Tiny scratches revisited

[marsfrogie]

That is too much work. Buffing wheels are much quicker.

[danman]

#5 dont spin anything. the spiral effect is from your gloves. work it from side to side otherwise they will look like barber poles.

[spydersac]

im new to this place but ive been polishing parts for 15 years now , i always found that polishing in diferent directions works the best for smoothing out imperfections * just like block sanding* because the wheel will pull and stretch any imperfection or machineing marks for that matter and make them larger but anyway what i was gona say is to give a final polish in the same direction of the length of the tubes so you dont see the circular lines from spinning them in a circle also if your working under flourecent lights dont knock yourself out over it , always inspect it in the daylight the lights always show a bit of haze i found

[hue]

im gonna agree with spyder, i had the same problem with the lighting you really cant tell till its in normal sun light and also their will always be little scratchs in polished aluminum if put in direct flourcent light and look at it in certain angles. ive found that after buffing the part looks perfect then when i go for the final step (hand compound i use flitz from caswell) when done thers a lot of handleing scratchs which cant be avoided if you stand back you'll see the part looks a lot beter than you think

[gopedhead]

I am having the same exact problem.. .I cannot get those nasty spiderweb scratches/hazing away from my workpiece... should i spend a lil more time on the white rouge the only thing is which way do i rotate the piece... against the rotating wheel, or with it?

is it true that when u go against the wheel you cut? so it creates scratches? and when u go with the wheel u polish? is this how u rid those scratches?


until i get my metal to shine like chrome (no scratches(spiderweb)) , i think i've mastered it..

[marsfrogie]

When you push towards the wheel rotation it just cuts down quicker. Let your part go with the wheel for final buffing stage. I'm telling you, if you get that white spinning fast enough on a loose cotton, all that stuff goes away and it shines like nothing else. That haze will go away, at least for a while then it requires rebuffing.

[gopedhead]

white? as in white rouge right?.. i'm using the cotton sewn i bought from home depot... for all three compounds, black, brown, white. so i thinki need a fluffy wheel for white right?

can't i still stay on my white cotton sewn and still wait for the haze and scratcehs to dissapear? or it only works w/ the fluffy one?

[gopedhead]

so what i need is:

black compond
brown tropoli
white rouge
(2) cotton sewn wheels (black, brown)
(1) loose cotton (white)


and i'm all set for a high shine that looks like chrome?

I was trying to polish a tube (aluminum) and i managed to get it to shine to where u see those scratches like auto paint? but there was haze at an angle.. i think that was the compound? that doesn't want to come off? what do i do.. thanks.

[marsfrogie]

Spiral Sewn will work. What gauge metal are you buffing? What is your SFPM speed?

[gopedhead]

it's about 1/8" thick