Polishing Vape Gear

[Rob Fisher]

A little bored on a Sunday afternoon so I thought I would hand polish my favourite locally South African made mech mod! The Paddy! I bought a stab woodblock from overseas and sent it to Paddy Vapes in JHB and he made me this beauty! There was enough wood for two so he made himself one as well. I absolutely love the magnetic fire button and the brass polishes up really well with Mothers Mag and Aluminium Polish!

 

[Rob Fisher]

It's time again! The Squape A[rise] needs to go to the polishing station!


Polishing is done... time to head to the cleaning station.


Toothbrush and Sunlight Dishwashing liquid and now to dry the parts.


Rewicking time.


Bazinga!

 

[THE REAPER]

It's time again! The Squape A[rise] needs to go to the polishing station!
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Polishing is done... time to head to the cleaning station.
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Toothbrush and Sunlight Dishwashing liquid and now to dry the parts.
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Rewicking time.
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Bazinga!
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Love the stages it goes thru looks awesome @Rob Fisher

 

[Rob Fisher]

Hellfire Phantom Maintenance. I was lucky enough to be able to pick up 6 Phantoms and spent the afternoon cleaning, polishing and giving the wood some love. The stainless-steel parts got the Mothers Mag and Aluminium work over, the wood got Renaissance Wax.

The nooks and crannies were cleaned with surgical spirits and Q-Tips. The 510s and positive posts were polished with Mothers and cleaned with surgical spirits.

Here are 44 pictures of the progress!

 

[Rob Fisher]

 

[THE REAPER]

Hellfire Phantom Maintenance. I was lucky enough to be able to pick up 6 Phantoms and spent the afternoon cleaning, polishing and giving the wood some love. The stainless-steel parts got the Mothers Mag and Aluminium work over, the wood got Renaissance Wax.

The nooks and crannies were cleaned with surgical spirits and Q-Tips. The 510s and positive posts were polished with Mothers and cleaned with surgical spirits.

Here are 44 pictures of the progress!
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Only needed one picture to see how awesome it looks. But to see a step by step is Brilliant. They really look awesome Uncle Rob. I love all the steps thanks for fomo.

 

[AKS]

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Perfection.

 

[Resistance]

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It looks better than new!

 

[Rob Fisher]

White Hellfire Brass Cobra restoration!

Before


Take it apart!


Polish, clean and dry!


New bottle and put it together! Bazinga!

 

[THE REAPER]

White Hellfire Brass Cobra restoration!

Before
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Take it apart!
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Polish, clean and dry!
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New bottle and put it together! Bazinga!
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Huge difrence looks great Uncle Rob.

 

[CashKat88]

White Hellfire Brass Cobra restoration!

Before
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Take it apart!
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Polish, clean and dry!
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New bottle and put it together! Bazinga!
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It doesn't look brass anymore though uncle rob, looks like an SS mod now

 

[Stranger]

Stunning that

 

[Rob Fisher]

Some second hand OG Dvarw DL's getting the polishing treatment!


Cleaned with Sunlight soap and now drying!

 

[Rob Fisher]

Some light maintenance and polishing for the Hellfire Phantom Brown. Nail buffing sponge first then the polishing cloth and 510 clean with Surgical Spirits. All ready for the juice to be added for tomorrow!

 

[Rob Fisher]

Three Dvarw DL's, Taifun GX and a Pioneer all polished, washed with Sunlight soap and a toothbrush, rinsed and now air drying!

 

[Stranger]

They do look good for sure. When you polish, do you polish the glass and plastics or just the metal parts.

 

[Rob Fisher]

They do look good for sure. When you polish, do you polish the glass and plastics or just the metal parts.

@Stranger I polish both... it's easier that way and also removes any small scratches at the same time!

 

[Rob Fisher]

Polishing time! Skyfall, Cyclones and a little MTL Squonk Atty I can't remember the name of, Dvarw FL DL and my atty puller made from a coil wrap thingy I hated.

 

[Rob Fisher]

The Hussar Legacy X's needed to hit the polishing station! Before and after. I'm sure the flavour is better now it's polished!

Before


Before


After and washed


Bazinga!

 

[Resistance]

The Hussar Legacy X's needed to hit the polishing station! Before and after. I'm sure the flavour is better now it's polished!

Before
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After and washed
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Bazinga!
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Massive difference there Oom.
Looks amazing.

 

[Stranger]

Good morning @Rob Fisher

what do you recommend for copper and brass. My SO makes me use Brasso for the brass window handles and always by hand.

 

[Rob Fisher]

Good morning @Rob Fisher

what do you recommend for copper and brass. My SO makes me use Brasso for the brass window handles and always by hand.

Mothers Mag and Aluminium works well on all metals @Stranger!

 

[Rob Fisher]

Was chatting to @DarthBranMuffin today about polishing vape gear and I was telling him how difficult it is to polish Titanium Mods and Atties... I have tried polishing my Hellfire Titans a few times with no luck. The Titanium scratches really easily and the result is after a while your mod has lots of scratches... and the atty rash is real! One should use an atty rash protector when using a Titanium mod.

Was also chatting to @Mauritz55 and he recommended Micro-Mesh which is super fine sandpaper.

My Micro-Mesh was in the boathouse so decided to try my nail polishing sponges... I started off with super-fine but that didn't do diddly squat to the atty rash or scratches... so I started off using the most abrasive one and that started to work... it is a lot of patience and elbow grease but nail sponges and micro-mesh is the way to get rid of scratches on titanium and polish it.

Today was a test run and it came out pretty well... I will grab my full range of Micro-mesh and give it a full go tomorrow... my hand is tired... I also have some Zona 3M Wet/Dry Polishing Paper arriving from Amazon on Tuesday which should finish the job off and polish it really well! Will report back!

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

Was chatting to @DarthBranMuffin today about polishing vape gear and I was telling him how difficult it is to polish Titanium Mods and Atties... I have tried polishing my Hellfire Titans a few times with no luck. The Titanium scratches really easily and the result is after a while your mod has lots of scratches... and the atty rash is real! One should use an atty rash protector when using a Titanium mod.

Was also chatting to @Mauritz55 and he recommended Micro-Mesh which is super fine sandpaper.

My Micro-Mesh was in the boathouse so decided to try my nail polishing sponges... I started off with super-fine but that didn't do diddly squat to the atty rash or scratches... so I started off using the most abrasive one and that started to work... it is a lot of patience and elbow grease but nail sponges and micro-mesh is the way to get rid of scratches on titanium and polish it.

Today was a test run and it came out pretty well... I will grab my full range of Micro-mesh and give it a full go tomorrow... my hand is tired... I also have some Zona 3M Wet/Dry Polishing Paper arriving from Amazon on Tuesday which should finish the job off and polish it really well! Will report back!
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WOW!!! That looks one hell of a lot better already Uncle Rob!!! Well done on that exercise, tomorrow's elbow pains will be well worth it!

 

[Rob Fisher]

WOW!!! That looks one hell of a lot better already Uncle Rob!!! Well done on that exercise, tomorrow's elbow pains will be well worth it!

NB Add Micro-Mesh and Zona 3M Wet/Dry Polishing Paper to your order!