Thread: Help getting that mirror finish

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Yup, wine cork, or ½ or ¾ inch PVC pipe coupler. I like synthetic wine corks, the end is flat to get in corners.

Wrap the cork or PVC with a 3x3in piece of craft foam, Wall mart or Craft store or a piece of Yoga mat. Yoga mat makes a great work surface or cushioning for storing stones, and are a buck or two, at thrift stores, cut easily with a razor knife or paper cutter.

Then wrap your 3x3 paper around the cork and foam. You can use the whole piece of paper, by flipping it around, the thickness, is also easier on your hands and can be adjusted for the hollow grind, with the cork and pipe couplings.

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Rubber tubing works great too. I've got an excellent results and use WD-40 as a lubricant. About 500 or more that shine really starts to come out.

When I hand sanded, I would work dry to 1K and then start with wd-40 and 1,2,3k and it would look pretty dang good. Usually enough to hand polish with paste metal polishes. Buffers can open a whole other ball of worms...including snatching blades from your hands and destroying them. Ask me how I know.

Yea, I sand dry, then use WD40 to finish on 1 and 2K paper.

From there, you can hand polish with 3m or Maas or the green greased stick on the buffer with a sewn cotton wheel.