doctorsbro
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no this is not a mirror...... its a brewstand with some retards reflection in it....
I started polishing today and ive got to say the gator grit stuff is pretty low quality, the medium and fine grit pads dont last long at all, and the metal insert that holds them in is a bad design as well, it makes it so you can only use the outer edge of the pad, and also grinder rpm is too much for the pad, it heats up and begins to melt its resin that the grit is embedded in. I will be getting 3m scotchbrite 4" hook and loop pads in medium, fine, very fine and super fine tomorrow, they are much cheaper as well @ $2 each. I also cant see somebody going from fine grit gator grit pad to the #2 compound, it leaves nasty scratch marks, after the fine grit i had to wetsand with 320 grit and 400 grit to remove the fine grit pad scratches. No more expensive gator grit for me....
more progress
this is going to be a ton of work, my process is, 3m course 4" pads, then medium and fine gator grit, 320 and 400 grit wetsand, then #2 and then #5 on spiral sewn sisal wheels. With going with the very fine and super fine pads it will eliminate the need to wetsand with 320 and 400 grit, the super fine has a grit equivalent of 320-600 depending on technique when using the pad, and yes i used an electric random orbital sander to do the 320 and 400 grit wetsanding, was very carefull to not get any water in the sander lol i did hand wetsand it for about 10 minutes and then my arms started to give out....... so far i have about 5 hours into polishing, i imagine i will have probably 40 hours into it hopefully making it up to my brothers standards..
I started polishing today and ive got to say the gator grit stuff is pretty low quality, the medium and fine grit pads dont last long at all, and the metal insert that holds them in is a bad design as well, it makes it so you can only use the outer edge of the pad, and also grinder rpm is too much for the pad, it heats up and begins to melt its resin that the grit is embedded in. I will be getting 3m scotchbrite 4" hook and loop pads in medium, fine, very fine and super fine tomorrow, they are much cheaper as well @ $2 each. I also cant see somebody going from fine grit gator grit pad to the #2 compound, it leaves nasty scratch marks, after the fine grit i had to wetsand with 320 grit and 400 grit to remove the fine grit pad scratches. No more expensive gator grit for me....
more progress
this is going to be a ton of work, my process is, 3m course 4" pads, then medium and fine gator grit, 320 and 400 grit wetsand, then #2 and then #5 on spiral sewn sisal wheels. With going with the very fine and super fine pads it will eliminate the need to wetsand with 320 and 400 grit, the super fine has a grit equivalent of 320-600 depending on technique when using the pad, and yes i used an electric random orbital sander to do the 320 and 400 grit wetsanding, was very carefull to not get any water in the sander lol i did hand wetsand it for about 10 minutes and then my arms started to give out....... so far i have about 5 hours into polishing, i imagine i will have probably 40 hours into it hopefully making it up to my brothers standards..