Thread: Eurotool Benchtop Polisher

For less than industrial scale throughput I have had great results with buffing wheels on a variable speed power drill and a magnetic jig.

I actually inherited about 1,000 razors (yes, 1,000) that I want to clean so I guess you could say I'm at the industrial scale. This is why I don't mind spending the money on a quality buffer that will speed the process. I just want to make sure that I'm getting what I need to get the job done.

I have this buffer I used to polish some aluminum and other items. You can bog it down easy with thick metals and lots of pressure. It dose spin faster than what you want. Part of polishing metal is getting it hot enough to be polished. I tried to cold polish and it did not work with a crap once I let the metal get warm enough mirror like shine. I also have this stand while it looks cheap it is solid and wont tip over very easily.

Casewell certainly has the polishes you need. But you need to determine what you need first!

I assume you want the greasless compounds? Fomax is what caswell sells I think?

Originally Posted by spinsheet

I actually inherited about 1,000 razors (yes, 1,000) that I want to clean so I guess you could say I'm at the industrial scale. This is why I don't mind spending the money on a quality buffer that will speed the process. I just want to make sure that I'm getting what I need to get the job done.

We are clearly operating in different leagues! So now we know what you will be doing for the next few years

From the How To's that I saw my assumption was that I needed the red and white rouge, is that greasless? I really don't know what Fomax is.

Yeah, my wife looked at all that and just rolled her eyes. She used to love the fact that I don't watch sports, now she's seeing the trade off...

The name is Formax, not Fomax.
Most buffing compounds are held together with "grease" ( fats/wax/etc) and area bit of a mess to work with. A lot of guys prefer to use the greaseless buffing compound made by Formax instead. But the greaseless requires you to apply the compound to the wheel then let it dry and thats a bit of a pain also. Tradeoffs.........

If you have 1000 razors to work on Then I seriously suggest that you visit a razor restorer that is within a few hours drive and see how it is done first. The first name that comes to mind is Joed ....

http://straightrazorpalace.com/members/joed.html

Send him an email and PM and make a serious try to visit him & get an idea of what your getting into before you buy anything else.

There may be others closer to you but Joed names is the first that comes to my mind. He has lots of experience.

Hope this helps