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Old 02-18-2004, 01:03 AM
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Default Emery vs Greasless

Greetings,

New around here but not new to polishing. I have been polishing aluminum wheels for some time now using a pneumatic die grinder and recently started using an electric angle grinder with plenty of speed and power.

I typically start with the greaseless compounds 80, 120, 220 then into tripoli then white rouge. I figured I would try something different and start with the emery compound and see how that worked. It seems to be too fine to cut into the wheels. I am using it with a 6" spiral trated buff.

From what I have read it should be used first for almost all jobs.

My objective is to remove the anodization that some of the wheels have without "scratching" like the greaseless creates. When I use a 120 grit it is too course. When using a 220 grit too fine. Figured the emery would be in between.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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