Pro-Fin Professional Quality Polishing Compounds
Your complete step by
step guide to achieving the perfect finish.
Surface preparation
Hints and Tips
Time spent on surface preparation prior to the final polish will pay dividends in the end. To this end, the Pro-Fin range of Linishing Bar products will not only provide a quick means of achieving the smooth surface required, but can also be used to produce satin finishes.
| 1 | You will never achieve a good polish unless the surface is SMOOTH before you start the polishing process. Any scratches or surface imperfections must be removed using appropriate grades of abrasives. If the surface is not smooth, the end result will be highly polished but deeply scratched. | ||
| 2 | Always use a different mop for each type and grade of polishing medium. Coarse abrasives on a fine finishing mop will contaminate the mop and thus will not produce a fine finish. Mark each mop using a felt tip pen to identify the polish used. | ||
| 3 | Always ensure that the work is held securely and so that the mop cannot grab the work and pull it out of your grip. Thin sheet objects should be supported on a backing board to prevent bending and grabbing, particularly if there are holes in the surfaces to be polished. | ||
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Always polish away
from edges of workpieces, never into them, as in the sketches.
Polishing onto edges will result in the work digging into the
mop, throwing it towards you. If work does grab, let go of
it. It is easier to repair jobs than it is to repair fingers!
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Try to polish in
different directions with successively finer abrasives. This
will immediately show up any defects in the surface. If you always
polish in the same direction, it is very easy to miss seeing
a scratch or defect which will show in the final stages.
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| 6 | If you do find a defect, go back to a coarser grade of polish to remove it quickly before going back to finer grades. | ||
