How to Sand And Polish Stainless Steel to Mirror Finish
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2018
- In this exciting video, we sand a stainless steel sheet to 5000 grit then polish using Gords Aluminum Polish.
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That was really relaxing to watch - and the results! Holy cow, that looks amazing!
I'm a do-it-yourselfer and I just love working on Me project like this makes me feel good to look at it at the end of the day and feel that I accomplished something thank you for what you have shared
No problem, thank you for watching.
Good job man! Heat is the bane of most polishes. Good job recognizing and showing the problem.
I looked through the comments to see if anyone had already said this and I didn't see it so, at the risk of sounding like a nudge, REAL TIME needed to understand the speed at which you are moving the drill/grinder/polisher. That's all I got and I'll figure it out. You've helped immensely. I didn't know where to start.
I always wanted to see a mirror finished delorean stainless steel body
YES FOR SURE. IT LOOKS MUCH NICER WHEN STAINLESS STEEL HAS A MIRROR EFFECT.
SUPER HIGH QUALITY RESULT!! I personally appreciate it when people strive for excellence in their work, and you have certainly done that!
Thank you very much.
Dude, very good tutorial. I've worked with a lot of stainless, but never had to polish it. Now I want to try it.
Had to do this to an exhaust tip that I bought from Summit Racing. Its a Stainless works ST2815 thru body tip that looked brilliantly polished in the ad pictures but came in the mail looking like someone just finished up welding it in their garage. Such a nasty build quality but no refund so I kept it and polished it using your procedure. Now it looks amazing on the side of my boat. Thanks for such and educational and informative video.
I polish stainless steel for a living and I’ve never seen someone use sanding pads with a grinder, but wow did it come up well ! I use wax on a sisal mop on a 6” grinder (car buff/polisher) comes up well
Such a amazing finish on a job well done and explained and demonstrated in a manner that everyone can understand, follow and replicate at home. Thank you.
I used up to 3000 grit wet and dry on my stuffed bowie knife handle. It's now almost a mirror finished look. Brass handle on ALCE Bowie knife. I was given the knife over 15 years ago approximately! I had to reshape the blade as it had a chip . A brass handle that has been plated in a zinc/ nickel plating. Handle was completely oxidized green as I found out it had copper plated handle too. Awesome how just sandpaper can bring up a beautiful finish! Nice vid.
Hi this is Brian I hope you’re well. I see just how good of a job you are doing. I worked for a group in the navy I have not seen things like that for years. Thank you they are real and you are not tripping
Totally awesome, my husband is a welder fabricator so I can comprehend this. You are an excellent narrator as well.
Thank you very much Cheryl, I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much for this detailed video!
It’s gonna be great to save so much money polishing my own rig from now on!
Beautiful finish here. I haven't done this in such a large scale but I do it pretty regularly with knives I am refurbishing. I actually do almost the exact same process until the buffing which is a bit different. I also finish with a 5000 trizact which to me is such a nice piece to have.
Thanks man! I've been looking for a video like this for about three(3) years now!
Great vid! I didn't know there were sandpapers in that fine of a grit. To see the reflected image at the end, and remember what the metal sheet looked like at the start, just amazing! And your narration was articulate, well-paced, and friendly. Thanks for posting and sharing!
Thank you David
I just sanded these metal plates on the back of my shoe. Went up to 3000 grit. Was still hazy until I hit it with the Flitz. Good god the metal polish turns it into a mirror. It's amazing.
An honest description; it is exciting to watch and learn from your video!
Thank you for the clear and easy steps to follow. Great video, product manufacturers could learn from this video on how to do instructional videos. I thought the process was much more involved than this, great to know I can actually do this and not pay someone.
Thank you so much for this full length how to. Amazing results and I can completely envision what I'll be getting into. Any tips on refinishing a brushed look? I'm trying to restore a BBQ with heavy rust spots with pitting and large chipping in a few areas. Even the intact areas have scratches all over.
I used to fabricate stone counter tops and we used up to ten diamond grit pads to achieve a good shine on the raw stone. I will second the tip to never skip a grit, and make sure both the stainless surface and your pads remain clean as possible to avoid making more work for yourself.
I find an air compressor is very helpful. Blowing out the pad is essential. And there’s so many different applications for polishing/sanding.
Great. I've seen beautifully polished SS but didn't know how it was done. the Trizact pads, and the Gords Aluminum Polish were new to me. Thanks
Fantastic video. I was looking for mirror polished stainless steel sheets but they are 4 times the cost of mat.
Will definitely be polishing it myself and save a fortune 👍👍👍 thanks
You're welcome Scotty, I'm happy to help, and I'm glad my video helped you.
I have Amazon links in my description showing the supplies I used, as well as where I purchased the stainless steel, best of luck on your projects.
