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leehunt1:
Lots of rapid right hand action required, were's Beard..??

MaD-RoK:
Probs polishing his forebrow.  :D

jT Racing:
if you are talking about the very faint fine lines, they're called drag lines, what you need is a fat bar. we use bars of(sheep) fat to stop the mop making drag lines. It's very normal to get them, you can use brasso and some elbow grease, you really have to rub with the brasso, simply applying a bit a buffing off won't work. But tbh, i'd stick to the fat method. You end up with a cloudy looking pices, but when you wash the fat off, the drag lines are no more.

jT Racing:
it's official term is polishing grease btw, and some vienna lime to clean it off at the end would be useful. Just use the fat with your fine finish compound, a little bit with your rough compound wouldn't hurt on ali either. Ideally you need separate grades of mop and different ones for different stages. I tend to cycle them backwards, as in the finish mop works it's way to down the chain to first cutting mop before it becomes bin fodder. a sisal mop for getting the deep scratches out is ideal, then a bunch of calico (stitched and loose flap) for the other stages.
If you are getting tons of black waxy grease, you're putting too much polish on.
Not worth the dosh for one or two bits, but long term in this hobby, a full, ahem, borrowed from work pro polishing kit has been invaluable ;)
I've done this for a living from time to time also although mainly finishing stainless steel above copper, chrome, brass and ali.

boofy44:
cheers J.T. got a new polishing kit the other day and started again.

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