Jeff M Knodle
New Member
I am going to try my hand at electroless nickel plating and am in the process of making a practice plate before I tackle a pair of SAA clones I have yet to engrave. I want to make these "bright nickel" not satin. I have been trying to polish this plate to a mirror finish (before I cut it) and I can still see "buffing lines". My question is "how much polishing is enough to get bright electroless nickel"?
The steps I have done so far are:
1200 grit paper
blending with 3m synthetic steel wool "000"
hard felt pad with Wenol metal polish
hard felt pad with Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish
Each step is buffed out with old t shirt material. Also, all of this is hand polishing, no machine work.
This is my first post here so I hope I'm getting my point across.
Thanks ahead of time.
Jeff
The steps I have done so far are:
1200 grit paper
blending with 3m synthetic steel wool "000"
hard felt pad with Wenol metal polish
hard felt pad with Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish
Each step is buffed out with old t shirt material. Also, all of this is hand polishing, no machine work.
This is my first post here so I hope I'm getting my point across.
Thanks ahead of time.
Jeff