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Topic: Buffing End Plates |
Doug Palmer
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 12:06 pm |
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When I worked at Emmons years ago we used a white rouge to buff end plates on the buffing wheel and a red brick rouge to hand polish them. I thought we got it at Sears but they don't know what I'm talking about. I'm looking for a source to hand buff the end plates and get that mirror finish back. Any help?
Doug Palmer
336-674-8200
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 2:08 pm
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Sears shows this kit. Buffing pads and 4 grades of buffing compound. I have this kit and it works pretty good with pads on a grinder motor, but it can get away from you easily with a really high rpm motor. Be Careful 
A really fine jeweler's rouge for finishing made by Dico, I think JR-1 is the stick I have, will finish your alum to a blinding finish. http://www.dicoproducts.com/compounds.html
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 2:10 pm
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All kinds of buffing supplies at Tar Heel Parts, Matthews, N.C. 704 845 1847. The card I have is pretty old, so it may not be up to date.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Martin Weenick
From:
Lecanto, FL, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 3:31 pm Buffing
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Doug,go here, caswellplating.com/buffs/ these folks wrote the book on buffing and plateing, they have everything in the world concerning buffing. Martin.
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Doug Earnest
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Branson, MO USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 4:59 pm
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I can't get the Caswell site to come up. Tried it several times recently.
Grizzly Industrial has a pretty good basic polishing compound kit, and all the buffs you would ever need to polish endplates. |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Doug Earnest
From:
Branson, MO USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 6:24 pm
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Must be something with my computer, I can't connect to Caswell.
One of the Branson guys said he remembered a buffer at Emmons being maybe 48"......he said it took a remarkably short time to buff a set of endplates!
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 7:09 pm Buffing end plates
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| Sears used to sell a 4 back of buffing sticks. Black was course, White was for stanless and med. Red was finish and I forget the other color or use. used it to finish seversl metal projects. Ace Hardware or any place that sells Dremmel tools. Check the Dremmel display they have small sticks of Jewelers Rouge if that is all you need. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Doug Palmer
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 3:18 pm red rouge
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Thanks guys, I'll try Sears and Ace. Just want to hand buff and not use the buffing wheel.
Doug
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 2:08 am
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| If you have a Harbor Freight Tool store, they have buffing pads and compounds. |
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Mike Davidson
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 6:31 am
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I used to buff a lot of car parts. Big difference in polishing and buffing. I got my supplies at Eastwood Company.
I also have some buffing tips on my old car site if it helps. |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 6:21 pm
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Mike I read the buffing/polishing info on your web site. Lots of great info there and I will sure recommend that for everybody interested in finishing aluminum, this is a "must read".
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 10:01 pm
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Great info Mike! Thx. |
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Pat Comeau
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 8 Oct 2010 5:01 pm
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Mike !...that is good info, i do my buffing almost the same way has you do except i use black emery to start the buffing i found it cuts really well and sometimes i only sand with 220 grit before buffing but usely i sand it with 400 grit and the black emery with the right pad gets all the scratch out for a nice shine, then i go to tripoly with another pad and for the pedal bar and the endplates i will go further with White Rouge and also a different pad of course. 
good stuff.............Pat C.
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Oct 2010 5:21 pm
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Mike, Were you saying that using over 400 grit just wastes sandpaper or does it actually harm the aluminum and prevent you from getting the desired shine? I did go up to 800 on my last project and found it was hit and miss as far as cloudiness.
Pat, I do the same as you...Black, Brown and white compound
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