Many polishers subscribe to a two-step polishing process, but this is how maximum depth, colour, and clarity are achieved. By utilizing these secondary cut/colouring buffs (combined with medium cut & finishing compounds), you can more efficiently removing heavy-cut scratches from your surface and put colour into the metal before completing that "wet" look with finishing buffs and Super Finish compounds. Lower grade buffing wheels may wear faster, lose firmness, and retain compound for shorter periods of time.

At this point, you will not be accomplishing any cutting action - you will simply be minimizing (and ideally, eliminating) any buff trails and fine scratches from previous stages. Soft and flexible buffing wheels allow you to apply the finest compounds gently and evenly, resulting in a beautiful, flawless mirror finish. Lower grade buffing wheels may wear faster, lose firmness, and retain compound for shorter periods of time.

Coarse compounds are designed to level highs and lows on rough and oxidized material or to remove deeper sanding marks from your prepared surface. Generally speaking a more coarse compound will remove sanding marks more efficiently but will also leave more buffing lines for your following steps to clean up. Lower grade compounds may cut more slowly, finish less cleanly, and require more compound to fully remove sanding marks.

Pre-polishing heavy cut compounds have helped level your surface, but the deep scratches left behind in the form of buffing lines scatter light and leave a hazy finish. Refine your surface with these medium-fine compounds to ease the transition to a fine mirror finish.

Finest abrasives are used to minimize lines and produce a beautiful, glossy mirror finish. 480BLF is the standard aluminum finish, while 480W and P126 are suggested for softer and harder aluminum alloys, respectively.

For mounting and securing a single airway buffing wheel to portable grinders and polishers without the need for a shaft nut or a center reducer plate. Tool-less and efficient! Please note Spectrum self-centering safety flanges are required to mount Hilzinger and Osborn buffing wheels.

Buffing wheel rakes are designed specifically for edge cut cotton buffing wheels. The main purpose is for cleaning and to remove glazing but they are also very effective at fraying the face of new lathe cut cloth buffs prior to use.