[CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

[Jim Busby]

Albert,

I like it. Maybe Ed’s skewers, etc. didn’t work for me because I was using Brasso. I like the profile of these. Thanks! I’ll try it.

Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Albert Picknell
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 8:15 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Polishing Agraffes

List,

Attached is a photo of a couple of polishing tips I've used with decent results.  They're upright shanks with the ends shaped to the desired profile.  I just put them in the drill press, dab some Flitz on, press the agraffe holes up into them, and hold for a few seconds.  After that I draw some string (twine, yarn, whatever) through the holes to clean out any Flitz residue.

Cheers,
Albert

--- On Thu, 9/24/09, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:
 Ed, I’ve tried the skewer and couldn’t get the same results. They either broke prematurely, or simple didn’t shape it like the Q tip. I think the Brasso on the Q tip is crucial. I’ve also tried the candy/sucker sticks someone recommended with inferior results. The cotton/Brasso seems to be best combination.

It takes about two ½ hours to do Paul’s method, but I let one of the students do it. Keeps them out of my hair.

Jim



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