Copper Buffing Compound

A. I have some buffing experience because we have had many customers over the years who needed to buff our strip, so we set up a crude, but effective buffing wheel to evaluate the strip surface before it was shipped. This company also originated Revere Ware, and the "pots and kettles" were buffed after forming. We actually refined a buffing stick to apply compound to the wheels, and produced them for a while for use in-house.

Buffing compounds we are familiar with, are actually fine abrasives in a wax. These should be fairly easily removed by a detergent cleaner. Getting into the "nooks and crannies" of your sculpture might take a bit of brushing, however with soft bristles such as poly or cotton. I would start with a liquid detergent such used in an automatic dishwasher, (avoiding those with chlorine, however, which can stain copper), but mixed somewhat stronger.

A. Hi Sherry ,

The ultimate answer you are looking for resides not in as much in your choice of polishing compounds , liquids or otherwise , but in the type of cleaning you employ afterwards , you will need to look at cleaning with Ultrasonics as this is the only way to be sure of cleaning out those "Hard to get at places"

regards

A. Sherry

A. What I wanted to suggest to you has somewhat been covered. I would suggest using a wire or filament wheel system first in areas with a lot of contours then go to the buffing procedure you are doing. If you don't want to do a 2 step process, then you might want to consider a high pressure water or hot steam system to clean up after.

Thank you all so much for your input. Will take your suggestions to heart......which leads me to another question. Will post it separately.