Polishing up an old corni?

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bossman187uk

Polishing up an old corni?

Post by bossman187uk » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:25 pm

Hi i just purchased 2 corni's or norm that are dented n scratched etc.
just wondered if anyone knew of a way to polish these up nicely?

cheers

Frothy

Post by Frothy » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:33 pm

Autosol would be pretty good, it's designed for polishing chrome on cars. Widely available.

Frothy

mysterio

Post by mysterio » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:18 pm

I use 'barkeepers friend' which is oxilic acid or something like that. You can get it in supermarkets. Mix the powder to a paste and give it a good scrub with a non-scratch pan scrubber. Works a treat. Inside I use oxiclean.

bossman187uk

Post by bossman187uk » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:28 am

ok sweet cheers guys

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Post by flytact » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:01 pm

You can use some wet sand paper at about 600 grit, then 800 grit and then some "000" steel wool. What you are trying to do is get the scratches out, then use progressively finer paper/wool to make smaller and smaller scratches until you can't see them anymore. Resulting in a shiny keg.
This is the theory with fiberglass at least. In full discloser, I've never done anything like this on my corni's, I've only used the "scrubby" side of a sponge.

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