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  • Figuring out what my pole is made of? Help!

    Posted by mrsaobrien5434 on November 21, 2016 at 12:14 am

    Hi everyone!

    I bought an x-pert x-pole second hand and eventhough the seller listed it as Titanium Gold I think it may be brass.
    A) my hands habe that metal smell
    B) it looks like it needs a polish
    C) when I wiped it off with rubbing alcohol there residue had a brassy green tinge
    D) the product code on the cardboard shipping tubes is XXO45BR wouldnt it be TG if this pole were Titanium gold?

    When I asked her later she said when she purchased it she was deciding between chrome and ‘brass gold” and said she bought the one with very good grip.

    Any of this telling of the material ? Lol!

    mrsaobrien5434 replied 7 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 10 Replies
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  • Veena

    Administrator
    November 21, 2016 at 2:08 am

    Yeah, sounds like brass to me! My TG never has any thing other than grip aid residue come off, but my brass gets dirty!

  • mrsaobrien5434

    Member
    November 21, 2016 at 2:11 am
  • mrsaobrien5434

    Member
    November 21, 2016 at 2:12 am

    Maybe the pic helps? 🙂

  • mrsaobrien5434

    Member
    November 21, 2016 at 2:13 am

    Veena what did grip aid residue look like? The pick of the pole is after being cleaned (but not polished )

  • mrsaobrien5434

    Member
    November 21, 2016 at 2:13 am

    Also do your hands smell like metal after using your TG?

  • Veena

    Administrator
    November 21, 2016 at 2:14 am

    Look like brass. My hands never smell after anything goes but brass

  • mrsaobrien5434

    Member
    November 21, 2016 at 2:15 am

    Well. I really got a deal then lol

    What should I polish it with?

    Thx Veena!

  • Veena

    Administrator
    November 21, 2016 at 3:08 am

    I use brasso and then finish with steaming, otherwise the brasso seems to make it slick. Steaming gets read of the slick from cleaning. I steam more than using brasso as I only use that once or twice a year.

  • Queenofwands10009677

    Member
    November 22, 2016 at 2:00 am

    That DEF looks like brass. Brass is way more expensive so you probably got a good deal, go you!

  • mrsaobrien5434

    Member
    November 22, 2016 at 2:21 am

    Thanks queenofwands! It cleans up like brass! I got a better deal than I thought!

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