Hello, thanks for the video! Very interesting. Just a little tip, if you do this kind of job frequently, you might want to look into getting a random orbital sander (like from Festool)... they make the job a lot faster and also much more uniform. The secret to a good mirror polish is randomness not going slowly :) You want the fine scratches in the most random pattern possible which will greatly improve the completed finish. Just my .02 and Happy New Year!
Great camera angle. You could actually see the reflection improve at each stage.
Thanks so much for the instructional video. I think I am ready to tackle my Camp Inn teardrop trailer galley now!
I just wanted to get some stains out and I got a steel to mirror tutorial. Good job.
Years ago .....friend made me a Tomahawk. { Leaf-spring out of Blazer } . Another friend saw it and offered to "polish it " . Everyone thinks it was chromed. lol Still looks real sharp. He told me " it is a process" . These GUYS knew their metal. Both welder/fitters. First one also a Blacksmith . CHEERS
Dang that end result gives a perfect reflection! 😃👍
Thanks for the wonderful video. I've been experimenting with various types of diamond paste for smaller projects, but your method is much simpler.
Thank you very much for your kind words
I want to make some stainless steel furniture with my Everlast welder but didn't know how to polish the final product. With your video now I know!
Will the WD-40 mentioned early in the video still work?
Excellent job 👍
I’ve done this with all sorts of metals including an AR-15 and a few pistols
A bit of wax polish (auto polish) on highly polished steel/iron/alloy really stops any oxidising even after 5+ years.
The_ Joker how do you sand hard to reach areas that aren’t flat? Is there a special product the conforms to odd shapes?
FWIW, Alumicut is primarily kerosene with a bit of tung/linseed oil added. Much cheaper to make your own.
Got the recipe?
WOWWW, well done mate, looks incredible, you must be very proud watching it hang somewhere, good on ya
I like how you explained all the steps and i want to try this on an old aluminum satellite dish to try and make a parabolic mirror
Saw this on reddit and can't believe you made steel look like glass
Okay, that was something to reflect on!
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that was.......punny.
Cipriano Ortiz and you
Scott Jostad and you
@Ken Scurrah (Strange thing to say.. YIKE!) I take it you hate your father?
Needed a way to polish some stainless steel bookmarks I’m making for a gift and this was very helpful thanks!
I hope these guys pay you something, You sure sold me, Thank you, Fantastic job, Just bought a steel finder for a motorcycle, I hope it looks as great as this came out.
Man I work with a lot of stainless steel and I had absolutely no idea you could polish it up like this
You should use a piece of 3/4" MDF with a soft rubber anti slip pad (like drawer liner for toolboxes) to hold the sheet stainless in place, that way you won't have to polish around the vise clamps.
OR SUCTION CUPS
OR A MAGNET
______x except majority of stainless steel is non magnetic 🧲
@@sverduijn1 Most stainless is magnetic to a degree ,but its very week, and not enough to hold down sheet for polishing.
I love this! Learn something new. This is great way to have mirrors my kids can't break
Great polishing technique, thanks for sharing!
Great job for using a drill it came out really awesome. If I own a business doing metal restoration for Copper, Brass, Stainless and Aluminum he pretty much covered. it
Thank you very much, I'm happy to hear that you liked the video.
Thanks a great video .I tried the same method and I got a great mirror finish
Thanks, I'm glad it worked out for you.
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That's unreal! Well done, thanks for showing this. Very helpful for an upcoming alteration I have to do.
Fantastic! Thanks for making the video and publishing it!!!
Im gonna do this to a delorian
That sounds cool. Good luck.
I just laughed out loud. Omg you would be just a glare going down the road, a bird killer, and probably freak out every person pulling up behind you at a light 🤣🤣🤣 I will gladly donate time to help
Zippy TheChicken That’d be class
I already did that to mine
what about those bumpers? they are not made of stainless steel.
WTF !!!! IT'S MAGIC !!!! I LOVE IT
Thank you for sharing your technique. I look forward to giving this a try.
You're welcome, thanks for watching
Thank you for taking the time to show us
How it's made: Jail mirrors
Go to the corner right now 👉👉👉lmao
Higor Guedes pretty much lol
Also military mirrors 😂
Underrated comment lol
Accurate
I’m doing this to my cyber truck when I get it
I think that’s illegal idk tho lmao it sounds hella illegal to me
The Cyber Truck probably has some sort of metallic paint and not bare metal. Stainless steel is a very soft steel. Its likely a carbon steel with paint and clear coat over it.
@@iankmak there's several versions of stainless, cybertruck is hardened 300 (30X; X being unknown alloy) series type stainless. No paint and very hard. It's same steel used on spacex rockets.
exactly why i searched this, make sure to place ur orders with full self driving before the price increase on Jul 1st!
