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A couple of my Sankes are a little rough.


I didn't know how far I'd take the cleanup process but I thought I'd give them a little TLC. I figure if I screwed one up, I'd cover it with insulation and make it the HLT. I took a guess and started with some 100 grit on a palm sander but it did put more scratches in the metal than I wanted to. Then I got this Gatorgrit pad for my angle grinder. You can see the left side is the sanded, the right side is a light touch with the pad on the grinder. I'm almost done with this one keg and the pad is still hanging in there. Not bad.
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Old 02-06-2008, 03:34 AM   #2
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That looks nice... please be sure to show us the finished product.
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Old 02-06-2008, 04:55 AM   #3
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does the packaging say, or can you give us a guess as to the grit equivalent of that pad?
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Looks damn fine.
The keg not the grit.
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That will work on cornies too, right?
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I'm sure it will work on cornies and I'm gonna hit them next. The pad on a grinder works really fast too. The pad is actually similar to a 3M scrubby so it's really hard to relate to a sandpaper grit. I'd guess it's doing something like a 220-400 finish. The gator stuff is available at Lowes. I also picked up a buffing pad for the grinder and got some polishing compound. It's hard to see in the pic but even the shiny spots that I finished have swirl marks that I hope the polishing gets rid of.
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The polishing pad and compound will get rid of the swirl marks.
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Ah man one more project to add to the long list.
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Very nice. I'll be swinging by Lowes soon.
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Nice, I'm gonna try this on cornies. I need to polish some up for my rehearsal dinner...
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