The head of my favorite finishing hammer has become roughed up over the years – probably because I sometimes use it for other than finish nailing. Do people resurface/refinish the face of the hammer, and if so, how?
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Yup just use a belt sander with a fine grit. Rotate the hammer as you do this so you have a slightly domed face,
I respect your interest in keeping a tool in service, but seemsl like maybe a 'high effort - low reward' scenario?
Maybe it's time to put 20$ into the ol' hurtin' economy and get yourself a new one?
Or maybe 80$ and splurge yourself on a new titanium model and ease your wrist a bit?
just a thought. I respect your desire to keep an ol' favorite.
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I hit hammer heads with a wire brush cup in an angle grinder once in awhile. It won't do anything to help out any real pits, but it does clean them up some. I usually then hit them with an oily rag... you may or may not want to do the oily rag part depending on what you're using your hammer on.... I'm a framer so I'm not much worried about staining wood.
Thanks for the advice. Given my nature of never throwing out a serviceable tool, I think I'll do both: fix up the old and treat myself to a new one.
After all, I still have my father's Ford open end wrenches, and my grandfather's Studebaker bumper jack - not kidding.
"treat myself to a new one"Stilletto titanium.You'll never return.
Using fine grit sand paper you can go clear to a mirror finish with 2000 grit. About once a year I'll take a RO to my finish hammer to take off any sharp edges.
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