I searched this thinking on doing it to cybertruck
Thank you for showing me how to get the mirrors back to the way they were at a school I clean. Many thank's
Nice brother this was a big help polishing my stainless steel power steering bracket that I just bought thank you so much
Dude that came out freaking awesome ! Thanks bro
You're welcome. Glad you liked my video.
JOGO s
Thanks i've just done this to my car, now i am invisible
Dude that's OUTSTANDING!
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Meaning i love u ur work 🥰😍🤩
interested as to why you always sand in the same direction. It's much easier to do a horizontal sand then on the next grit go diagonally.. that will remove the previous abrasive marks much better than running with the previous grit. Just a tip.
Using a linear technique like hand sanding, I'd agree with you, but he's using a rotary motion, so direction doesnt make any difference - a spiral vertically is almost indistinguishable from a spiral horizontally.
Direction makes a major difference, it's how light refracts off the surface.
cross hatch
Reflects.
@Dom Reale Very true. Using a random orbital sander also would have helped as the head vibrates in random directions as well as elliptically.
Just dont skip grits and it'll come out amazing
WOW!!!!!! Amazing!! Thank you for showing us how it's done!!
Great job! I'll use this technique on a boat's anchor guard
Couple of questions. Did the video show ALL the sanding that was done or were there more passes done off camera? It seems too easy! Second, how long will the plate remain shiny like that? Does it have to be protected in some way?
The video showed all the sanding. The steel will last for months, even more if you apply wax.
also you can still bring it easily to shine aagain with just one pass of polishing
@@hyperhektor7733 Yes, definitely
Ha,ha,ha....is that a real mirror at the end 😂😂😂
Well, its the stainless steel polished to a mirror finish.
Exactly why not do half of it. LMAO
I do this for my job..deffinitely not a mirror..
Technically it is a real mirror. Thanks captain obvious.
That's exactly what I thought as well! 🤣
That is an impressive shine! Great job!
gorgeous man, im trying to do this to a slide on a pistol that was original blacked over. gonna follow your grits and polish hope for the best
Nice results ! I would have bet against you using a drill to achieve that finish. Just curious why you used a drill. It seems like an orbital sander or a automotive buffer would get quicker results. Very impressed none the less!
Thank you. I mostly used a drill because, I wanted to save a few dollars and show it could be done.
nonetheless is one word :)
@@ShadowPoet True but "none", "the", and "less" are also words which, together, convey a similar meaning :-)
How long will it last? Will it dull over time?
It will stay pretty shiny, but not perfectly. You should use a metal polish like Blue Magic to keep it shiny.
U never worked in a Kitchen huh? Or in the NAVY? Or Marines? Stainless steel gets maintenance like anything else..
What kind of adapter are you using to use the hook it pad with a drill and not a grinder.
so i can follow these same step to restore this knife? it has minor surface light scratches and im trying to get that mirror finish going
Now let’s do it to a Cybertruck!
this done with a big knife blade would look surreal
Then you are going to love this: czcams.com/video/I35UIoO7UOs/video.html
yes it looks nice and i had done the same level of polishing on a smaller knife, but i had the same issue like your machete has, the blade is not flat so it counteracts the mirror effect :) (optical distorsion the further the mirrored object is).
I would look much better if most of the blade had a plane(flat) surface like your mirror in this video has.
This could be achieved by either 3 methods:
1.face milling the biggest 2 sides flat , then sand+polish
2. build the bladeshape yourself from raw material (cut+grind, harden, make a hande, then sand + polish)
3. find and buy a knife with real flat side ,then sand+polish it.
:)
Awesome video man, that finish is insane💪🏾
it really is like a mirror! thanks for sharing!
That's obviously an actual mirror at the end dude
What's obvious is that you don't know shit about metal polishing. You likely know plenty about knob polishing but nothing about metal polishing.
Did you really not understand joke?
narkatameister ,no but I do now. Sorry, long week m8
They always pull the switch off camera.
@@yorkazuna5934
You could see your reflection in my knob. 😉
brilliant, how much the whole mirror will costs at the end , I'm serious, as I have something in mind as a project.
Price depends on the thickness of the stainless sheet you use.
1 or 2mm stainless will be cheaper and lighter- but very floppy unless you have a suitable backing surface to support the entire sheet. (glue it to a sheet of plywood)
5mm stainless is quite expensive and very heavy- but won't flop around and can support itself. Also it'll be more dent resistant, and you'll have a few more fixing options such as using countersunk screws.
If its going hang on a wall, or being a 'light duty' table [coffee table/makeup table/display unit], then 1mm will be sufficient as long as you can hide the backing plate, otherwise 3mm plate will be stiff enough for smaller projects.
If its something heavy duty [dinner table/countertop], or needs the appearence of being 'thin', then the 5mm plate would suit you better. Its fairly stiff; but horizontal spans over 1m might start to sag under load.
