Thread: Walking a W&B though the Buffers - Illustrated

Originally Posted by Mijbil

very slick. glen, would you mind saying a bit about these formax compounds? can you use them with a dremel wheel or regular orbital buffer? can you use them profitably by hand? how do you find they compare to other methods, e.g. plain sandpaper? and what about the tumbler method *you* invented? I'm particularly curious about the fomax - I have had some amazing luck with stuff called micro-gloss, made by MicroMesh and rated at 1 micron, which works amazingly well as a fixer-upper and finisher on just about anything - wood, bone, horn, metal, plastic....so it got me thinking about other sorts of abrasive compounds intsead of the damned sandpaper. thanks very much.

The greaseless compounds are a setup all in themselves they are a glue base and melt onto the wheels.. You would have to have some torque to "load" the wheels so I would guess that they are a buffer only compound...
They actually need to be pre-loaded before use, on bad razors I use two wheels of 80 grit so I can bounce between the two...

As to the Tumblers many of the guys have increased their use by using heavier duty abrasives in them I still use the original stuff and basically I use them mostly as polishers only, they really shine on razors that I want to keep the etching on...

Now with use of the buffers I have eliminated 90% of my sandpaper usage and in my case I probably come out ahead in cost after a few razors

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

One heck of a setup and a great demonstration but inquiring minds want a look inside the gun safe in the background.

Jimmy as soon as the pics loaded and I saw that in the background, I said "Whoops should had that opened"

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Nice Glen. The last buffer, the motor with the big loose wheel on it. What do you use that for?

Ben that is for the final polishing I actually put the compound on the razor then buff it off (a few times)...

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Who would have thought there was BAD ? .... buffer acquisition disorder !!!

OH just wait till Lynn sees the pics,, the "Buffer" gauntlet has been thrown down