Clean up ferrule without sanding
- Thread starter Kamikazecuetips
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You could try masking off the wood and use a magic eraser and compressed air. If you are able to get it clean, sealing it with a few thin coats of superglue (on a lathe, of course) is a good idea to prevent the ferrule porosity issue you're looking at. If you seal it there is a procedure to sand with a very small piece of superfine sandpaper (1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500) with air and then to compound or rouge it to a lustre. YMMV.
It looks like Melamine.
If so you will never clean it up, it is embedded in the material.
Melamine is a fantastic ferrule material but some rods are dirtier than other but they all have the dark specs. It is just part of the deal.
Rick
If so you will never clean it up, it is embedded in the material.
Melamine is a fantastic ferrule material but some rods are dirtier than other but they all have the dark specs. It is just part of the deal.
Rick
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It does look like LBM (melamine) and like all thermoset rods with a substrate, they can have some black or dark spots in the material. But that isn't the case here. What you see here is the result of using the dark colored wet/dry sand papers on an open pored ferrule.
It most likely will clean up with a little effort. Use the Magic Eraser with denatured alcohol. Be careful to scrub the ferrule and not the shaft. Once it's pretty clean, seal it up with super glue like has been mentioned so it won't get dirty again.
Royce