Aethelred
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OK, this is nothing new and all the credits are going to whoever invented this polishing thing couple of guys were asking me for materials that I've used.
As I came back after my vacation and was cleaning a bit anyways, I've found stuff that was using to polished my phones and amp.
Photos below.
Obviously cans were disassembled before the job - each cup polished separately. First be gentle with rubbing "letters area" do not use too much force. Scratch away compound that I was using was very gentle. Be careful as sometimes there are different compounds that look exactly the same ( tube) but name and graininess is different.
I've tried one of the Michellin polishing compounds on another piece of mat wood and it was not good - hard to polish and effect was nowhere near stuff that I use. Turtle wax applied at the end and from time to time I'm using this wax to refresh cans but frankly speaking it is not that often.
Pads were removed on some photos cause I was just fitting new ones
Rag was branded VILEDA and it is chamois leather.
Chamois leather (pronounced /ˈʃæmi.lɛðər/), sometimes known as a 'shammy', is a type of porous, non-abrasive leather. In the 19th to the first half of the 20th centuries, it was very commonly used for gloves. It is commonly used as a drying material or polishing cloth on jewels or shoes, for example. (after wikipedia)
And the end result. Unfortunately the whole polishing thing took me two nights and I've decided not to take photos so what I've got is only the end result. In the real life wood on my W5000 is quite dark but in full sunlight looks gorgeous with quite distinct wood structure.
And together with amp.
That's it. Oh and I've got also AT stand and tried to match-polish - no luck at all. It is either different finish or maybe wood or both. No idea.
As I came back after my vacation and was cleaning a bit anyways, I've found stuff that was using to polished my phones and amp.
Photos below.
Obviously cans were disassembled before the job - each cup polished separately. First be gentle with rubbing "letters area" do not use too much force. Scratch away compound that I was using was very gentle. Be careful as sometimes there are different compounds that look exactly the same ( tube) but name and graininess is different.
I've tried one of the Michellin polishing compounds on another piece of mat wood and it was not good - hard to polish and effect was nowhere near stuff that I use. Turtle wax applied at the end and from time to time I'm using this wax to refresh cans but frankly speaking it is not that often.
Pads were removed on some photos cause I was just fitting new ones
Rag was branded VILEDA and it is chamois leather.
Chamois leather (pronounced /ˈʃæmi.lɛðər/), sometimes known as a 'shammy', is a type of porous, non-abrasive leather. In the 19th to the first half of the 20th centuries, it was very commonly used for gloves. It is commonly used as a drying material or polishing cloth on jewels or shoes, for example. (after wikipedia)
And the end result. Unfortunately the whole polishing thing took me two nights and I've decided not to take photos so what I've got is only the end result. In the real life wood on my W5000 is quite dark but in full sunlight looks gorgeous with quite distinct wood structure.
And together with amp.
That's it. Oh and I've got also AT stand and tried to match-polish - no luck at all. It is either different finish or maybe wood or both. No idea.
