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Alright, so I decided to try my hand at polishing.. Read all the FAQs, but most of the right equipment..and I'm off. Sanding a small piece off my sportbike (removed anodizing with OC).
First thing I run into - when applying too much emery (which I'm sure happens to most when first starting out) it leaves a black residue on the part... this is a NIGHTMARE to get off as it heats up and gets into all the nooks and crannies..basically it's back to sanding for me.
How do you remove 'too much' compound from a sewn buff? I tried the screw driver and a sharp box cutter blade on the edge of the buff to 'clean' it...but it doesn't seem to remove the excess emory. Is there something else I can do or just let it run it's course?
Next fun part - After reading quite a bit I found that emory can be used pretty much out of the gate, or close after sanding with 220 grit. The emory seems to be a 'sanding' agent and cuts at around 600 from what I've learned.... SO - if I start cutting with the black and after about 20 minutes find that it's leaving long scratches in my metal - what's wrong? It's weird too because this didn't start until I replaced the buff. The old one was all black (4 inch, still fluffy) but I figured, what the hell and put on a new 6 inch one. After putting this new one on it didn't do half the job of the 4 inch as far as shining up the metal and seems to have deeply cut it...
So needless to say I've learned that this sport is pretty much all about sanding...so that's what I'm back to.
First thing I run into - when applying too much emery (which I'm sure happens to most when first starting out) it leaves a black residue on the part... this is a NIGHTMARE to get off as it heats up and gets into all the nooks and crannies..basically it's back to sanding for me.
How do you remove 'too much' compound from a sewn buff? I tried the screw driver and a sharp box cutter blade on the edge of the buff to 'clean' it...but it doesn't seem to remove the excess emory. Is there something else I can do or just let it run it's course?
Next fun part - After reading quite a bit I found that emory can be used pretty much out of the gate, or close after sanding with 220 grit. The emory seems to be a 'sanding' agent and cuts at around 600 from what I've learned.... SO - if I start cutting with the black and after about 20 minutes find that it's leaving long scratches in my metal - what's wrong? It's weird too because this didn't start until I replaced the buff. The old one was all black (4 inch, still fluffy) but I figured, what the hell and put on a new 6 inch one. After putting this new one on it didn't do half the job of the 4 inch as far as shining up the metal and seems to have deeply cut it...
So needless to say I've learned that this sport is pretty much all about sanding...so that's what I'm back to.
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