On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:17:35 -0600, the inscrutable "GrayMatter"
spake:

I have some Stainless Steel pieces (several feet in length) that currently
have a brushed finish. I want to buff / polish these to a mirror finish. I
have a new bench grinder, but I have no experiece with buffing wheels and
compounds. Due to the amount of material, I would prefer to do as little by
hand (sandpaper) as possible, but I ultimately want a nice end result. What
products (stitched wheel, felt wheel, firmness of either, compounds, etc) do
I need to accomplish this? I have tried some buffing, but many of the
deeper original scratches remain.

Any details on procedures and products would be greatly appreciated.

SWAG: Sand them (ROS) with progressively finer grits until they begin
to shine, THEN buff (orbital) with progressively finer compounds.
Finish up with Mother's.

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/sspolkit.html Here's a kit.
It looks like it has white rouge, black emery, and green chromium
oxide sticks. http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffing.htm

But sand the scratches out first. That's likely how they were put
the with a belt sander.


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