Any Advice on Polishing Metal

[400/6/PAC]

I started to polish some of the pieces on my 73.
I,m not having much luck so far.
Dose anyone have suggestions on polishing wheels and what are different color rouge used for?
I know they are different grits and some are for different metals, but I dont know which ones to use and for what type of metal.
Thanks

[mikepmcs]

PM resq302(Brian), he can most likely answer some questions or you can do a search above or search his posts to find the thread that talks about some stuff, but I don't remember if it talks about the different compounds in detail, been a while since I've read it.

You can also check out the eastwood company.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/polishing-aluminum.htm

v/r
Mike

[400/6/PAC]

Thanks Mike

[is_it_EVER_done?]

You will discover most things by trial and error, but here are a couple links with short explanations.

http://www.perfectpolish.com/Quick%20Guide.htm = Aluminum

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffman.htm

I buy most of my supplies from Caswell, but other suppliers are good also.

Just be carefull when you are first learning so that you don't fling a perfect part across the room (grabbed by the polishing wheel), and then end up having to start all over with a damaged part, and that you don't put to much heat into the part (going to slow) as the part can turn Blue and will be discolord forever.

[LargerCharger383]

FLITZ!!! when i bought my car the wheels were grey from bad oxidation, and now they're back to seeing your reflection in them.  I used flitz on every piece of chrome on my car with excellent results.  I also had the yellow cloth flitz ball on a power drill.  I've heard Mother's is good stuff too, but I haven't used it personally.  Steel wool does a good job of getting through heavy corrosion.

[400/6/PAC]

I figured out the different grades of compounds.
When I went from one to the other with a new buffing wheel it brought out the compound that I was using.
So it looks like I need to clean the piece each time before moving on to a finer compound.