Thread: Dremel polishing question

I got a dremel and there are a thousand attachments available for this thing.

Which buffing wheel do you all think is the most effective and do you use a compound with it? I really want that mirror shine.

i remove gunk and rust with a wire wheel, then move to a cratex bit for preliminary polishing. i typically finish with a felt wheel and some rouge compound. check it out:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/video...me-razors.html

I don't have a lot of experience with this but I do have some. I watched forum member The Topher quite a bit and learned a lot from him. The one tip I picked up that I would pass on is keeping a glass of water with ice cubes handy and dipping the blade in every so often to minimize the heat build up. He did quite a bit of hand sanding before he got onto the Dremel BTW.

I use the new locking mandral buffing wheels 180 - 220 - 320. Move to hand sand to 2500, polish with Turtle wax with felt, might switch to muslin though, then hand finish with MAAS.

Dremel Has a metal polish kit its like 12 dollers at lowes
has IMO has every thing you need for polishing feltwheels, small wire wheel,etc even comes with some compound. Its like a 16 peice kit
hope this helps

I like the sky blue silicone lentils by Proxxon
They also fit into a Dremel and have aluminium oxide embedded.
They are very versatile.

Originally Posted by jockeys

i remove gunk and rust with a wire wheel, then move to a cratex bit for preliminary polishing. i typically finish with a felt wheel and some rouge compound. check it out:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/video...me-razors.html

I do the same with two differences.

1. I can't find cratex wheels anywhere around here, so I just have to spend a very long time with the felt and rouge. It sucks, but if you can't find the cratex, you can use good old fashioned patience as a substitute.

2. I follow that up with maas, applied and buffed by hand. Literally, maas on my finger tips, and rub the blade as long as it takes. Then I use a soft linen wheel to polish off the gunk left by the maas, and finally a soft cloth to hand buff.

Also, I'm VERY new at this. I've polished 2 straights and a very old DE.