Buffing techniques?

7/7/04, 7:42 PM #1

Bert Workman
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Buffing techniques?

Bert Workman

>Yesterday I picked up a 4" bowl buff and a bar of carnauba wax. My intention is to shine up various projects for display at the county fair. I mounted the buff on the lathe and stood there looking at for 5 minutes before I realized I had no idea what I was doing.

Do I apply the wax to the spinning buff and then hold the bowl to the buff? Or do I rub the bowl with the wax then buff? How much wax do I use?

TIA for any insight. I guess I should just start playing around and see what happens.

Bert Workman

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7/7/04, 7:54 PM #2

Stuart Johnson
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>Apply a small amount of wax to the buff and hold the bowl to it. I find 1200 -1700 is about right for my Beal system.

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7/7/04, 8:26 PM #3

Shawn - in CT
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Shawn - in CT

>Get the buff spinning (~1800 - 2200 rpm is what I use). Hold the wax bar to the spinning surface for ~1-2 seconds (you won't even think any got on there...it did...don't use too much). Then hold the bowl to the buff and work it around all surfaces of the bowl. If the buff is new, you might get some (i.e., a lot) of lint flying everywhere during your first uses. Based on the directions that came with my buffs, I wrapped 100 grit sandpaper on a board and held that to the spinning buff for a minute or two to grab, remove, and hold the majority of this lint - then on to the bowls.

Good luck!

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7/7/04, 9:00 PM #4

Dave MacLuskie
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>To alleviate possible confusion: use sandpaper to de-fuzz BEFORE you wax it up. (Might want to wear a mask too.)

Practice buffing a piece of scrap first. That wheel can really grab. I've come close to losing a bowl before.

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7/8/04, 12:00 AM #5

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>I've actually started slowing my buffing wheels down. I don't know the rpm but I would guess it's much closer to 1200. It seems to work well for the Tripoli and white diamond. I run the speed up for the wax. It's less grabby this way and seems to buff out the finish just fine.

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