Just as the title, is there anyway to do this? I dislike how most stainless steel tubes are fingerprint magnets :/
Anyway to get a "brushed" look on a polished ss tube?
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Any method of using the sandpaper? I'm just imagining scratches everywhere or something lol
To get it smooth and even you need to spin the tube on the long axis. A lathe is ideal, but you can improvise with a hand drill and a vise. Fashion a way to hold the tube, spin it at low RPM and apply the abrasive as evenly as possible.
Warning: it's not easy to get it to look perfect.
I've done that to my A7 atomizers. The trick is not to push down on the sandpaper a lot. Just hold it gently. I ended up going over it with a rough steel wool after the sand paper. That made it look kind of polished, but not mirror-like
I was also wondering about this.. I want to do this with my ss vamo especially since I'm going to get a natural in a few days and then shortly after an rsst and I would like everything to look nice and match.. Thanks for the advice. Anything further? Just sandpaper and a lathe?
Scotchbrite pads will do a better job than sandpaper. Use a long bolt with washers bigger than the tube and a nut to hold it tight, bolt needs to be long enough to chuck into the drill or lathe.
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Which scotchbrite pads, though? They make brown (very coarse), green, blue...any idea which?
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