mothers aluminum polish question ..

Kennieyk

Kennieyk

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I used it to clean some rust off a ats-34 rekat blade I neglected ..It seemed to work rather nice with a little rubbing .. Would that be to harsh to use on nicer knives ? Will it cause any harm or more rust later down the road ??
I washed it with soap and water then tryed and oiled it up with millitec..
Looks nice and shiny too :) In genral is this bad for blades ???
 
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If you mean Mother's Mag Wheel and Chrome Polish, it's really just an anti-oxidizer and very very fine abrasive. I've used it on my very best knives, with no problems, and it seems to leave behind a protective coating that keeps even high-carbon blades shiny and free of corrosion.

Soap and water are good for getting out gunked up oil and grease, but I like to also use 90% isopropyl alcohol to degrease, and remove the water.

Militec is great stuff, but smells awful; I've heard great things about Tuff-Glide, but haven't used it; I'm gonna try mineral oil, since I like to use my pocket knives in the kitchen. (My GF can't understand why I try to use a stockman when I have a chef's knife and santoku close at hand!)
 
Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish ,,, i did a serch and it seems others have used it as well .. with good results . I bought it for my rims on my car ,, then sitting there with my rusty blade i tryed the mothers ,, it works awsome on rust :)
 
Mothers is my favorite all around metal polish, no matter what the surface is. The stuff works great. Use a small amount and rub it well until the black coloring appears. Buff it out and you're all set!
 
Do not use it on your rims if they have a clear coat on them, which almost all alloy rims today have. That polish is for bare metal only, using it on clear coated mag wheels will take the clear coat off and make them dull. Just treat your rims like your paint, put a couple of layers of wax on them.

I use it on my knives with excellent results.
 
Mother's Billet Polish
may be even a step beyond Mother's Aluminum polish
maybe a bit finer abrasive

The billet polish certainly costs enough
but I have nothing but praise for it
hardly any pressure needed to pull out black

use fingertip {careful} or any soft applicator
a drop of oil will extend it far
once it initially starts to dry out

Just for grins I tried it using a popsicle stick for rubbing it onto steel
Yes
it scratches.
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thestaber said:
Do not use it on your rims if they have a clear coat on them, which almost all alloy rims today have. That polish is for bare metal only, using it on clear coated mag wheels will take the clear coat off and make them dull. Just treat your rims like your paint, put a couple of layers of wax on them.

I use it on my knives with excellent results.
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Infact yu may be right ... I think i do have some type of coating on the rims .
It did one rim and it cleaned it pretty well , I have a Ford Taurus with the nicer aluminum wheels .. if anyone know if they have that coating let me know :) I just got the car a few weeks agao so i'm not really sure ..
 
ddean said:
Mother's Billet Polish
may be even a step beyond Mother's Aluminum polish
maybe a bit finer abrasive

The billet polish certainly costs enough
but I have nothing but praise for it
hardly any pressure needed to pull out black

use fingertip {careful} or any soft applicator
a drop of oil will extend it far
once it initially starts to dry out
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ooooo i want some. I use it for polishing up hamons post-etch, so the finer the polish, the better.
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