how you did it too 

[babola]

And here's another member who has an amazing polished Wave.  Love looking at this tool especially the pliers head. 

Great resource on how you did it too 

Thanks man, appreciate it. The funny thing is I didn't touch the pliers at all, it's just how they came out new from LM. But they're definitely smoother and shinier as new and in original form these days than they used to be.

[Mike 56]

Great polish jobs Aloho you went old school polishing turned out real nice.  I did a quicky polish job on a few of my tools using a cheapy harbor fright polish kit on my drill press. Looking at what you guys have done I need some more practice.

[Aloha]

Did some plier polishing as well.  It really needed a lot of sanding but I really didn't want to go all out so I used 1000 grit then stropped with green compound.  Looks decent. 

My OG Supertool was close by so onto the strop it went.