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best way to polish metal?

eh97ac

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ALJO said:
If the metal part is quite large or big and especially if it's stainless steel, I use a sander and start with 320 grit sand paper and go through 400, 600, 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit sand paper.

For stainless do you use a belt sander, so it only sands in 2 directions?

For other metals, do you use a orbital sander and do you "wet sand" at a specific grit?
 

ALJO

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eh97ac said:
ALJO said:
If the metal part is quite large or big and especially if it's stainless steel, I use a sander and start with 320 grit sand paper and go through 400, 600, 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit sand paper.

For stainless do you use a belt sander, so it only sands in 2 directions?

For other metals, do you use a orbital sander and do you "wet sand" at a specific grit?


I never use a belt sander, I would'nt dare try that.......
I use an orbital sander and dry sand with the 320 grit and 400 grit, then starting at 600 grit I "wet sand" all through the different grits up to 2000 grit, if you wish , you can finish with a polishing paste but it does'nt really make a difference on stainless steel.