Truck polishing

i have polished some pretty rough metal starting with 400 grit then 800 then 1000 followed with a cutting compound and then a polishing compound.

 

Old school polisher here, I use 3M buffing compounds for my polishing. A quality wool bonnet and a buffer, small places around the lug nuts and such I use a drill and have a harbor freight polishing kit that has all the tiny spot buffing pads in the kit.

I ran a steel hauling truck and we were in and out of mud jobs and my truck was polished all the time.

Start off having the truck washed at a Blue Beacon or similar truck wash and have them brighten the aluminum.

No need to sand anything, go to a body shop supply place and purchase the 3M buffing compound in red and then a white polishing compound.

Start with the red and use just a little, work the area with the buffer and material then move on until it shines.

After your all done with the red go back and start all over again with the white compound, once it starts looking like chrome you will have it.

 

metal has to be pretty rough before you need sand paper like as in being sand blasted or rock pitted. or say if you want to polish cast alum. if the surface is smooth but dull it should polish up with a buffing wheel. the material your wheels are made out of is just as important as the compounds your using.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCGgRRPe9Ig

 

Where is a good place to get the angle grinder lookin thing that the buffer wheels go on? I was told that a regular angle grinder is way to fast, but I cant find a lower speed on anywhere...

 

I use a harbor freight grinder, you can use it and not have any issues. Not the speed but pressure and working the surface across the metal so do not keep it on one spot, got to work a area like light touches.

 

Do any of them compounds work very well by hand Aiwiron?