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Using som 1500 wet and dry sand paper and my dremel with a polishing tip and polishing compound, I though I'd try polish the sword on this SW model.

The result was pretty good I think

wow that is sick, what paint did you use on it - or is that literally just a metal model?

Nice! Though I wonder how long it'll keep its shininess. Many metals can be polished up but dull quickly as well.

But I do like a nice metal finish.

What if you polished it then clearcoated it?

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Nice! Though I wonder how long it'll keep its shininess. Many metals can be polished up but dull quickly as well.

But I do like a nice metal finish.

Yeah that got pointed out to me. I've tried some gloss varnish on it its not quite as bright now

Yeah, clear coating takes away from the natural metal finish and it's very hard to get a clear coat that isn't either slightly grainy or slightly orange peely. You can sand and polish up the clear coat as well, though it depends what sort of clear coat it was, some polish better than others, some might not polish at all. Best to wait a few days at least before trying to polish a clear coat.

I would have been tempted just to leave it uncoated to see if it lasted. Normally on cars the weather is a big contributor to things going dull, a model kept in a reasonably temperature controlled house which doesn't have moisture building up on it, it could take years before it dulls.... or days, I really have no idea unfortunately

Leave it uncoated and if it tarnishes or dulls , a quick bit of dremel action will buff it up again. you can soon dremel the varnish off.

That is pretty good looking. I don't think it would dull to much unless it was being handled a lot. Can also get some protective compound they use for chrome and metal on cars, that would probably be better then a clear coat.

Very nice. Another option is to just polish the edges. File the sword edges down until it actually has an edge, paint it, and then hit the very edge with a fine file to make it shine.

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