Metal Polishing Tutorial VIDEO

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“As was already noted; dust mask or respirator. The abrasives and metal aren’t exactly good for your lungs.
Use treated buff wheels and greaseless compounds for surface prep. MUCH better to follow compound curves, and they do a faster job. Allows you to eliminate the steel-wool step. The compounds come in grits between 120 and 360.”

“As he mentioned, never mix compounds and wheels. Use one wheel per abrasive. Yes, it means you’ll have quite a few (I have about twenty).
Don’t use liquid rouge on a buff wheel, as it doesn’t adhere properly. They’re made for manual application.
On aluminum, I’d go no farther than white rouge. Red rouge is made for soft metals like gold.
Always finish off with a good quality paste polish like Blue Magic, to keep the surface from oxidizing.”

“He should be wearing a respirator for one. Working with aluminum like that is hazardous. He should have de-anodized the aluminum first. All aluminum comes with a protective anodized coating. This is why he had a black build up on the aluminum. Also from using too much rouge. You wind up working twice as hard to get a nice result.”

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