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Craig Booth 1	03/01/2019 07:27:05
84 forum posts 165 photos	Hi guys, There are some amazing polished aluminium finishes on some of the projects posted here. What do you use to get such a finish? What materials, equipment, and techniques? At the moment I have been using either 400, 600, then 1200 wet and dry paper, or 400,600,then 1200 carborundum powder mixed with oil using a soft felt pad on a dremel drill. Then finishing with a mop on a 3" bench grider. Comes up ok, but no where near some of the examples I have seen. Thanks in advance. Craig
David George 1	03/01/2019 07:52:32
2110 forum posts 565 photos	Hi Craig You seem to be the same as me till you go to the carborundum powder I then use polishing soap on mop and Finnish with solvol autosol polish on a mop. David
Chris Evans 6	03/01/2019 09:57:26
2156 forum posts	Having spent my working life as a mould maker for injection moulded plastic items I recall an expression. "Highly polished and deeply scratched" OK our moulds were made from tool steel a bit harder to polish. I never did have the patience to polish dies and ended up as a machinist. Polishing soap and a hard felt mop is a good starting point after the abrasive paper work.
ChrisH	03/01/2019 10:21:13
1023 forum posts 30 photos	Brasso works well in the final stages.......
Chris Trice	03/01/2019 10:38:55
1376 forum posts 10 photos	A combination of Autosol metal polish and/or T-Cut, Colorcut paint polish. You'll get a finish close to chrome.

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