How to polish a saw plate

[Christian Castillo]

TobyC said:

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Castillo Polishing Method

CP Meth......(maybe not)


Castillo Process

CasPro


Christian Clean

Toby

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I'm rather quite fond of those, the meth one... not so much.

[Window Guy]

Yep Foiled works and fits, good choice.

Steve

[Corneel]

Hmmm, I don't know what kind of abrassive foil you have in the States, but I don't really see much difference overhere. I used another brand of chrome polish, couldn't find autosol, and after some vigorous shrubbing, the effect really is minimal.

[GeorgeV]

I have been following this thread and decided to give it a try.

WOW!!! I am truley amazed the results are astonishing. I guess the rest of my day will be spend FOILING AROUND!!!!! in the shop.

[Andreaxforum]

Corneel said:

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Hmmm, I don't know what kind of abrassive foil you have in the States, but I don't really see much difference overhere. I used another brand of chrome polish, couldn't find autosol, and after some vigorous shrubbing, the effect really is minimal.

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I have asked myself the same questions, because I also have got only minimum results with this method.

This is the starting saw.




Here, I removed the most of the rust with a scraper and with a steel brush.




Here I applied the automotive polish to the half right of the saw and I rubbed it with aluminum foil.




This is the result: there is not much difference between the two halves.




This instead is the result I get with my usual sequence of sandpaper, with the polish used only in the final step, as I usually do.



I apologize for the horrible screwdrivers...

[Timberwolf]

It appears that the staining and rust pitting on the saw was deeper more severe than just polish alone was able to remove...no amount of scrubbing with a mild abrasive like polish can remove that...I use 600grit silicon carbide powder sometimes as a beginning abrasive, but I think your saw's condition was more severe than even that can remove.

[Isaac S]

I couldn't resist jumping on this bandwagon. I started out with a late model Spear and Jackson that was in fairly good condition to begin with. I used nothing other than crumpled up aluminum foil and AutoSol. I was happy with how it worked on it, and will play around with it on some saws that are in worse condition.

Before and after:









I'm not saying it's a miracle worker, but I did try it on the handle, too. Worked pretty well there, too.

[TobyC]

That must have been some "special" AutoSol you used on the handle!!

Toby

[Todd O. Cronkhite]

Corneel said:

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Hmmm, I don't know what kind of abrassive foil you have in the States, but I don't really see much difference overhere. I used another brand of chrome polish, couldn't find autosol, and after some vigorous shrubbing, the effect really is minimal.

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spent part of the morning "foiling", and as it stands right now---I am far from impressed. Maybe I am doing it wrong, maybe I started with saws that where to heavily rusted, maybe I am expecting to much from it, I dunno, but so far, on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, I am giving this a 2 at best.

I will also disclose that I am using the Meguiar's "Metal Finishing Polish", so perhaps it is too fine of a grit. I dunno.

[Todd O. Cronkhite]

Timberwolf said:

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...I use 600grit silicon carbide powder sometimes as a beginning abrasive

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.......and just where can this be obtained from Jack? What the Hades, I might as well throw a few more bucks into this rathole.