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Old 06-02-22, 02:14 PM
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Buffing suggestions ?

Never really had a good bench buffer so bought one but I think I also bought the wrong buffing wheels. The one I tried just covered me in threads from the wheel. I know there are better buffing wheels and would like to know what you guys use and the best place to buy a quality set.
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Old 06-02-22, 03:00 PM
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A real industrial hardware store.
not Harbor Fright

if none near, McMaster or Grainger
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Anything that goes round and round and that can have cloth wheels fitted to it will do just fine. I bought this grinder at a yard sale for next to nothing. Then, I bought two 6" cloth wheels at a local hardware store and a couple of grades of polishing compound. Then I got down to polishing just about everything in sight...


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Originally Posted by teisco
The one I tried just covered me in threads from the wheel.
Flying threads in the air is normal when using a loose polishing wheel. For me, polishing aluminum takes two wheels. A tighter buffing wheel for use with a cutting compound and a looser polishing wheel for use with a polishing compound. I bought my machine from Eastwood and their website had a lot of good reference material on how it all worked.
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I have some buffing wheels from Harbor Freight and I have one from a Hardware store. I cannot tell them apart at this point. I think when they are new they shed more. They still shed now but not as bad.
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Old 06-03-22, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by randyjawa
(...) Then I got down to polishing just about everything in sight...
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