Hi and thank you,
In my case, I have approx. 300 - 350 square feet of flat surface area to compound and polish so a buffing wheel really would not be to practicle.
I had an idea after reading your post. I spead up the buffer and I am now almost achieving results that I was looking for. Still a bit of clouding. The higher speed is now allowing the bar to melt somewhat, maybe not as much as it should but its much better now.
I had the buffer at 1000 rpms and now increased it to 2400rpm. Should I speed it up or slow it down?
The buffer I'm using is a commercial black and decker buffmaster 6138
I think maybe they sent me the wrong tripoli compound. This is what I asked for
http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/compound3.html what they sent me was BRBC7
Thanks for the help.