Thread: Chipping of blade from buffer.

4 in wheels as said, Castwells for good quality wheels and use plenty of water when the blade First begins to heat up. I use a cut off water bottle near the buffer cause you will knock it over.

I run 2 wheel of the same grit so one is drying, while the other is in use. Also mark the rotation of the wheel when first used and mark the grit of greaseless in magic marker high enough on the wheel to be read over the stabilizing washers.

Let the wheel do the work, pressure just heats the razor and prematurely wears off the compound. Rake your wheel and trim with a sharp scissor before loading the first time. AND WEAR A MASK.

Castells has very good buffing primer as does Metal polish for aluminum, silver, brass, chrome, stainless steel, copper and bronze from English Custom Polishing..

And here is the link to The Now & Zen of Custom Metal Polishing from English Custom Polishing in PDF, a good read and a wheel size/ speed chart.