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Introduction to Polishing and buffing

2004

Dear sir,

I want to learn about polishing and buffing and I need your help, please tell me what should I do?

Thanks

Yasin Shafi
- Karachi, Pakistan

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Give us a clue?

Michael Georgiadis
Fishing reel manufacturer - Durban, South Africa
2004

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2004

Your question is too general to answer in this forum. Need to narrow down the type of parts you want to process, size, quantity, equipment, costs, etc. to name a few, before an intelligent answer can be given.

AF Kenton
retired business owner - Hatboro, Pennsylvania

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October 25, 2008

Hi, Yasin. An inexpensive and good source for info about polishing and buffing is the Metal Finishing Guidebook. If you find an old copy, it doesn't matter what year of publication, but you need Vol. 2, "Inorganic Coatings" because that's the volume that they put the polishing and buffing chapters in.

Michael and AF are correct that different metals require different polishing methods and materials, and methods that are practical for small high volume parts might have no applicability for large low volume parts and vice versa. Good luck.

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