A steel scraper does a different job from an acrylic one. Acrylic removes wax; steel cuts material — cured P-Tex, a raised repair, or very hard cold wax that plastic will skate over.
- Case-hardened steel, 5" × 2.5"
- For cold, hard wax and for planing base repairs
- Smooths P-Tex repairs flush with the base
This is the tool for finishing a base repair. Drip-in or extruded P-Tex sits proud of the base and must be cut back level; an acrylic scraper cannot do it. Work in light passes, keep the scraper flat, and stop as soon as the repair is flush — steel will happily keep going into the base.
Use it lightly for wax. On very hard cold wax a steel scraper cuts where plastic slides, but it is easy to take base material with it. Most of the time, a sharp acrylic scraper is the right tool and steel is the exception.
Check flatness afterwards with a true bar — planing a repair by hand is easy to overdo.
See wax scrapers and all tuning tools.
