Cleaning up a 19644

[Patrick Ray]

Blew apart my 19644 to get it all cleaned up. Used Meguiar's 105 compound on my little 3" air buffer to clean up the original Japan. Got all the brass polished up except the cage. Cage needs some straightening first. 

 

[Jim Roadt]

looks great

[Patrick Ray]

Thanks Jim. I love watching the buffer remove 100+years of grime to reveal that beautiful black finish underneath. 

[Anthony Lindsey]

That is nice.

[Patrick Ray]

Thanks guys. Here's the cage fresh off the buffer. Still have a little bending and tweaking I want to do to it. Admittedly, I don't have the patience others do for straightening cages. But trust me when I say it looks better than when I got it!

 

[Patrick Ray]

[Ron May]

Nice!

[Jim Roadt]

3 hours ago, Patrick Ray said:

Blew apart my 19644 to get it all cleaned up. Used Meguiar's 105 compound on my little 3" air buffer to clean up the original Japan. Got all the brass polished up except the cage. Cage needs some straightening first. 

 

what is a 3" air buffer?

[David Kilnapp]

Fabulous job! Wish I knew how to do blades like that.

[Patrick Ray]

9 hours ago, Jim Roadt said:

what is a 3" air buffer?

Mine is very similar to this one. I just screen shot this on Amazon.

 

[Patrick Ray]

2 hours ago, David Kilnapp said:

Fabulous job! Wish I knew how to do blades like that.

Thanks David. I just do the 3 different compounds/wheels on the bench buffer. But the real shine comes out when I hit it with Simichrome polish by hand. The motor badge was just with Simichrome. I've done a couple fans where I just wanted some nice brass shine but not a full mirror shine; I'll just do the Simichrome by hand and it yields nice results. 

Edited October 18, 2021 by Patrick Ray

[David Kilnapp]

Good to know! Thanks for the information!!

[Bob Peshoff]

Very nice!!!

[Patrick Ray]

Thanks Bob! I'm starting to dig these little Emersons... They take up way less room versus the 12" and 16" models!