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Old 03-06-2008, 02:21 PM
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Default Re: Can't get a good polish on aluminum

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Originally Posted by mkriegs View Post
yes, these pieces are being anodized after they are polished.



So, I think I'm going to skip sisal and then end with a flannel wheel and if that doesn't do it I'll just have to work something out with the customer.

Also, I only use white rouge on my loose cotton wheel yet the surface of the wheel is black, is this normal? If I remember right it turned black even when I first added white rouge to it.
You'll get black stuff even if you only use Flitz or Mother's by hand. You could do the same piece 24 hours a day for a year and it would still make your cloth black. It's removing a microscopic layer of aluminum.
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