Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
buffing compounds
EagleS.C.
>The subject of buffing compounds has me confused.
If you use a different buffing wheel to apply compounds or polishes and then use a different buffing wheel for a final polish,won't the polishing buffing wheel get contaminated from the residue used in the inital application of the compound?
Re: buffing compounds
john Lucas
>You use 1 buffing wheel for each compound. In othere words if you use Tripoli, white Diamond and Wax you have a wheel labeled tripoli,and one labeled white diamond and one labeled Wax and you never mix these up.
I also have seperate wheels for buffing metal that I keep in a different drawer.
Re: buffing compounds
Russ Fairfield
>All the more reason why you should always wipe the residue from the wood with a clean paper towel after buffing with each wheel.
Re: buffing compounds
Arch
>As a practical matter, contamination of one wheel from the compound left on the piece by another hasn't been a problem. Applying very little compound to the wheels, buffing out well and if necessary cleaning the wheels should all help to prevent contamination.
Do most of you always use carnauba wax for the final polish? I got some streaking and have been using a softer wax. Doing something wrong?
Turn to Safety, Arch
Re: buffing compounds
EagleS.C.
>Arch-
you said"Applying very little compound to the wheels, buffing out well and if necessary cleaning the wheels should all help to prevent contamination."
How do you clean the wheels?
Re: buffing compounds
Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.
>Arch, it sounds like you're applying too much wax to the buffing wheel. The best wax that I've found is renaissance wax. Having said that, I seldom use wax. I feel that it isn't a permanent finish. After appying several coats of Danish oil, I buff with Tripoli and White Diamond. I then apply one or two additional coats of oil. Whatever I feel is needed. Works for me.
Wally
Re: buffing compounds
-e-
>to clean the mops, i use an old wire brush on them while at 1000rpm. just takes a quick hit of the brush and a enough fibers are removed and new ones are presented.
to get enough compound or wax on each mop, just apply a second or two's worth at 1000rpm.
i think it was ellsworth's third tape where he covers buffing, cleaning and applying...
the streaking can also be that too much heat is being generated and the finish is melting.
Re: buffing compounds
MikeinCapeMay
>You can also launder them. I had one that was inadvertantly used to buff metal. Per advice that I read here some time ago I tossed it in the wash and it came out just fine.
Re: buffing compounds
Dale Cook
>I use an automotive wax(meguiar's) applied to the piece, not the wheel,let dry to a slight haze and then buff with the wax wheel.
