Thread: A few questions about greaseless compounds

Originally Posted by glytch5

I'll try that, i'm making a trip out to caswell tomorrow morning, its like 40 mins away. Going to buy another buffing machine and bunch of wheels and stuff. 2 inch wheels? I guess I could try that! i'm afraid the problem will then be when bringing the razor towards the macine, I will run out of space because of the clearance

I use an extended, tapered thread arbor & just let the wheels screw themselves on.

Where did you get that? Does it fit any machine?

Originally Posted by glytch5

Where did you get that? Does it fit any machine?

I got mine in Australia so can't help you with a shop but when you track one down you need the right thread to fit your grinder & RH or LH.

Edit: Seems Caswell has them
http://www.caswellplating.com/buffin...-spindles.html

ooooh I see what it is now. Thank you.
can't wait to get there tomorrow! I'm ganna try a set of 2 inch and 4 inch wheels. I keep looking at your avatar pic and see "moderator"
it makes me think its a black n white pic of the "terminator" haha

Originally Posted by glytch5

ooooh I see what it is now. Thank you.
can't wait to get there tomorrow! I'm ganna try a set of 2 inch and 4 inch wheels. I keep looking at your avatar pic and see "moderator"
it makes me think its a black n white pic of the "terminator" haha

S'ok. They come in different lengths so make sure you know what you need for clearance.

Nahh not Arnie. It's Onimaru Lord of the Yamabe, he who cuts down the guilty

Okay so, went to Caswell! I got their 1100 rpm buffer, some 4 inch wheels for my buffer... but I screwed up! Their web site hadn't been working today, and the buffer I bought has 3/4 inch arbors! So I don't have wheels for my new buffer.... but I really like the machine!
Also, I put the 4 inch wheels on my HF buffer, and applied the greaseless.... guess what? It went on 10 times better onto the wheel, and the issue are almost completely gone. I think the 6 inch wheel at 3450 RMPS was just too fast. My problems seem to be solved. So I want to thank every here who helped me. You all did a fantastic job.

Perseverance and paying attention to the nuances of the challenge at hand always pays dividends in the final solutions.
Good thread from a learning perspective!
Look forward to some shiny steel in the future..

Great post and information.
I was wondering if someone could please clarify for me. I have greaseless up to 600
I realize now that they are dried out (the way I received them) and will re-hydrate them but I also have this.


Could someone please clarify me what the progression is for these polishing compounds for a mirror finish?
Thank you!

Originally Posted by shikano53

Great post and information.
I was wondering if someone could please clarify for me. I have greaseless up to 600
I realize now that they are dried out (the way I received them) and will re-hydrate them but I also have this.


Could someone please clarify me what the progression is for these polishing compounds for a mirror finish?
Thank you!

While these are not greaseless compounds, they are buffing compounds.

I cannot say about mirrors, but the colors are fairly indicative of what they are in most brands I have seen.
The black emery is for steel, brown for aluminum, and white works well with plastics, horn, bone and ivory. The red is good on silver and nickel and for finishing steel, if you want.
At least that is what I have found and seen on charts provided.

Originally Posted by shikano53

Great post and information.
I was wondering if someone could please clarify for me. I have greaseless up to 600
I realize now that they are dried out (the way I received them) and will re-hydrate them but I also have this.


Could someone please clarify me what the progression is for these polishing compounds for a mirror finish?
Thank you!

After your last greaseless compound, you would go to black emery, then white diamond, and finally red rouge if you want to really high polish (that one should be very slow cutter)