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| lewisop1991 wrote: | | i have the polishing head i just dont know how to use it |
There are polishing compounds around - try damping the area with wadding polish first? |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| lewisop1991 wrote: | | so eventually ill need some new polisher heads |
Wadding and elbow grease works best Lew!  |
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| lewisop1991 wrote: | | Got a cheap dremel now what head should i use for polishing is it the white polisher head ? |
Yes Lew, the white heads are polishers.
Here's the way I found works best.
1. If you can cut the speed of your polisher back a bit.
2. Pour some brasso into a dish and use a duster to apply it to the job in small areas. (Don't try to put the mop head in it while running or Brasso goes eveywhere)
3. Now apply the mop head to the job using a little pressure.
4. Keep polishing until the Brasso has gone.
5. Move over the job using the above technique until the desired finish is obtained.
6. Finally buff up with a soft duster and more Brasso to remove all dried Brasso in the corners and hard to reach places.
I've found this to give an excellent finish with no damage to the job. 
As a footnote, I found polishing compounds useless with the dremel. Brasso works best.
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On a side note if you got a wire wheel with the dremel that is great for removing rust of steel axles or crankshafts but dont use it on the chrome coweling as you risk scratching it.
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Another thing I forgot in my polishing guide Lew.
Don't use the Dremel to polish chrome. It's very easy to lift the chrome plating and leave the bare metal underneath. 
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| Sandman wrote: | | lewisop1991 wrote: | | Got a cheap dremel now what head should i use for polishing is it the white polisher head ? |
Yes Lew, the white heads are polishers.
Here's the way I found works best.
1. If you can cut the speed of your polisher back a bit.
2. Pour some brasso into a dish and use a duster to apply it to the job in small areas. (Don't try to put the mop head in it while running or Brasso goes eveywhere)
3. Now apply the mop head to the job using a little pressure.
4. Keep polishing until the Brasso has gone.
5. Move over the job using the above technique until the desired finish is obtained.
6. Finally buff up with a soft duster and more Brasso to remove all dried Brasso in the corners and hard to reach places.
I've found this to give an excellent finish with no damage to the job.
As a footnote, I found polishing compounds useless with the dremel. Brasso works best. |
Great tips SM, and just about how I do it.
Lewis, you may get some slight blackening on the boiler. You know how you use brasso and the cloth goes black? You may sometimes find as you polish black stuff will build a little on the boiler. Just keep dremeling and it comes off. It's hard to explain, but it just sometimes does it mate.
The polising pads I use are pretty much like the mamod polisher pads. Same texture, but smaller
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