http://www.artmetal.com/tags/polishing_stainless_steel_and_brass The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.artmetal.com/blog/giusseppe/2008/08/lots_of_gates_for_ireland <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>At last everything is about tobe shipped to Ireland ... here are a few images ... I will post more on site<br /> <span class="inline left"><a></p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/giusseppe/2008/08/lots_of_gates_for_ireland">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/giusseppe/2008/08/lots_of_gates_for_ireland#comment gate polishing stainless steel and brass Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:59:21 -0500 Giusseppe 6429 at http://www.artmetal.com http://www.artmetal.com/blog/eligius1427/2008/02/brass_polishing_question <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Hi all, I've started my brass church panel project and am not sure if I'm polishing the brass correctly. I'm using Brown(Tripoli) buffing compound on a spiral sewn wheel on my bench grinder. I then move to a looser buffing wheel with the white compound. For both process I briefly touch the stick to the wheel and then polish out about 6-9 inched of bar stock then touch the stick to the wheel again and move on. For the most part the pieces have turned out pretty good, but I've been getting this streaking of the compound or something on the brass. On the Tripoli wheel the streaks take on a copper like tint. When I'm finished polishing I wipe these streaks off with a soft t-shirt rag, but at times it takes some effort and I end up putting marks on the brass. I tried using MEK, which sort of worked, but in places it turned the brass cloudy. Any idea what is going on? How to stop it? Or how to remove it without scratching the brass? I've posted picts of what the streaks look like and the tripoli wheel.</p> <p><a href="/images/other_metal_gallery/eligius1427/2008/02/brass_polishing_1"><img class="image preview" src="/files/images/brass%20polishing%20picts%20002%20%28Large%29.preview.jpg" border="0" alt="brass polishing 1" title="brass polishing 1" width="576" height="432" align="left" /></a></p> <p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/eligius1427/2008/02/brass_polishing_question">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/eligius1427/2008/02/brass_polishing_question#comment brass polishing stainless steel and brass Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:32:45 -0600 eligius1427 5083 at http://www.artmetal.com