Buffing Wheel Material:
As we know, there are many kinds of polishing buffing wheels are made of different materials. How to choose the appropriate buffing wheel for your task? It helps you choose the appropriate buffing wheel if you know the materials for polishing buffing wheels. We have put up a list for different buffing wheel materials and buffing wheels made of them, and the applications of these polishing buffing wheels.
| Material | Picture | Description | Buffing Wheel Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton fabric-Cotton Buffing Wheels | |||
| Muslin fabric |  |
Muslin fabric using for polishing buffing wheel is made of 100% cotton with a plain weave, it is fine, soft and economy, polishing buffing wheels made of this material are great for final high polishing. There are many kinds of muslin fabric with different yarn counts, density and weight.
Types of buffing wheels made of this material: Stitched and loose-leaf buffing wheel with a washer or not or with shellac center. Cotton airway buffing wheels, bias cotton buffs |
For final high polishing
Use with white polishing compound, blue polishing compound, red rouge polishing compound for final high polishing on metals, Musical instruments and jewelries. |
| Hard treated Muslin fabric |  |
Muslin fabric can be hard treated by starching or dipping in solvent based resins to make it last longer and aggressive, and can be treated to different colors with different hardness.
Hard treated cotton buffs are using for cutting, and pre-polishing for metals. |
With different colours and different hardness.
Ranked by hardness from hard to soft is blue, orange, yellow, white. |
| Cotton twill |  |
Cotton twill fabric is versatile, durable, can be used for airway buffing wheels and pleated cotton buffs. | For final high polishing use with white and blue polishing compound |
| Denim |  |
Denim is a kind fabric of cotton twill, it is economy and durable. Color cotton buffs are made of this fabric.
Types of this buffing wheel material: Stitched and loose leaf denim buffing wheel with washer or not. Can be hard treated. |
For middle stage polishing of hard metals and initial polishing of soft metals
Use with green polishing compound, brown tripoli polishing compound |
| Bleached Muslin fabric |  |
Bleached Muslin fabric is softer than natural muslin fabric, cotton buffs with this fabric is used for final high mirror polishing on metals and jewelries.
Loose leaf cotton buffing wheel with washer or not |
For final high polishing
Use with white,blue and red rouge polishing compound |
| Flannel cloth |  |
Flannel cloth is made of bleached muslin fabric after napping, it is the softest fabric, very good for mirror finishing on soft metals.
Types of this flannel buffing wheel material: Stitched, loose-leaf and airway buffing wheels Can be with steel center, washer or not |
For final high polishing
Use with white, blue and red rouge polishing compound |
| Sisal cloth and cotton cloth-Sisal Buffing Wheels | |||
| Sisal cloth, sisal only |  |
Sisal fiber has natural cutting properties, and it is a kind of good raw material for making polishing wheels, sisal cloth comes with different density and weight, density 6*7, 8*6 and 8*7 are commonly used. | For heavy-duty cutting
Use with black and brown tripoli polishing compound |
| Sisal cloth and cotton cloth |  |
Cotton layers and sisal layers stitched together to make a sisal-cotton polishing wheel, less aggressive then pure sisal polishing wheel, used for cutting, removing orange peel, grinding marks and scratches left from previous abrasive operation.
Stitched, with washer or not; airway buffing wheels with steel center |
For heavy-duty cutting
Use with black and brown tripoli polishing compound |
| Sisal only or sisal cloth and cotton cloth, treated |  |
Dipping the sisal or sisal/cotton polishing wheel in solvent based resins to make them more aggressive for heavy-duty cutting.
Black/orange/yellow/pink treated sisal buffing wheels are available With washer or not; airway buffing wheels types |
For very heavy cutting
Use with black/brown Tripoli polishing compound |
| Wool felt-Felt Polishing Wheels | |||
| 100% wool felt |  |
Types of this buffing wheel material:
Square edge felt polishing wheels, felt polishing discs, felt ring buffs, felt bobs |
For final high polishing
Use with white, blue and red rouge polishing compound |
| 100% wool |  |
Wool polishing bonnet, wool polishing pad | For final high polishing |
| Nylon fibre/non woven cloth-Non-woven Polishing Wheels | |||
| Nylon fibre with abrasives |  |
Nylon grinding wheel, nylon flap grinding disc, mounted nylon grinding wheel | For surface grinding and stain finish
Use with black and brown tripoli polishing compound |
| Non woven cloth with abrasives |  |
Non woven wheel, airway stain web polishing wheel, mounted non woven polishing wheel | For satin finish and cleaning all metals
Use with black and brown tripoli polishing compound |
| Sponge-Car polishing sponge | |||
| Sponge |  |
Car polishing sponge pad | For car polishing |
