moke
Member
I am once again seeking advice. I recently purchased a beal buff system. I have a couple of concerns/questions. If these are obvious questions please forgive me. I have only used it for acrylics so far. After reading most of the "buffers" post they seem to be getting results as good or better than MM and doing it in half the time.
First--The buffs seem so close together. I usually TBC, but like to mount the blanks on an old mandrel with delrin bushings to hold it securely. It is very tight to do this, I tried holding the mandrel "lengthwise" which seemed awkward and still could not get the 45 degree angle recommended for one direction in buffing. My answer was to take the carnuba wax buff off ( I still use Meguaires Plastic Polish and Ren) and just have two wheels--none in the center. Looking for suggestions here...
Two--I tried just sanding to 400 then buffing, but on the swirl PR blanks it seemed to "raise the grain"--in other words the swirl lines seemed to "raise" somewhat, I may not be describing this well, but MM does not seem to do this. I don't know as this is bad, but it bothered me some, so went back and sanded and MMed'. I was buffing at 2000. I have a nice dedicated buffer that was given to me but operates at 3400 rpm. It seemed to do this too, so I thought it was going to fast.
If anyone has some advice I would sure appreciate it.
Thanks---
First--The buffs seem so close together. I usually TBC, but like to mount the blanks on an old mandrel with delrin bushings to hold it securely. It is very tight to do this, I tried holding the mandrel "lengthwise" which seemed awkward and still could not get the 45 degree angle recommended for one direction in buffing. My answer was to take the carnuba wax buff off ( I still use Meguaires Plastic Polish and Ren) and just have two wheels--none in the center. Looking for suggestions here...
Two--I tried just sanding to 400 then buffing, but on the swirl PR blanks it seemed to "raise the grain"--in other words the swirl lines seemed to "raise" somewhat, I may not be describing this well, but MM does not seem to do this. I don't know as this is bad, but it bothered me some, so went back and sanded and MMed'. I was buffing at 2000. I have a nice dedicated buffer that was given to me but operates at 3400 rpm. It seemed to do this too, so I thought it was going to fast.
If anyone has some advice I would sure appreciate it.
Thanks---