Hard drive platter clock.

Step 4 Shine it up!

After everything fits together and looks ready to for final assembly it is time to shine it all up. I didn't have any buffing stuff for my old Dremel so I used Nevr-Dull by Eagle One. It looks like a huge cotton ball stuffed in a can. I found this can at the local truck stop for $10-$15. A couple of years later I found the same stuff by Eagle One but in a blue can at K-Mart for only $5 in the automotive department.

Only a little piece needs to be torn off. Rub it in circles or back and forth over the piece to be polished. It works great. It will turn your fingers black so latex gloves may be a good idea. I found an old penny to help demonstrate how well it works. I only polished 1/2 of the penny.

One of the face plates for the spindles wasn't in the best shape even after using Nevr-Dull. Since this was a present and I wanted it to look the best possible I opted to fix it with 1000-grit wet-dry sandpaper. Yes, you read that right, one thousand grit. It works best to use some soapy water and rinse the sandpaper often. Go in one direction back and forth. Then when it looks great, shine it up with Nevr-Dull.

Shine up the screws, separation rings, and spindle. In the last picture all of the spindles but two bottom rings look great after getting polished up.