At an estate sale back in 1998 or so I bought a big box of 3" felt buffing wheels and a couple dozen tubes and bars of polishing compounds. IIRC, the original owner was into rocks but I thought they could be used to make metal stuff shiny too so I bought them. 14 years later I'm still digging through the box.
Is there any master list that says what compound is harder/softer/faster/better/worse than the other?
I've got bars of Red Rouge and Vigor Rouge (Vigor is, I think, the maker - but it's not red rouge, it's green).
I've got a mammoth bar of Superior Bobbing Compound (for shining up fishing bobbers???)
And tubes - Aluminum Oxide, Jade Blend, Tin Oxide, Cerium Oxide, Linde "A" and Chromium Oxide.
Are any of these worthless on metals (Jade blend?????) and should be tossed? Is bobbing compound even used for polishing?
Of the ones that are good for metal - which ones are for rough cleaning and which ones are for general shining and which ones are for "shining so bright you can count your nose hairs in the reflection"?
Any of them that shouldn't touch brass/tin/aluminum etc because they'll rust it, rot it, or rough it up?
thanks
Joe
Is there any master list that says what compound is harder/softer/faster/better/worse than the other?
I've got bars of Red Rouge and Vigor Rouge (Vigor is, I think, the maker - but it's not red rouge, it's green).
I've got a mammoth bar of Superior Bobbing Compound (for shining up fishing bobbers???)
And tubes - Aluminum Oxide, Jade Blend, Tin Oxide, Cerium Oxide, Linde "A" and Chromium Oxide.
Are any of these worthless on metals (Jade blend?????) and should be tossed? Is bobbing compound even used for polishing?
Of the ones that are good for metal - which ones are for rough cleaning and which ones are for general shining and which ones are for "shining so bright you can count your nose hairs in the reflection"?
Any of them that shouldn't touch brass/tin/aluminum etc because they'll rust it, rot it, or rough it up?
thanks
Joe