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Re: Polishing new barrels bright
Being on the Maryland side of the river in the same metro area, I feel your extreme, excrutiaing, and constant agony when it comes to the devestating lack of retailers who might carry something a man could actually use; however, the microfilm abrasives can be found at most any hobby shop catering to model railroaders and/or RC airplane buffs. These items will be at a premium and packaged in small quantity. Not long ago, several of these existed in the metro DC area, and if Utrecht's downtown is still open by some slim chance, they should have some in their professional model making area.
For crocus cloth, or a substitute, look for very fine materials in paint stores (the real kind, where you can still buy automotive and industrial paints and not the home decorator crap), certain auto supply vendors carry these products, but these are extremely rare here in the barren wastelands of the mid-Atlantic, and if you can find a fine woodworking store with supplies for furniture finishing, most of the time what you want is available there. I would suggest looking up Norton in the yellow pages under abrasives, but they may be out of business by now. In the post industrial age, expect the constant and unyielding search for common supplies to worsen as the leftover stocks are gradually consumed, and there is nothing in the pipeline to replace any of it. The situation for the home industrialist isn't good now, and in another ten years it is going to be just plain ugly.
Most of the time, ebay and/or mail order will your best bet. Make sure you buy more than you need, because you may never see that item again. Happy hunting!
Originally posted by dclarry
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For crocus cloth, or a substitute, look for very fine materials in paint stores (the real kind, where you can still buy automotive and industrial paints and not the home decorator crap), certain auto supply vendors carry these products, but these are extremely rare here in the barren wastelands of the mid-Atlantic, and if you can find a fine woodworking store with supplies for furniture finishing, most of the time what you want is available there. I would suggest looking up Norton in the yellow pages under abrasives, but they may be out of business by now. In the post industrial age, expect the constant and unyielding search for common supplies to worsen as the leftover stocks are gradually consumed, and there is nothing in the pipeline to replace any of it. The situation for the home industrialist isn't good now, and in another ten years it is going to be just plain ugly.
Most of the time, ebay and/or mail order will your best bet. Make sure you buy more than you need, because you may never see that item again. Happy hunting!
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