Buffing compounds from Arizona Silhouette

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Last night I tried my first acrylic pen. A simple slimline pencil kit turned B2B. I bought some tripoli and white diamond from AS a while back to buff these materials.

Just sort of wondering how to use it. It is hard as a rock, is it suppose to be that way? I touched it to the wheels and I could not get it to take. I put a little water on the blocks of compound and tried again, still it does not appear to take to the wheel.

I have never used Tripoli and white diamond before only things like rosin for honing tool edges. So I was expecting it to be a little soft. So, is this suppose to be this hard or can it be softened with water or something else or am I just going about this wrong?

I did finish the pen, I dug out the buffing and polishing compound that I had for the car and used a soft cloth while spinning on the lathe. The finish came out, OK, I could still see small scratches so I do want to try out the buffing wheels soon.

Thanks,
Scott
 
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I can't comment specifically on AZ products but the bars I received with my Beall system are also quite hard. With the 8" wheels spinning (1750 rpm in my case)you can hold the bars against them and it will load the wheels fine. In fact early on I seemed to put too much on the wheels. Hopefully you aren;t trying to use the bars against the actual turning like the HUT PPP wax sticks are you???

Rick
 
Both compounds are fairly hard. With the Tripoli, you may need to hold it against the buffing wheel for several seconds the first time or two that you use it to "load" the wheel. It should be fairly obvious on the wheel since it's brown or tan in color. For the white diamond, it doesn't take much to do the job. Just a couple seconds against the wheel should do the trick. And since it's white, you won't really see it on the wheel, but trust me, it's there. You shouldn't use water on them at all.
 
As Lee implied, the friction from the wheels rolling past the bar should heat it enough after a few seconds to allow the material to load onto the wheel.
 
OK, I will give it a try again.

I guess it might have been the cold weather affecting it as well as being hard. I think that it was only 10 degrees, maybe lower, in the shop last night.

Thanks for the tips.
Scott
 
If you want to see a demo of the Beall system here is a link to a video file at Woodcraft.

Might want to save the file to view: http://www.woodcraft-gallery.com/StreamingMedia/bealbuff.wmv

Rick
 
I have bought a lot of polishing compounds from many different sources over the years for projects other than pens. All have been hard but that doesn't prevent using them. As suggested, just hold against the spinning wheel, it will pick up compound. Not much is needed but just touch some more if you think it is not doing the job you want.
 
All of the ones I have purchased have been hard. They have all loaded up fine. It takes a few seconds to load up the first time. After that is basically a quick touch.
 
10 degrees in the shop???? How many jackets were you wearing? [:p]

I wont add to what you have been told so far. I do it same way as they do.
 
Not enough! This just in from the weather service! [xx(]

LATER THIS EVENING. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO 5 TO 10 BELOW OVER
NORTHERN IOWA BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF THE STATE.TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW BY MORNING.
THIS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW
WITH A FEW AREAS REPORTING WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 35 BELOW FROM 5 AM
THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE
 
Originally posted by airrat
<br />10 degrees in the shop???? How many jackets were you wearing? [:p]

I wont add to what you have been told so far. I do it same way as they do.
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Just one fleece. Without wind it is not too bad, the other night we had these temps and 30 mph winds. But I am staying inside for a while.

Weather for Lincoln, NE
16°F
Clear
Wind: SW at 10 mph
Humidity: 57%
Fri
Mostly Sunny
18° | 0° Sat
Mostly Sunny
12° | -1° Sun
Mostly Sunny
13° | -3° Mon
Mostly Sunny
10° | -1°

No warming trend for in sight for now.

Scott
 
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