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Offline Nosnod

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Polishing advice needed
« on: December 15, 2005, 09:54 AM »
Need some polishing advice guys

I have got a 6" bench grinder at home and I have been stripping a few parts and now want to start polishing some alloy cranks, stems etc. I have been looking about for the equipment and have a few questions:

1) Do the 6" mops fit straight onto the bench grinder axle or do I need something else as I have seen some tapered spindles for sale?
2) There appears to be a lot of different mops available such as sisal, calico etc and different compounds. Do I need all these or can I rationalise a bit (say 2 different ones). In what order should I use them
3) Do you just spread the polishing compound onto the part and then polish away!?

Cheers fellas  :santa_afro:

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Re: Polishing advice needed
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2005, 11:16 AM »
Hi m8... thats a coincidence. Im trying to find info on this too :santa_grin:
 I think the mops are for use on a drill rather than a grinder but i may be wrong. I have had my eye on a set from ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8009954783&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

they do larger kits too.

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Re: Polishing advice needed
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2005, 11:36 AM »
put the paste onto the mop, not the part to be polished. not too much either, or it will clog your mop. if this happens a wire brush usually sorts it.

work your way through the grades of paste. tapered spindles help prevent the mop from slipping.
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Offline sawzall

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Re: Polishing advice needed
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2005, 06:43 PM »
for mops polish etc try  www. thepolishingshop.co.uk i get all my polishing gear from here really cheap and good quality :santa_afro:
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