Need Help with Buffing metal...knives, etc.

[ahlosojoe]

If anyone can give me some info on buffing and polishing metal I would really appreciate it. I enjoy buying used knives and cleaning them up but I don't really know the best way to do it.

I have assorted cloth wheels and a belt grinder...I need to know the best polishing compounds. I have some jewlers rouge. What about sand paper grits?

As you can see you are dealing with Ned in the first reader!

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Joe

 

[Poke78]

They have a horrible website: http://www.knifemaking.com/Default.asp but they are in Davis OK and are probably the best area source for supplies and info.

 

[prophet]

The way we buff stuff to a mirror finish is we start with 80 and double it until we get to around 3000, which is pretty damn close to mirror but it needs a cream to finish evening it out.