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To make mirror finish
I got a stainless steel bar / pipe but it has no shine that I want, it got some dark unremoved dark spot due to wire brushing. I want to make the steel look very shiny and look like mirror, what compounds I need to use? I have used all kind of metal polish but failed to get that shine. please advice.
Vikneswaran Shunmugam
buyer - Arizona, USA
April 18, 2009
Hi, Vikneswaran. Although it is theoretically possible to dig a foundation for a skyscraper with a teaspoon, it would take lifetimes. That is what you are trying to do when you attempt to put a mirror polish on rough and stained metal with a commercial metal polish.
You need powered polishing wheels and buffing wheels and a whole sequence starting with aggressive abrasives and finishing with extremely fine ones. Please start with letter 45366, and if that is not quite sufficient, search this site for "mirror polish stainless". Good luck.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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April 20, 2009
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