MAB11
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I want to get into polishing but i'm not sure what to get. There is a stick polish labled "White Diamond" at the local hardware store but it's for stainless steel. Will this work on a CA finish?
Are all White Diamond Polishes the same?
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KenV
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My reading suggests there is a wide variation of grit size and uniformity between sources with the same name such as "white diamond". Since you are polishing to achieve a uniform fine spacing of very fine scratches, you are likely to get less consistency from the general hardware or "Borg" products. This is one of those -- pay your money and take your chances situations.
I have been down that path and did find that a few oversize pieces of grit in the product made the effort largely unsuccessful and went to specialty sources with better uniformity. Since a sitck of white diamond from a specialty house will last about three lifetimes, the cost per use is pretty small.
Note that there are also specialty polishes with high control of uniformity with the use of plastics. There is good cross walk with the specialty products on auto finish polishing too. Auto finish is all about very very fine uniform surfaces.
White diamond generically is used as a metal polish for such things as stainless, and with metals, the grit consistency is not as important as it is for a much softer material such as wood and plastics.
I have been down that path and did find that a few oversize pieces of grit in the product made the effort largely unsuccessful and went to specialty sources with better uniformity. Since a sitck of white diamond from a specialty house will last about three lifetimes, the cost per use is pretty small.
Note that there are also specialty polishes with high control of uniformity with the use of plastics. There is good cross walk with the specialty products on auto finish polishing too. Auto finish is all about very very fine uniform surfaces.
White diamond generically is used as a metal polish for such things as stainless, and with metals, the grit consistency is not as important as it is for a much softer material such as wood and plastics.
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Andrew Arndts
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I use an automotive 'rubbing compound' and 'polishing compound' for when I have applied a CA finish. Since it is a paste type I apply directly on the my work after I have sanded to 600 to 1200 grit wet. I let it set for a minute or two, wipe it off slowly. I do the same with the polishing compound.
I don't know if this is a difference but I use the Blue shop paper towels over the typical kitchen style.
65GTMustang
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I have recently been on the same quest.
From advice mostly from the great people on IAP this has been my best finish so far.
I can't take any credit for it - I give credit where credit is due - grub32 has a great system of technique an product - Look him up, he even has you tube instructional videos posted and a couple of them go into the finishing detail.
In short;
The product to use if Novus 2 - They make a 1 - 2 - 3 step product, in fact I found a great deal on ebay for the 3 part system - You could go with this only - however to save some money he suggest using a car product - It is a McGuire's product for removing scratches from plastic....the name slips my mind at the moment but Grub32 mentions it in his you tube video. My local Advance Auto store has it on sale for about $8 for about 16 oz? one or two applications and then use a small amount of the Novus 2 for the final polish - The Novus can cost you twice as much for less than half the amount of polish.
Watch his videos to get the details - it is by far the best I have used so far.
If you come up with something great - please let us know.
Good luck
From advice mostly from the great people on IAP this has been my best finish so far.
I can't take any credit for it - I give credit where credit is due - grub32 has a great system of technique an product - Look him up, he even has you tube instructional videos posted and a couple of them go into the finishing detail.
In short;
The product to use if Novus 2 - They make a 1 - 2 - 3 step product, in fact I found a great deal on ebay for the 3 part system - You could go with this only - however to save some money he suggest using a car product - It is a McGuire's product for removing scratches from plastic....the name slips my mind at the moment but Grub32 mentions it in his you tube video. My local Advance Auto store has it on sale for about $8 for about 16 oz? one or two applications and then use a small amount of the Novus 2 for the final polish - The Novus can cost you twice as much for less than half the amount of polish.
Watch his videos to get the details - it is by far the best I have used so far.
If you come up with something great - please let us know.
Good luck