While I'm waiting for the door knob cap I thought I'd do a little cleaning up on the cabinet.
I washed it inside and out with some Dawn dish washing liquid and water using a small terry hand cloth.
Then I wanted to polish it up, right? Well I looked at different videos and so on and tried these products to get that high shine on this Bakelite cabinet.
I tried the Brasso, followed by the Gorhams followed by the wax and it didn't seem to help with the shine. I know the top layer is where you wnat to shine and I didn't go through that. Here is a picture of one side where I tried several products.
the largest circle was just using the wax, the next smallest was using Mothers and wax, and the smallest was using Gorhams and wax. In reality, not much difference between the three.
Here is a picture of the top. Yeah, it has a water stain. I tried Brasso, Gorhams, followed by 2 coats of wax. The finish is disappointing.
My big question is how much "elbow grease" does it take to shine this thing up? Am I not rubbing long enough? I usually go about a minute using medium light pressure with each product. Do I have to rub like 5-10 minutes on each section?
What am I missing? I do not want to use any sandpaper at all. I find it really hard to believe that I'm rubbing though the top layer.
Any ideas from those who have polished Bakelite to a high shine?