Thread: Mirror finish or bust!

Originally Posted by flampen85

so Max would the compounds you mentioned in conjunction with the buffing wheels completely take the place of sanding?

No, they wont. In order to replace part of sanding you would need to use coarser compounds. The only compounds would be the greasless compounds that range frm 60 grit up to 600 grit. I've once seen 800 grit but can't recall where.

Also the grit size is not the equivalent of sandpaper. A 220 grit greaseless compound is more the equivalent of 400 grit hand sanding. But the 60 or 80 grit greaseless compound does an excellent job at replacing a coarser hand sanding.

The dryer compounds like the Black emery os SS ones are used after the higher grits. If you have hand sanded up to 400 -600 grit and it's properly done you can get away with black emery followed by SS compound, white and then green (at least the compounds I use), and work your way up. But 600-800 grit would be better.