Aluminium could be an alternative, being a softer and lighter metal its easier to work and install- but it'll be more scratch and dent prone.
If it were going to be interior in a place with low moisture, use MDF. Perfectly flat surface to bond to. If not, you'd want to use a high quality plywood, not the construction grade.
no to mdf , the steel and the mdf expand and contract thru heat and humidity fluctuations at different rates, breaking glue bonds
Uh, that's why I said INTERIOR, with a LOW level of humidity... And there are adhesives with a degree of flexibility that won't break a bond.
ffjsb That's what I thought also, good luck.
It'll help if you put metal on both sides of the substrate
Just amazing & unbelievable! Hats off !
Wow. Amazing result👍👍
As a final step you should consider passivating the surface to remove any iron near the surface that will eventually tarnish the stainless steel.
@Dom Reale it removes the iron contamination (and others) such that the stainless steel can produce an oxide layer dominated by the chromium present in the material. Stainless steel can and does still rust but passivating it first reduces this considerably. Passivation of stainless steel is not (strictly speaking) the same as anodising aluminium as anodising accelerates oxidation while SS passivation is more of an etch. If passivation was just the same as anodising then it would oxidise all metals present in the stainless steel surface (including the iron).
Passivating SS uses dilute nitric acid to create chromium oxide. It doesn't remove any contamination, just caps the surface with the oxide. Not sure that it wouldn't cloud the surface, but you are correct that there will be rust if left at this stage without some sort of protection.
Will this process polish turds effectively?
Only if you believe in yourself
Ya try it on your head it does work on turds .
No, but you can roll them in glitter.
Put a lot of effort in - it will still be a turd!
Yes, but a word of caution!! You DO NOT wanna use Alumicut on turds!! You wanna use Grey Poopon Musturd instead!!.........
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Just wondering how would head of an engine being resurfaced to mirror finnish? Will it perform better? Trying to to use the glass + sandpaper method
I have an impact drill. Is there an adaptor to use to be able to insert the disc pad?
On the cordless drill, at what speed did you set the drill? Thanks
mygarz polishing pad!
I'm completely confused by the order you're going in. You use a 2,000-grit abrasive disk . . . and *then* you use a "super-fine" steel wool?! I presume that "super-fine" equals 4/0 ("four-ought"), which is the finest grade usually available. But 4/0 is usually considered to be as abrasive as 400 to 800-grit sandpaper, depending upon who you believe. In my experience, 4/0 is more abrasive than 2,000-grit silicon carbide paper. So it seems to me like going *backwards* to do it in the order you've shown. What am I missing here?
Good point. Steel wool would take the shine right off.
@@robj2704 also using steel wool on stainless steel will contaminate it and it will rust...
Do you know how to remove the really tiny scratch from the buffing machine, ibuse compound but still ha a small scratch , hope you can help out
Stainless chrome? Sounds great to me, you’ve earned a subscriber
Do you know that steel wool into (SS)stainless steel will rust. You should have used SS steel wool.
I do now, thank you. I will make sure in the future to use SS steel wool
This is something all DeLorean owners are keenly aware of. It's worse with the brushed finish because the finish traps bits of mild steel wool and the bits rust. You can only fix this by getting out all the bits, which takes many rounds of difficult cleaning.
Yeah. Sure...
Nice beveled edges on that actual glass mirror at the end...
imgur.com/a/7gb1nzq
Jelly you dont have the ambition or patience.
boom roasted
That's exactly what I was thinking. It's a damn mirror
yep-i saw that and paused to check it.
Beautiful finishing!!!
Great video. Informative. Thanks for sharing.
I just wanna rack up a line of coke from end to end
fuck right
I'm a Pepsi guy myself haha
Irn Bru is wayyy better.
Jesus Christ, Bro. But, the more I think about it......okay, okay you're right.
Shit I thought I'd be the only one thinking that. Than there you were. Tears... and stuffy noses.
Anytime you wax or polish, it's to be done IN A NICE COOL SHADE! KEY WORD, COOL SHADE NOT IN THE BLISTERING HOT SUN! LMAO! YOU SILLY RABBIT!
Wow! Nice results!
Very nice video and you helped with my current project so I thank you.
Could this be done to the lid doors and cabinet of a stainless steel gas grille?
A BEAUTIFUL END RESULT, I WANT MY NEW CROCK POT TO LOOK THIS GOOD BUT I CANT FIND ONE, THEY ALL HAVE FLAT OR MATT FINISHES WHICH I DONT LIKE AT ALL. NOW I WILL LOOK UP THAT MACHINERY YOU HAVE THERE.
What an awesome bright mirror shine!
Excellent video, getting ready to do this to an aluminum boat. Subscribed.
That would be truly sick.