Re: Greasless compounds vs sandpaper
Ok Guys,
I got the rotary orbit sander and some papers. I took the breaker cover which I had sanded by hand and polished and it still had some file marks in it. I used the 220 paper with the sander which seemed to take out all the file marks fine and even the rough aluminum casting marks. Of course the pits come and go. Then I sanded with 360, 400 (because I had it), 600, and 1000. Then I polished it with the black compound, brown, and white. The result is below. There are still some fine scratches in it that could come out, but no file marks. There is still a rough appearance to it if you get up real close or look under a magnifying glass, it looks sort of orange peelish. You can see it in the pictures. But from 3-4 feet away, it reflects images pretty good. Doesn't have that blue tint like chrome. I am wondering if I the roughness is just part of aluminum? That cover which is 3" in diameter took me about 3 hours.
Dave
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