Archive for The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum The Original Toy Steam Forum Established 2006 The biggest, most popular global steam forum around! Accept NO imitations! We have a growing community of regular posting members who chat about all aspects of toy and model steam.          The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum Forum Index -> Technical tips, Details, Home Builds and Help Me!! Jeffry Polish I know that we all use Brasso or some kind of metal polish.But are you using it by hand or do you guys use a polish machine for it. classixs Re: Polish Jeffry wrote: I know that we all use Brasso or some kind of metal polish.But are you using it by hand or do you guys use a polish machine for it. I use both hand and tools to polish... Somewhat depending on the job Les I do not polish, I get the other half to do it.   Pete the steam Bit of both really, Brasso buffs up great with a pad in the Dremmel. Other polish is available johnreid Maas or Semichrome by hand Roly Williams Normally by hand only. Brass makes a poor mirror. MrMamod If i am polishing by hand then i use Brasso but if it is a BIGGER job then i use the polish sticks on the lathe which i fit polishing mops to. 46u Re: Polish Jeffry wrote: I know that we all use Brasso or some kind of metal polish.But are you using it by hand or do you guys use a polish machine for it. I use it and others by had as my industrial buffing machine I have I use special rouge I use that does not sling everywhere near as bad and is more of a dry compound. IndianaRog SimiChrome or Maas, hand polished only since most of my boilers are nickel plated brass and it's too easy to machine polish right thru that finish creating bald spots. kevin I use brasso only by hand, both liquid and wadding...on my buffing wheel and on a dremmel wheel i use a solid block of cutting and polishing compound, a 4 inch cylinder 3 inches in diameter i think it will outlast me and i use it every day Celsius 100 Only polish by hand, would not dream of using a machine. kevin I agree i always polish finished items with brasso wadding only use a machine during restoration work Camst648 please people, do not polish so mutch the metal take any form of damage, it's so sad to see a boiler or something so polished it has scraches in the metal all over. better to have a boiler with heat markings from use, then scraches from polish. thats just my opinion Burnmafingers Camst648 wrote: please people, do not polish so mutch the metal take any form of damage, it's so sad to see a boiler or something so polished it has scraches in the metal all over. better to have a boiler with heat markings from use, then scraches from polish. thats just my opinion Its not how much you polish, its how you do it that causes scratches, or not. Camst648 Burnmafingers wrote: Camst648 wrote: please people, do not polish so mutch the metal take any form of damage, it's so sad to see a boiler or something so polished it has scraches in the metal all over. better to have a boiler with heat markings from use, then scraches from polish. thats just my opinion Its not how much you polish, its how you do it that causes scratches, or not. I'm sure this is 100% right. 46u Camst648 wrote: please people, do not polish so mutch the metal take any form of damage, it's so sad to see a boiler or something so polished it has scraches in the metal all over. better to have a boiler with heat markings from use, then scraches from polish. thats just my opinion All depends on what polish you use.   Centrifugal Governor I prefer to use Autosol over Brasso. Seems to give a better shine & with less effort, but this may just be my imagination.   kd02 Centrifugal Governor wrote: I prefer to use Autosol over Brasso. Seems to give a better shine & with less effort, but this may just be my imagination.   Totally agree with you, i've tried Brasso wadding and Autosol comes out tops,          The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum Forum Index -> Technical tips, Details, Home Builds and Help Me!! Page 1 of 1