Polished Sideclip

AimlessWanderer · **on:** April 02, 2019, 11:28:36 PM

Which surfaces were polished on that, that weren't on the brushed finish versions?

Poncho65 · **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2019, 12:24:35 AM

From what I remember

the whole tool is shiny

tools, plier head and handles

it has been several moons since I traded mine off though and someone that has one now would be more reliable

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2019, 12:49:49 AM

Thanks mate

hopefully someone will show up with confirmation

SteveC · **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2019, 05:53:34 AM

I've seen some where only the handles and pliers were the polished.

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2019, 06:24:06 AM

Thanks Steve. Do you know if they were mods or factory ones?

SteveC · **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2019, 02:03:45 PM

Factory I think, these are ones I've seen on ebay so IU can't say for sure.

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2019, 02:08:10 PM

Thanks Steve

I don't necessarily want to try to recreate what the factory did, so I might just stick to the handles. For now at least. It's a long tedious job by hand as it is. I giving picking it up and spending a while at it, and still only got two handle pieces done with 600 grit. The brushed finish really does hide a lot of surface deviation.

SteveC · **Reply #7 on:** April 04, 2019, 03:02:50 PM

When you say polished do you mean a mirror polish ? because I've never seen a factory Sideclip with a mirror polish. I've only seen the Satin bead blasted finish which is most common and the brushed finish like the PSTand OG ST, less common.

SteveC · **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2019, 03:07:02 PM

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2019, 03:25:50 PM

Maybe not a completely flawless mirror finish, but yes, a decent polish. I'm only, using 600 grit to get it to a base condition before moving to micromesh. Moving to misromesh straight away would leave in a lot of the anomalies.

The bead blast finish is quite uneven, particularly on the rule and around the edges. On the flat section, there's like a raised edge around the periphery, and various little blemishes that I might not remove entirely, but am trying to minimise. It's taking several hours of elbow grease to smooth out the irregularities, and get it ready for polishing.

Pics
1) before/during/after 600 grit
2) surface defects
3) raised edges
4) rule before and after

Poncho65 · **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2019, 03:51:52 PM

Can't wait to see the result

pietervn · **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2019, 11:10:23 PM

That looks good already. I did one with metal polish only, no sanding. Be warned, every touch shows up. If you have ocd it will become a lovely show piece

Writeup here : https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,67773.msg1321482.html#msg1321482

Pete

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2019, 11:13:12 PM

Quote from: pietervn on April 04, 2019, 11:10:23 PM

That looks good already. I did one with metal polish only, no sanding. Be warned, every touch shows up. If you have ocd it will become a lovely show piece

Writeup here : https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,67773.msg1321482.html#msg1321482

Pete

It was your thread that inspired me to do it, Pete