Allan / Cummins Spinners
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Hi All
I have been asked how I polish the Spinners I market,
Method 1
Find a good polishing shop and have them do it (most electroplaters do polishing)
Method 2
Have the electroplaters chrome the cone.
Method 3
Find someone who works cheap and pay them to do it.
As you can see from the above I am not a fan of metal polishing, but I learnt over the last 10 yrs on the smaller spinners I polish.
My method is as follows
Dress in the oldest cloths you have, you will get dirty
I use the following polishing compounds.
Brown then white then green polish bars.
Remember the polish compound does the work not the wheel.
Also clean the wheel when it gets shiny and before you put more compound on the wheel, an old wood rasp file is a great wheel cleaner.
I use the brown on a stitched cotton wheel this is the one that you use the most, do the cone at least 2 times, this wheel does 90% of the polishing
I use the other polishes on a calico wheel. I do the white and green bars once over the cone.
I clean the cone with a soft cloth and thinners between each different polish compound.
If you find a mark or spot you missed when using the calico wheels go back and fit the stitched cotton wheel the calico wheels will not fix the marks.
WARNING DON'T WASH THE CLOTHS YOU WORN IN YOUR WIFE'S WASHING MACHINE SHE WILL KILL YOU![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
In the next few weeks I am going the try polishing a cone with Nuvite which is the same way I polished my first home built a Zenith 601 XLB
Hope this helps. Any questions please ask and I will try to answer then
Cheers from downunder![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have been asked how I polish the Spinners I market,
Method 1
Find a good polishing shop and have them do it (most electroplaters do polishing)
Method 2
Have the electroplaters chrome the cone.
Method 3
Find someone who works cheap and pay them to do it.
As you can see from the above I am not a fan of metal polishing, but I learnt over the last 10 yrs on the smaller spinners I polish.
My method is as follows
Dress in the oldest cloths you have, you will get dirty
I use the following polishing compounds.
Brown then white then green polish bars.
Remember the polish compound does the work not the wheel.
Also clean the wheel when it gets shiny and before you put more compound on the wheel, an old wood rasp file is a great wheel cleaner.
I use the brown on a stitched cotton wheel this is the one that you use the most, do the cone at least 2 times, this wheel does 90% of the polishing
I use the other polishes on a calico wheel. I do the white and green bars once over the cone.
I clean the cone with a soft cloth and thinners between each different polish compound.
If you find a mark or spot you missed when using the calico wheels go back and fit the stitched cotton wheel the calico wheels will not fix the marks.
WARNING DON'T WASH THE CLOTHS YOU WORN IN YOUR WIFE'S WASHING MACHINE SHE WILL KILL YOU
In the next few weeks I am going the try polishing a cone with Nuvite which is the same way I polished my first home built a Zenith 601 XLB
Hope this helps. Any questions please ask and I will try to answer then
Cheers from downunder