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HaroldD

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I received my new buffing system yesterday, and had a chance to play with it today. I used the course sandpaper and vacuum to remove the loose threads etc. My question is: with the new wheels, how much of the compound grit should I be putting on to get a base. I polished a few items I have around, but they had already been sanded to 3000 grit, so they didn't need too much polishing. How often should I apply the compounds (every pen, every 5 pens ???) How will I know if I have too much compound on the wheels. I watched the Beall video but are there any tips/hints I should know and watch for.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Harold
 
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HaroldD said:
I received my new buffing system yesterday, and had a chance to play with it today. I used the course sandpaper and vacuum to remove the loose threads etc. My question is: with the new wheels, how much of the compound grit should I be putting on to get a base. I polished a few items I have around, but they had already been sanded to 3000 grit, so they didn't need too much polishing. How often should I apply the compounds (every pen, every 5 pens ???) How will I know if I have too much compound on the wheels. I watched the Beall video but are there any tips/hints I should know and watch for.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Harold
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Hi Harold; I used to teach Chip Carving, and students would ask "how often should I sharpen my knife" or how often should I strop my knife, etc. etc. My answer was always "whenever you think it needs it"

There is no definitive answer, and anyone that tells you there is, is ..................! I hope my answer helped you.
 
HaroldD said:
The video stated to make sure you don't put too much on. I hear what your saying though, so I'll find my happy medium through use and take it from there.

Thanks Mack, I appreciate the input.
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Hi Harold; Here's how I determine when I should put more on the the wheels. When I take the pen from the wheel after buffing, if I can feel the compound on the pen or whatever I'm buffing, it doesn't need any more put on the wheel. If I can't see a trace of dullness from the compound, then it needs to have more put on. That goes for all 3 compounds. Although I don't use the hard Carnuba wax so much as I do Ren wax. I let the Ren wax harden and then I buff on the wax wheel. The Ren wax adds wax to the wax wheel. That's obvious, Mack!
 
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