Buff Material Guide
 Material  Description Uses
Sisal  Harsh Material for high cutting applications  Used for rapid stock removal on ferrous metals. Can be treated with impregnations to give properties as per the treatment table.
Coloured Cotton Made from mixed cloured cotton material.  ½" (13 mm) thick sections with spiral stitching. Stitching can be open (widely) spaced, close or very close. Supplied singly or in multiples of these sections with fibre or leather washers for use on taper spindles.  General purpose buff with good cutting action for use on non- ferrous metals.
White Stitched Cotton  Made from soft mixed cotton material,  ½" (13 mm) thick sections with spiral stitching. Stitching can be open (widely) spaced, close or very close. Supplied singly or in multiples of these sections with fibre or leather washers for use on taper spindles. General purpose buff with good cutting action for use on most metals, especially non-ferrous.
Bronco Quality Heavy cutting mill starched calico material For use on ferrous and ‘yellow’ metals. Also used with Lea Greaseless products to provide a high level of stock removal.
Aurelia/Zeta  Quality  Medium cutting white calico material.  Medium, general purpose buff for use on brass, copper, steel, nickel-silver, aluminium, chrome or plastics.

 DG Quality

 Medium/Fine white calico material.
 Medium soft buff for finishing brass, silver, copper, steel, nickel-silver,aluminium, chrome and plastics. Also used with Lea Greasless products.

 Delta/LG Quality

 Fine white calico.
 Soft cotton for a very fine finish on brass, silver, copper, steel, nickel-silver,aluminium, chrome and plastics.

 Luxol/Optal Quality
 Made from whole discs of very soft cotton in a variety of thicknesses. The cloth can be "raised" or carded on one or both sides for extra softness.  Ultrafine finishing on soft metals such as gold, silver, silver-plate or brass.

 Our buff manufacturing division, Merridale-Laycock, source many grades of cloth and are able to manufacture to customers specifications if required.
 

Sisal Buffs 

Cotton Buffs

 Automatic Polishing
  Non-Woven Buffs

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