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I've been using light blue then for the last half an hour white.The brake steady arm bolt is well stuck - tried to press it out in the vice jaws by using a socket that just goes over the threads (9mm) and a large one on the other side that clears where it should emerge - no joy.Currently giving it some releasing fluid again. Not tried heat yet.
Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 10, 2022, 07:41:39 PMI cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing. I am a novice polisher, I've done a few big bits over the years for Graham, under his guidance and I'm sure it never took so many hours. At that rate, it would cost £500 to get a professional polisher to do a brake plate at that hourly rate 😂😂😂😂I've just done half of this end cap, it took me less than 2 minutes and it hasn't had a final polish yet. This was just using a satin mop and a stage 2 soft mop, with no cutting back. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) Okay Julie what is a Satin Mop?What is a Stage 2 mop?
I cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing. I am a novice polisher, I've done a few big bits over the years for Graham, under his guidance and I'm sure it never took so many hours. At that rate, it would cost £500 to get a professional polisher to do a brake plate at that hourly rate 😂😂😂😂I've just done half of this end cap, it took me less than 2 minutes and it hasn't had a final polish yet. This was just using a satin mop and a stage 2 soft mop, with no cutting back. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
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I cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing.
Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 10, 2022, 07:41:39 PMI cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing. A Dremel, even the most powerful Dremel is less than 200W, that means you can use it for 5 hours and you'll use 1 unit of electricity, that's around 16p approx. Hardly going to break the bank. If you polish just using polishing compound and a polishing machine you'll just end up with a nice shiny piece that will look awful very very quickly as you've just sealed in all the contaminants hiding under the surface, these rise to the surface within weeks and the piece looks like it has leprosy. You can actually see them in your pic, those lighter grey areas. You also won't get rid of the gouges or scratches.