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I'm wondering if anybody has experience in welding and polishing stainless railing like those used on boats.
Currently i'm cleaning/blending the welds with a DA starting with 80 and then jumping to 220. I finish that with 320 by hand. It's slow going, tears up DA pads and definitely makes more work for me during the polishing stage...which also needs improvement
What i'm wondering is if the greaseless 80 grit would be able to knock down the welds which are very thin where a tube is fishmouthed into another tube. I'd like to do this without gouging the tubing to much.
For polishing I'm currently using a 8" wheel on a grinder/polisher that has a control for setting the speed and some white. Heavy...but it works.
I've got handed this job at a weld/fab shop i'm working at and I really think there's got to be a better and easier way. The DA method is too time consuming and is generally a pain in the *** . I want to suggest a different approach to this and my boss is open to suggestions.
Any suggestions on tools, pads and compounds would be great
Thanks,
Den
Currently i'm cleaning/blending the welds with a DA starting with 80 and then jumping to 220. I finish that with 320 by hand. It's slow going, tears up DA pads and definitely makes more work for me during the polishing stage...which also needs improvement
What i'm wondering is if the greaseless 80 grit would be able to knock down the welds which are very thin where a tube is fishmouthed into another tube. I'd like to do this without gouging the tubing to much.
For polishing I'm currently using a 8" wheel on a grinder/polisher that has a control for setting the speed and some white. Heavy...but it works.
I've got handed this job at a weld/fab shop i'm working at and I really think there's got to be a better and easier way. The DA method is too time consuming and is generally a pain in the *** . I want to suggest a different approach to this and my boss is open to suggestions.
Any suggestions on tools, pads and compounds would be great
Thanks,
Den
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