Burnishing pictures

[sam bennett]

Karl G. also sent some clean and well packed parts for me to burnish. Keep an eye on the early DXL cover because it's made from Magnesium. 



After some blasting and burnishing the results are excellent! The color and luster is spot on. 









Back to the DXL cover. Like MC factory stuffers and many Homelite parts, these early DXL covers are magnesium and really can't be burnished. The acidic solution used on aluminum will attack the mag and turn in brown or dark grey. What I end up doing is putting mag parts in with the high pH solution I use to keep my pins from rusting. The best you can expect is to lighten the color with a blast and give some low luster from the burnish.   

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