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Offline smallpatch

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Another bison horn question
« on: January 20, 2020, 10:57:50 PM »
Working on a simple priming horn.  Have sanded to 600 grit, and it's still not anywhere close to shiny.
How do you get them glossy?
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Offline kudu

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Re: Another bison horn question
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2020, 11:46:12 PM »
Buff them with buffing wheel and Rouge.

Offline Jim Spray

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Re: Another bison horn question
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2020, 12:30:32 AM »
I finish with 800 to 1000 depending on the horn. Buff but be careful you can burn it.

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Re: Another bison horn question
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2020, 02:05:58 AM »
 How GOLSSY do you want it? I am not a fan of see your face in your horn. Finish sand it with 320 hit it with 0000 put some shoe polish/wax on it and buff it with a shoe brush, then a rag.

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Offline Clark Badgett

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Re: Another bison horn question
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2020, 02:13:33 AM »
On the only horn I completed so far, I put a coat of shellac on it. Gave it a nice color and made it shine.
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Re: Another bison horn question
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2020, 03:51:40 AM »
Rub it down with Brasso, and polish with a soft cloth.  Then wax with a good floor wax.
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Re: Another bison horn question
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2020, 07:29:30 AM »
Thanks guys.  It's pretty smoothed out, just grayish. Like a haze.
Maybe I'll try the shoe polish, or floor wax trick.
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Dane