polishing stainless turnbuckles/bottlescrews

[sarabande]

I know it is possible to polish the surface of some metals (e.g. silver) by tumbling them in a vat with some ball bearings and polishing compound.

I'd like to clean up some stainless turnbuckles/bottlescrews in a similar way. I am thinking of jamming a plastic tub into my cement mixer, filling the tub with the items, and the required bearings and compound, and coming back 10 minutes later...


1 Is this wise/practical ?

2 will it damage or clog up the threads ?

3 is there another way to make the items bright and shiny ?



TIA

 

[Fantasie 19]

I know it is possible to polish the surface of some metals (e.g. silver) by tumbling them in a vat with some ball bearings and polishing compound.

I'd like to clean up some stainless turnbuckles/bottlescrews in a similar way. I am thinking of jamming a plastic tub into my cement mixer, filling the tub with the items, and the required bearings and compound, and coming back 10 minutes later...


1 Is this wise/practical ?

2 will it damage or clog up the threads ?

3 is there another way to make the items bright and shiny ?



TIA

Good Lord..... you have too much time on your hands.. go sailing!!

 

[30boat]

I have my doubts.

 

[Stork_III]

Buy some Autosol polish http://www.amazon.co.uk/Autosol-040...1ODM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362489253&sr=8-1

 

[neilmcc]

1, Sounds dodgy and possibly impractical
2, I would suspect it would
3, I've used this stuff with good results: Spotless Stainless Steel Cleaner and Protector
The spotless stainless brushes on, leave for a while and rinse off, turnbuckles etc come up very well with clean unclogged threads.

 

[BruceDanforth]

Don't forget to wrap them up in white tape after polishing them to protect your sheets/sails.

I know it is possible to polish the surface of some metals (e.g. silver) by tumbling them in a vat with some ball bearings and polishing compound.

I'd like to clean up some stainless turnbuckles/bottlescrews in a similar way. I am thinking of jamming a plastic tub into my cement mixer, filling the tub with the items, and the required bearings and compound, and coming back 10 minutes later...


1 Is this wise/practical ?

2 will it damage or clog up the threads ?

3 is there another way to make the items bright and shiny ?



TIA

 

[PCUK]

Get a polishing disc for your bench grinder and some compound.

 

[Daydream believer]

Lob in a bag of cement & a few buckets of ballast & you will have a mooring sinker with nice s steel speckly bits in it

 

[tudorsailor]

No no no! Plus no to Autoglym, it is too much like hard work

Buy a bottle of Spotless Stainless. Brush it on, leave for 1/2 an hour and then wash it off. You will have much shinier metal than the cement mixer technique as the liquid gets into the threads and nooks + crannies

No connection. Just a very happy customer


TudorSailor

 

[nigelmercier]

Have you tried Oxalic Acid?

 

[oldbilbo]

I do believe a certain Madhatter of this parish has the requisite kit....

 

[john_morris_uk]

Tim,

The best way is with polishing 'soap' and use a stitched cloth wheel on a drill or on a proper polishing machine. Its a messy job but the results can be spectacular. I think your suggested technique will produce more dings and dents than polished surface.

All items available from Axminster tools. (Or take them to a S/S fabricators and get them to put the boy on it in his lunch hour for a free beer or two?)

 

[makingplansfor]

Having tried all the no effort miracle cures - Spotless Stainless is the only one I have found that really works...... Just wait for the temperature to get out of single digits first.

 

[nigelmercier]

Spotless Stainless is the only one I have found that really works...

Citric Acid.