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Old 12-18-2015, 02:25 PM
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Default Steps after wheeling

What steps are normally taken after wheeling to get to final finish? I'd like to go to a bright polish in the end. I have gone with light final passes on the wheel to improve finish. A small test patch with a hard backed sander with 150 grit followed by a soft backer with 220 grit and then final polish with cotton buff and 'brown tripoli cut and color'. I can see I probably need to go finer than 150 or 220 as there are still quite a few scratches from the sandpaper after the polish.
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Old 12-18-2015, 02:30 PM
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The surface finish is dictated by the smoothness of the upper wheel. A highly polished upper will yield a polished part.
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Old 12-18-2015, 05:18 PM
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As Carey says,
The finish is achieved by good wheeling techniques, not by artificial after treatment.
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Old 12-18-2015, 08:21 PM
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As Carey says,
The finish is achieved by good wheeling techniques, not by artificial after treatment.
But if your anvils are a little dull and you've left a wheeling mark or two here and there, which of course none of us have ever done, run over it with a DA then shine it up with finer grades of paper and some Scotchbrite.
Anyways, no doubt you'll be priming it and painting soon enough it so be sure to leave a good key on the metal so the paint sticks.

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Old 12-19-2015, 11:50 AM
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If youre polishing I would assume your using aluminum? If so, I tend to wet sanding up to 2000 grit before I do any polishing. A good note is that if you can see a scratch before polishing, youll see it worse when you polish.

I like to wheel things out then I use a file and do a light pass over the aluminum to mark the highs and lows. pick and file till its smooth and sand and polish from there
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Old 12-21-2015, 05:03 AM
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Clean wheels and anvils dressed, you can do this easily by RipStick wheel in a arbor and throw it into your cordless drill. Put pressure on the drill and Drive your wheels and polish with WD and wet'n'dry 1200.
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