Polishing a raw tumbled Reo Grand?

[nordoe]

A friend of mine wanted to trade me for his raw tumbled Reo Grand. It looks pretty beat up. I was hoping it could be polished or cleaned up. Is that something I could do, I am not very mechanical. How would I go about it? Here is a pic of the back of the reo.

 

[RocketRod]

Here is what I would do. Get some 00 steel wool and go over it. Then put it on a rag and get some Never-Dull and commence to polishing it.

 

[element77]

I like the look, I want a tumbled! Looks tuff.

For polishing, I use this on my REO door and my Moto!

 

[redeyedancer]

You will need to sand the body to remove those scratches . I would start with 600 grit

 

[nordoe]

Thanks guys for your help. I was hoping not to sand it. Looks like I may have to.

 

[SuziesMom]

The other thing you can do is make a cover for it. I have them for my older style REO's. It's just a piece of vinyl with a squonk hole cut out and a piece of thin velcro to hold it together. It's held onto the REO with a piece of magic tape...which actually holds it quite well.


I also saw one with panels of adhesive carbon fiber that looked really slick- and is probably a little easier to do than the vinyl cover.

 

[nerak]

Thanks guys for your help. I was hoping not to sand it. Looks like I may have to.

The Mother's Mag is better for the first polish. Never dull is for the finish shine.

I know from working with a scratched and hazy polished door that you must sand if you want the mirror finish. The Mother's Mag just don't cut it!

 

[nordoe]

the orginal finish is the raw tumbled, which is supposed to have light scratches, it part of the finish. Would you still suggest the never dull over mothers mag?

 

[nerak]

the orginal finish is the raw tumbled, which is supposed to have light scratches, it part of the finish. Would you still suggest the never dull over mothers mag?

Yes I would. The Mother's Mag is a thick paste it turns from white to grey as it polishes. The Never Dull is a clear liquid usually comes as soaked wadding.

Tumbled finishes don't really have scratches. They do have marking from the tumbling but the finish is smooth as satin. The scratches I am seeing in your pic are from use. The deeper ones would need sanding out if you can't get them out with the Mother's Mag.

 

[nordoe]

Thanks for your help.

 

[TennDave]

Another suggestion is to use Scotch-Bright instead of sanding it- it works pretty well....go tough on the deeper scratches and then lighten up as you use it. When things are fairly even then use the polish as suggested above.