polishing stainless

[Shenanigans]

Any tips on how to do it?


If you have seen my other thread of draft towers. You know I picked up some stainless pipe with a flange welded on it. I need to polish that junk up. I'm thinking 800 grit, 1000 grit, and then compound on the dremel. What kind of compound?

[Lamppa]

Ask for rouge and they should know what you want.

[Shenanigans]

Where would I purchase that at? Would a lowes have it?

[Lamppa]

I would try auto parts store like napa or the likes.

[JackHackett]

Have someone polish it...trust me!! But if you don't, Eastwood has all the compounds to do it properly, and I think you're gonna need more power(ie. 8-10" buffing wheel and something to power it). Have fun!!!



http://search.eastwood.com/search?asug=&w=rouge&x=0&y=0&p=Q&ts=custom

[BlindLemonLars]

...and I think you're gonna need more power(ie. 8-10" buffing wheel and something to power it).

Yeah...I think that would be one long-ass job with a dremel!

[JackHackett]

Fuckin-A right!! You don't want that job!

[Shenanigans]

You bastards, I'm trying to do this cheaper than I can buy one.


Screw it... I'll just clean it up and won't be able to see my face in it when I pour one.

[Taz]

Any tips on how to do it?
If you have seen my other thread of draft towers. You know I picked up some stainless pipe with a flange welded on it. I need to polish that junk up. I'm thinking 800 grit, 1000 grit, and then compound on the dremel. What kind of compound?

Black or brown polishing compound stick for stainless {you can buy them off ebay) and a 4"-6" stitched linen polishing wheel to fit an angle grinder or high speed drill. Or take it to a sheetmetal shop who specializes in stainless steel manufacturing for a clean up and polish

[Shenanigans]

Now that is a good reply Taz.. Thanks!

[BlindLemonLars]

Now that is a good reply Taz.. Thanks!

Remember, Taz in the Southern Hemisphere...so you'll have to polish in the opposite direction. :rolleyes:

The angle grinder suggestion is a good one, that's how I'd go about it.

[Taz]

Remember, Taz in the Southern Hemisphere...so you'll have to polish in the opposite direction. :rolleyes: The angle grinder suggestion is a good one, that's how I'd go about it.

Damn so there is some truth in left handed angle grinders. Seriously though stainless will rust if you don't get all the scratches out of it after grinding so coarse and fine polishing is a must. Don't ask me why it just does. On Incat the Catamaran Builders in Hobart seen on my photo gallery they have teams of grinders and polishers cleaning up welds on hand rails and the like.

[Shenanigans]

So Taz, are you from Tasmania originally or did you move there? Some beautiful landscape in your photos.

[Taz]

So Taz, are you from Tasmania originally or did you move there? Some beautiful landscape in your photos.

I spent most of my working life in Sydney and had a hankering to quit the big smoke and take up some quiet rural life near the sea. The dream came true in Tasmania when we bought a property south of Hobart on the water where you can look up the Channel and see the twinkling lights of the city in the distance at night. There is a lot of water around Tassie and yes native forest and wildlife is quite spectacular. Main industry in our area is apple pear and cherry orchards with a few vinyards and berry growers.

Cheers
taz

[Steve Urquell]

Seriously though stainless will rust if you don't get all the scratches out of it after grinding so coarse and fine polishing is a must. they have teams of grinders and polishers cleaning up welds on hand rails and the like.

It's not the polish, but the welding itself. The heat separates the chromium from the carbon steel, the carbon rises to the surface and rusts at the weld. I worked in the truck/trailer wreck rebuild industry for 20yrs and welded a lot of SS. I'd wire brush the welds, the factory would bead blast them.

[Taz]

You are a wealth of information Steve. I do not have the gear for S/S welding but luckily I have a friend who has a panel shop and does a lot of stainless contracts for hospitals, food bars and breweries, so he does that part of my stainless builds for me. I just get the unenviable job of cleaning it all up when I get it home.