Thread: Buffing by hand instead of buffing wheel or dremel?

There are lots of posts and conversation about this topic in the "What are you working on?" thread in the workshop forum. I have a drill jig made to wrap sandpaper around which I use to hand sand. Lots of people use a wine cork or if you want something longer you can use a 1" dowel rod. Some people use craft foam around it to give it some give. If it has an engraving I will often use a dowel or brass tube by itself to make it more stuff so it will sand more on the surface. That way it doesn't wear down the engraving as much. DO NOT SAND AN ACID ETCH! YOU'LL RUIN IT. I do use a buffing wheel on occasion but the metal polish with a cloth won't round off the edges as much and will do a surprising amount of cleaning as well as polishing. I use 3M Marine Metal Restorer And Polish. Check "What are you working on?" thread though. Literally everything you could imagine on this topic is already in there.