Hot to "full polish" victorian fire place

[rossyl]

https://www.castfireplaces.co.uk/barcelona-cast-ir...

If you have a look at that link, you will see there a black option and a fully polished version.

I have a fireplace and I want to achieve a fully polished finish.

I cannot seem to find anything other thank "black" stove polish, which obviously will.leave it black, and when buffed, have a gunmetal finish. That is VERY different from the photo shown in the link.

So how do I achieve this?

[loughran]

I should imagine it's been media blasted and then clear coated.

[dhutch]

rossyl said:

So how do I achieve this?

Polish and elbow grease!?

[rossyl]

loughran said:

I should imagine it's been media blasted and then clear coated.

It cannot be that. As natural colour of cast iron isn't a shiny metallic.

dhutch said:

Polish and elbow grease!?

What polish? This is the query. As something like Stovax/Zeebrite/Liberon grate polish, are all Matt black.


Hence my question.

[Mabbs9]

I had an insert with a portion with similar finish. The installer said use WD40. It worked really well for the 7yrs we lived there.

[loughran]

rossyl said:

loughran said:

I should imagine it's been media blasted and then clear coated.

It cannot be that. As natural colour of cast iron isn't a shiny metallic.

Seems it can be.

https://www.reddit.com/r/metalworking/comments/s81...

[dhutch]

rossyl said:

What polish? This is the query.

A metal polish.

Although I would start with wet and dry paper or emery cloth, and work down (up) the grades before finishing with a cloth and polish.
Or, take it of the wall and pay someone to do it, and hope thue do a nice job of it.

You will then need to seal it within something, even if only a light machine oil or similar, else it will readily flash rust again.
Either than or, look at nickle plating it. DIY kits for this are reasonably easy to use, but you have to polish it all first either way!


Daniel