Nomad2day
Longhair Redneck Geek
Got a 1/2 hp, 6 inch , dual shaft bench buffer a few weeks ago.
Need some tips on polishing out the aluminum.
I bought three compounds #3 brown "cutting", #4 White "polishing" and #5 Green "high polishing" and a separate wheel for each one. 2 of the wheels are spiral and one more of a flapper or not sewn all the way out to the end. I used the #5 on it.
The smaller pieces seem to cut and then buff out pretty good where you really do not see the lines it cut into it to start with. Now the triple trees are another story. I cannot seem to get them to polish out the lines.
Perhaps the wheels have wore down too much. The flapper wheel seems to scratch it more than buff it out to a fine finish so I may have to try and use something different.
Anyway, I am open to all the knowledge out there...and thanks ahead of time.
Neil
Need some tips on polishing out the aluminum.
I bought three compounds #3 brown "cutting", #4 White "polishing" and #5 Green "high polishing" and a separate wheel for each one. 2 of the wheels are spiral and one more of a flapper or not sewn all the way out to the end. I used the #5 on it.
The smaller pieces seem to cut and then buff out pretty good where you really do not see the lines it cut into it to start with. Now the triple trees are another story. I cannot seem to get them to polish out the lines.
Perhaps the wheels have wore down too much. The flapper wheel seems to scratch it more than buff it out to a fine finish so I may have to try and use something different.
Anyway, I am open to all the knowledge out there...and thanks ahead of time.
Neil
