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Originally Posted by ekernel
Ok I am very new to this and I have some aluminum trim pieces that I am trying to polish. The pieces have been sanded all the way to 1200 grit to get out all scratches. Then buffed using emery/sisal white/sprial, and lastly red/flannel. The buffing machine I am using is a 1 1/2 hp 1750rpm motor ( I know this is slow) I am using 10" buffs.
The problem I am having is during the final red rouge polishing. After the white, the piece is nice and bright (mirror like). When I go to red at first I was getting this nasty trail of compound during my color stroke which i figured was to much compound on the wheel. Raked the wheel and tried to used up some of the compound on a scrap piece. Now I dont get the nasty trail but once I do a light color pass the part looks dull. I tried washing the part with soap and water, degreaser, nothing seems to work. The part just comes out dull/cloudy looking.
Maybe speed of wheel?? I dont know.
Any help would be appriciated
thanks
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Sometimes we make problems more complicated than they really are. Why not stop at the white, if it looks good then?
Also...I do believe that if you're going all the way to 1200 with the sanding, the sisal is too aggressive. Maybe try a spiral or loose wheel for the emery.