Kaiju finish maintenance and patina removal

[crocca86]

Just wondering if any of the few lucky kaiju owners have used the knife and used the finger stones to either maintain the finish or remove patina
Looking for feedback
Cheers guys

 

[jedy617]

Not a Kaiju owner, but I do have a togo reigo FM which has a full kasumi that isn't too far off what the kaiju has. What I have used to restore the kasumi and clean some patina in the past is toshos kasumi powder. Highly recommend that, but would try the fingerstones first as that's obviously those are why they included them

 

[crocca86]

Did you apply the powder dry/wet?
What pad material you used mate?

 

[jedy617]

Wet, it comes with an applicator, it is a 3m sanding sponge, the red fine one. I bought a multipack here: https://www.amazon.com/Sanding-Sponge-F-208-SANDING-SPONGE/dp/B01F7Y384S

That is better for restoring a kasumi which is gone, you can try to use the superfine, ultrafine or microfine for a bit of a lighter touch.

Watch:

 

[crocca86]

I really wanna try tosho kasumi powder but I don’t really want to pay the 150 aud for shipping
I’ll buy the 3m sponge and use the uchigumori powder I have at home

 

[Moooza]

I wonder if the kasumi powder is much different from the one at Protooling?

Have you seen how the finger stones are wrapped up and presented as part of the kaiju package? Would be hard to bring yourself to use them.

 

[crocca86]

What I have in my possession right now is stone powder from Protooling and Migoto and some finger stones that I know the hardness but don’t know what they made off.

 

[JPAU]

What I have in my possession right now is stone powder from Protooling and Migoto and some finger stones that I know the hardness but don’t know what they made off.

Wonder if you ended up trying these? Thinking about acquiring the same (also due to shipping cost to Australia)

 

[crocca86]

Wonder if you ended up trying these? Thinking about acquiring the same (also due to shipping cost to Australia)

The stone powder from Protooling?

 

[JPAU]

The stone powder from Protooling?

Yep!

 

[crocca86]

Yep!

I did use it not on the kaiju but on another kono fm

Before

After

 

[JPAU]

Damn, that worked a treat

 

[Logan A.]

Make sure it's base polish is decent then hit it with finger stones. On the FM I had to bring up the scratch pattern to a higher grit. You should be able to skip right to finger stones on the kaiju. Ignore the oil saturation and lack of handle. It's a WIP.

 

[myguidingmoonlight]

I really wanna try tosho kasumi powder but I don’t really want to pay the 150 aud for shipping
I’ll buy the 3m sponge and use the uchigumori powder I have at home

Migoto sells some stone powder too and they're in Australia, you could try contacting them for some.

 

[Blumbo]

Having tried the tosho powder, I can confirm king mud is 10x better - just far more uniform/contrast, though neither option brings out detail in iron

 

[crocca86]

Migoto sells some stone powder too and they're in Australia, you could try contacting them for some.

I have some of lee’s one as well