How would I polish galv. steel?

Ghettobarney · Trick Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Failing Pandy

I heard NEVER-DULL works but I'm not sure. Is there a way to make it all shiny?
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

I believe steel wool and some kind of metal polish will do that job. Thankfully, it's tougher than gold, silver, bronze, and copper, so you can use hardcore shit like steel wool.

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RespectJSB · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:19 am Post subject:

Maybe I'm using the wrong stuff or wrong technique?
but I've tried a light steel wool rubbing and then an application of this stuff in an orange bottle called "Brasso" (labeled as an all-purpose metal polisher) and all I end up with is a nasty black dirty rag, and a lightly scratched, yet clean, panel. not necessarily any shinier though...

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deathfromabove1990 · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Location: Walla Walla

Maybe you just got screwed on your steel? I'm making a pad right now and today I attached the metal to the wood panels and just cleaning it with a rag for the gluing made them look pretty shiny. How shiny are you trying to get it? Like...mirrored? And...I'd even go so far as to say, if brasso can't, NOTHING can. Seriously, that stuff takes scratches out of iPods. Don't believe me? Try it. It's powerful stuff.
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idConstruct · Trick Member Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Location: Green Bay, WI

galvy isn't meant to be polished.... and be careful if you do because the zinc coating is reeeely thin
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Yay for people who know what they're talking about!

Anyway, all that said, where would one go for high-gauge stainless steel plates, and would they be absurdly more expensive than galvy?
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deathfromabove1990 · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Location: Walla Walla

Alright, today I finished my homepad and got to polishing up the metal. So, as I said before, if Brasso can't, nothing can. Now, lots of people say let Brasso dry, but, in my experience, that just isn't as effective. In polishing my iPod with Brasso, I found that letting it dry does half the work that using it wet and really rubbing it and putting some elbow grease in. So, in polishing my panels, I poured brasso onto each panel and spread it over the entire surface of the panel. I let it sit for about 30 seconds, then I started polishing one of the arrows. It immediately turned black and I thought that I had ruined it by using Brasso. But in scrubbing harder I realized it was just dirt and grease and underneath the black (it was like..pure black) it was almost reflective silver. By the time I reached the last panel, the Brasso was dry, and, it got about half as good of a shine as the first panel did. So, you can get an almost mirror finish on your pad with Brasso. I'm not sure how mirror you were talking, but, I could see myself, not clearly, but, I definitely could. The kind of Brasso I use is all purpose, I believe.
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Just out of curiousity, how much is anyone really anticipating their panels rusting? Just wipe any sweat/grease off every 10 or 20 songs and there shouldn't be any need for galvanisation.
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deathfromabove1990 · Basic Member Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Location: Walla Walla

devout · Trick Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Location: the atl

yeah, i'll admit i'm not really sure if rusting would be a problem or not, as I have no idea how quickly the steps would rust. but a lot of people around here seem to want a 0 maintenance pad, and for the you're better off with the galv. (not that theres any such thing as a maintenance free pad, but you know what i mean) I'm mostly opposed to polishing galvanized steel just because it's an affront to engineering.

And what's so great about shininess anyway...

and ps, when i said mirror, i meant like those things in your bathroom.
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Maverickdebater · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jul 2006

Pretty much as long as you clean it every few weeks or so.. I wouldn't worry about Rust.
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Agent · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Location: Kansas

I've never heard of anyone even having their mat rust (other than people who bought from RedOctane and got it prerusted lawl). It is worth mentioning, however, that using steel wool near the mat will leave shavings coating the inside of it.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

"prerusted"
I declare that word of the day.

I think there were some very minor corrosion signs in a couple places on my tx1000's, but it was all on stuff like the frame and staples.
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