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Old 03-25-2018, 05:45 PM   #1
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Default Stainless buffing question

I started polishing my stainless parts this winter. The head light and cowl light buckets polished up beautifully, but I'm having problems all of a sudden. I started noticing minute pitting as I polished things. My process is to first hit the parts with 220-600 grit sand paper and then polishing with a stainless compound on a spiral-sewn buffing wheel, followed by a white rouge on a flannel wheel. The pictures are of a mirror head, but I've encountered it on the upper stanchions and the top rests, also. I've tried new buffing wheels, new compound, less pressure against the wheel and cleaning the wheel with a rake, but it keeps coming back. I also make sure to not mix wheels and compounds. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? (P.S. The process hasn't been completed in the pictures, so disregard the scratches!)
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