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    Default How to repair very shallow scratches on lightsaber hilt?

    So the lightsaber I want to convert has some very shallow scratches in them... they aren't deep at all, and you can't feel them, but they ARE visible.....
    Does anyone know how to fix them? Here's a picture:

    If I can't repair it, it's no big deal... that's why it's the one I'm converting... kind of a "test" per say

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    Head on down to your local auto parts store and find some really fine grit sandpaper. 1500 or 2000 grit should do the job. Do some wet sanding and those fine scratches should go away with a little work.

    If that's an aluminum piece, and not just chrome plated, then you could get some Mother's Aluminum/Magnesium polish to get a nice mirror finish. Don't use the polish on plated pieces though, you'll just end up stripping off the chrome.
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silver Serpent View Post
    Head on down to your local auto parts store and find some really fine grit sandpaper. 1500 or 2000 grit should do the job. Do some wet sanding and those fine scratches should go away with a little work.

    If that's an aluminum piece, and not just chrome plated, then you could get some Mother's Aluminum/Magnesium polish to get a nice mirror finish. Don't use the polish on plated pieces though, you'll just end up stripping off the chrome.
    Awesome, thank you so much for your help again!

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    If it's chrome plated, be careful. The plating is usually very thin, and it won't take long to sand it away. Be gentle.
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

    http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz for the lazy man's resistor calculator!
    http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...e-to-Ohm-s-Law for getting resistor values the right way!

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    Those aren't scratches. Its weathering, you did it on purpose (you wanted it to be subtle).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sevinzol View Post
    Those aren't scratches. Its weathering, you did it on purpose (you wanted it to be subtle).
    Haha, actually I think its wear it's dropped out of my hands a few times, and or been in a corner of my room lol.

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    I have a tungsten carbide wedding ring. ALL of my sabers develop wear and weathering before too long.
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

    http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz for the lazy man's resistor calculator!
    http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...e-to-Ohm-s-Law for getting resistor values the right way!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silver Serpent View Post
    I have a tungsten carbide wedding ring. ALL of my sabers develop wear and weathering before too long.
    Yeah, my other saber (same one; the Anakin ROTS 2005 MR) isn't nearly as bad though. It has some minor scratches, but not as bad as this one.
    Then again, this one was my brothers, and he didn't want it, so he just gave it to me since I'm into it. He grew out of it eventually, I didn't haha.

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    Use=weathering. Scratches just mean that the saber has seen more than hanging off a belt or being lovingly handed over for someone to look at. Mine have bounced off concrete, asphalt, hand and guard rails, and wood floors. They've even gotten stuck in lawns and dirt. As Jedi Bloch, of Golden Gate Knights, has said "If you don't drop your saber, you're not trying hard enough."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boj-Vaati Mau View Post
    Use=weathering. Scratches just mean that the saber has seen more than hanging off a belt or being lovingly handed over for someone to look at. Mine have bounced off concrete, asphalt, hand and guard rails, and wood floors. They've even gotten stuck in lawns and dirt. As Jedi Bloch, of Golden Gate Knights, has said "If you don't drop your saber, you're not trying hard enough."
    Now I'm actually having second thoughts about trying to repair it....
    I'm actually working on an ESB Vader costume right now and buying all the pieces of it from different vendors to join the 501st, and I noticed one of the emperor level requirements for the suit is that it should be weathered, so I might purposely weather my ESB Vader lightsaber when I convert it.

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