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Polishing Metal - Using An Bench Grinder
mid-buggy - 1/5/10 at 10:02 AM

Ok, I have a bench grinder that I want to use to polish metal on.

Which company does the best buffing wheels and wax(?) and what grades do I need?

Also what technique to get the best result? (as in, little wax, heavy pressure on the hardest buffing wheel, lots of wax light pressure on softest buffing wheel?)


COREdevelopments - 1/5/10 at 10:24 AM

Have you tried Frosts website?

FROST

Or machine mart do some cheap kits

Rob



[Edited on 1/5/10 by COREdevelopments]


Gary 7 - 1/5/10 at 10:39 AM

Some good info here and polishing supplies.

http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/


mid-buggy - 1/5/10 at 10:52 AM

Cheers for link.

Most parts I am looking at doing are curved rather than flat.

Flat I will use either my DA or Rotary.


dhutch - 1/5/10 at 04:34 PM

I bought some buffing wheels for ours but im not sure from where now.
- You want a adapter from the the on the grinder (M14?) into a tapered thread. This will then take all the standard stitch-centered wheels. Or atleast thats what i did. I got a fully stitched side sisal or calico wheel and a unstitch cotton mop for finishing. And thress grades on linishing bar.


Daniel


RoadkillUK - 1/5/10 at 06:10 PM

I see screwfix do wheels, paste and also a kit.

LINKY