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One last question for everyone since this thread is still open... i'm used to other forums where these things get closed out of no where!
I have moved over to my formax emery compound on sisel...

The brown tripoli is like a general purpose cutter. Best to be used on brass, aluminum, copper, tin and pot metals. My tripoli literally makes brass look like gold! It actually worked okay on steel...

Okay so, went to Caswell! I got their 1100 rpm buffer, some 4 inch wheels for my buffer... but I screwed up! Their web site hadn't been working today, and the buffer I bought has 3/4 inch arbors! So...

ooooh I see what it is now. Thank you.
can't wait to get there tomorrow! I'm ganna try a set of 2 inch and 4 inch wheels. I keep looking at your avatar pic and see "moderator"
it makes me think...

Where did you get that? Does it fit any machine?

I'll try that, i'm making a trip out to caswell tomorrow morning, its like 40 mins away. Going to buy another buffing machine and bunch of wheels and stuff. 2 inch wheels? I guess I could try that!...

okay I put some marker on the razor, went spine to edge, pressed hard couldn't clear the marker from the center of the bevel, tried turning it over, still couldn't clear from the center of blade. So...

if you go spine to edge, its quite difficult to get the very center of the blade without catching the edge of the razor... or without having to press the razor hard against the wheel and generate a...

HEY EUCLID! That last tip was a good one, I left a hunk of my greaseless sitting in water overnight, its taking to the wheel A LOT better. I definitely think I got a dried out piece of compound. The...

Alright... I do have a zy razor. I'll toss that one there today give it a try.

I have some compound I cut from my big chunk in some water getting moist like Euclid had me try... by the way...

my wheels are raked! THEIR RAKED THEIR RAKED!!!!! They come pre raked and i've raked! So greaseless should feel real squishy? Mine has a tiny bit of give to it, but for the most part its pretty...

I know he wasn't... just saying.
There is a mixture, in some of the pics there is carbon from a kitchen blade, some is stainless from a kitchen blade. Both were pit free.
I finally got the...

huh? I don't know, perhaps. I wouldn't use a belt sander on the razor. Has nothing to do with direction, like I said I haven't done it on razors at all. If you flip back a page or 2 yu'll see whats...

I have not done any razors yet, because i'm not comfortable with it. Just different knives and tools around the house. I'm afraid to screw up a razor, but generally I do most my buffing heel to toe...

my compound is only a few days old, no way its dry, that is how it looked the day I got it from caswell and opened it. Even of the spread of compound on there is light, why would I get deeper...

Its a spiral wheel now Euclid....

video will be uploaded @ https://youtu.be/8oGb89kYe7c in about an hour from this message to SHOW my issue. I think this will make for an easier understanding...

what i'm starting to think is, little furs from the wheel are colliding into my surface before the rest of the wheel, and its doing almost a whip lash effect. But if that was so, how come we have...

okay so got a bran new wheel from caswell, sewn wheel this time. Took EXTREME care that wheel was not contaminated, applied the 600 grit, which is left in the fridge tightly wrapped in its own...

nope. I thought that too but as I stated, i've tried on many different pieces stainless and carbon. New and old. Good try but just not possible. Thanks tho! I feel like a jerk telling people who are...

belts and contact wheels? huh? this is buffing compound on a buffer.... i'm not using a grinder at all here.
that one confused me. I just took from what I was told worked on this forum. A lot of...

yeah i've tried freshly loaded, after most of it is gone, really light, really hard... tried it all man. I get the same result on either carbon or stainless steel. I really don't see any point in...

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I contacted casewell, we shot chat messages back and fourth and they pretty much had no answer to the sparkly thing. I just looked at some right after the greaseless, and after...

thats a decent thought... the caswell site says:
"Greaseless Buffing compounds may be applied to almost any cloth buffing wheel, (sisal, spiral sewn cotton & loose cotton) turning it into a tough...

The flappier the wheel, the less heat I get... I also like how flappy wheels conform to the razor. I like some sewn wheels too. I finally got a hold of caswell. They said after the 600 grit...

those sisal wheels produce way too much heat for my super fast buffer. I was watching Lynns video with dark spot, and I noticed last night at the end of it he said after greaseless he would go into...