Spent a fun afternoon polishing my knob....
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Decent job there 
One way to get good results is to mount it on an electric drill and spin it up and polish it that way. makes it way easier
One way to get good results is to mount it on an electric drill and spin it up and polish it that way. makes it way easier
Problem is the car is 12 years old.... so even a 'new' one isn't shiny any more!
Good result
Cheers. The camera actually picks up scratches that I can't see with the naked eye! Bah...
Great result and definitely much better than it was before. I guess if he wanted to get a matt finish he could carefully go over it with a fine scouring pad, I think the Red or Grey M3 pads are the fine versions
Let's assume your time is worth more than minimum wage, call it £8/hour. If this took you an afternoon (4+ hours?), then surely this would have been a better investment?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GENUI...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ceaae20e2
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GENUI...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ceaae20e2
Let's assume he merely enjoyed doing it, and so didn't have to fork out anything accept time, and cost of sand/emery paper.
I doubt he would have earned that money you say given it's his time off.
That old rubbish chestnut again. Most peoples spare time is worth £0, most people don't have jobs they can just do when ever they want and earn money 24/7. Even those of us who can do overtime, still cant just pick when to work.
Good work op.
Unless you literally have nothing to do in your "out of work" time, then your time is still worth more than £0, as you only have a finite amount of time available!
I'd rather have had a brand new knob, in the right (non scratched) finish, AND ended up with my free time.
It's not like it was expensive.
I'd rather have had a brand new knob, in the right (non scratched) finish, AND ended up with my free time.
It's not like it was expensive.
Well no its still zero as you aren't earning anything. Also most people aren't busy all the time most of us do plenty of watching tv, cleaning, repairing wasting time on forums etc.
for some free time, or waste a nights worth of beer money from a finite wage packet.
Well, yes and no. I'm quite OCD about the condition of my belongings (car or otherwise), so a new one would be the best option, and seeing as it is already made, it's surely more wasteful to leave an unused product there doing nothing?
I'd sell my used one on, thus it's being "recycled" anyway, no?
Do you really believe that? You dont think that production of goods might be (more-or-less) balanced to demand in our economy?
Ha ha, a most excellent knob thread! 
Spent maybe 2-3 hours in total on it, using 400-800-1200-2500 grit wet 'n dry then several different abrasives until I found a decent grade, to get the shine up.
It was free time on my weekend, and I was in the mood for a a brain-dead but rewarding little job. Much prefer the polished finish to the matt original.
Also, I don't have a suitable strap-wrench or anything like it that would have got the knob off without damaging it - otherwise I'd have used an electric drill!
Spent maybe 2-3 hours in total on it, using 400-800-1200-2500 grit wet 'n dry then several different abrasives until I found a decent grade, to get the shine up.
It was free time on my weekend, and I was in the mood for a a brain-dead but rewarding little job.
Much prefer the polished finish to the matt original.Also, I don't have a suitable strap-wrench or anything like it that would have got the knob off without damaging it - otherwise I'd have used an electric drill!