I normally use these forums for anodizing but I just today had some trouble with some polishing work so I figured I'd ask in this forum.
Anyway, I'm having some trouble getting these two parts to get a good polished finish, no matter what I do there's little scratches in the finished product. The weird thing is that these are the only two parts that I've had trouble with. I've polished parts in worse starting conditions to better results in half the time. Also, I did three other polished parts in the same batch and they all came out perfect.
I used a sisal wheel with emery compound followed by spiral sewn cotton wheel with tripoli compound followed by loose cotton wheel with white rouge. I even tried the corn starch and water trick mentioned in the pamphlet that came with the 1/3 HP buffing machine kit.
The scratches aren't terribly bad and I doubt the owner will complain, but I'd still like to send these parts back in flawless condition. here's a picture:
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...7/DSC00417.jpg
note - I had to get the lighting
just right in order to get that picture, so they aren't that apparent in real life.