Shawn Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 18 hours ago, rayik said: FYI - I did this technique on a really beat up Atari 5200 metal strip. It actually created all new brush marks in the metal strip. Mine did not come out as shiny as the original strip was. Also, I could still make out the old scratches and dents but they were masked by new horizontal lines. To me, it was debatable whether it looked any better. However, it it did not look like the original strip. I am usually very good at this stuff, but I may not be as skilled as Bratwurst. Can you post pictures of your results please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4300 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Great work! I did the same to mine using 1000, 1500 grit paper and fine steel wool. The strip is pretty soft stuff and it doesn't take muck work to get the scratches out. I think you could get a mirror fairly easily, if you wanted that look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratwurst Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, 4300 said: Great work! I did the same to mine using 1000, 1500 grit paper and fine steel wool. The strip is pretty soft stuff and it doesn't take muck work to get the scratches out. I think you could get a mirror fairly easily, if you wanted that look. Yeah it's very soft, it's either aluminum or tin. Tin is certainly cheaper but the strip on the 7800 is not magnetic at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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