What Is Polishing?

04 Sep

Polishing was sometimes known as finishing or buffing is the process of removing light scratches and abrasions from a surface, and creating the desired brightness of finish on that surface. It is the final stage in the surfacing process. When a material appears shiny you are actually seeing a reflection of light off the material. When a material appears dull, there are scratches or dirt preventing the light from directly reflecting off the surface. Clean the material thoroughly, and if it’s still dull then the material needs to be polished. If the material is heavily scratched, marked or scored then suitable abrasives should be used prior to polishing to remove. Determine if the material you wish to polish needs to be sanded first. A good rule of thumb is if your fingernail can catch the edge of a scratch then it will need to be sanded before it can be polished.

21 Apr

Buffing Compound Color Chart

WHAT IS BUFFING COMPOUND?
Buffing compound is a mixture. It consists of mineral oil, plant lipide and abrasive. Buffing compound has different colors and sizes. It generally be used with a buffing wheel together to polish different materials for getting a fine surface or mirror…

30 Mar

How to polish raw stainless steel?

How to polish raw stainless steel?
There are different ways to polish raw stainless steel to the mirror surface, but all these ways require three stages, including rough abrasive grinding stage, polishing stage and buffing stage. Here we have listed a way to polish raw…

05 Jun

Equipment And Supplies Needed For Polishing

Equipment And Supplies Needed For Polishing
If you want to polishing a material, some necessary equipment and supplies are needed.
Equipment
Equipment can be used for polishing include polishing/buffing machine, bench grinder, sander grinder/polisher, drill and rotary tool. The rotate speed recommended for polishing & buffing is…

05 Sep

How To Polish Aluminum To Mirror Finish?

How to polish aluminum to mirror finish:
Step 1—Prepping the surface
Clean and degrease the item you want to polish, make sure the surface is free of dirt. If the surface of the workpiece is lacquered you must remove the lacquer.

Step 2—Sanding
If the parts are heavily…

30 Oct

How to convert a bench grinder into a bench polisher?

How to convert a bench grinder into a bench polisher?
Following is a guide to show you how to convert a bench grinder into a bench polisher.

STEP 1 : Remove the outer guard from your bench grinder

STEP 2: Remove the Grinding stone

STEP 3: Remove the inner guard…

11 Jun

Buffing Wheel Pressure for Polishing and Buffing

Buffing Wheel Pressure for Polishing and Buffing:
Rotate speed and buffing wheel pressure are two elements that must work together to produce the best finish in a safe, economical way. Proper pressure must be applied to the workpiece to produce the friction that allows the…

07 Jun

Rotate Speed for Polishing And Buffing

Rotate Speed for Polishing And Buffing:
The correct peripheral rotate speed is an important consideration in getting the right results from your buffing operation. Working at high rate heats the work surface and prevents the polishing compound working properly, while working at low speed can…

14 Jan

Buffing Compound Color Chart

The following picture will tell you how to choose polishing wheel and polishing compound when polishing different material objects.

30 Apr

How To Use Polishing Compound

How To Use Polishing Compound?
Polishing compound is also known as polishing paste, polishing wax, buffing compound. The polishing compound is made of abrasives, tallow, paraffin wax, etc. They are commonly made as solid bars and used with polishing buffing wheels to smooth metals, jewellery,…

31 Oct