Buffing, White diamond, Tripoli en Carnauba
Many woodturners call it buffing. Polish with filler, abrasive paste and carnauba wax. Buffing (polishing) is done in three steps. 1 - Tripoli paste 2 - White diamond, 3 - Carnauba wax. Buffing on a lathe is easy. The products are applied with 3 different cotton discs. The discs rotate rapidly, all you have to do is hold your workpiece against them. (make sure you hold it tight! :-)) Buffering has a number of advantages:
- no unpleasant odors
- beautiful natural shine
- soft to the touch
- no plastic appearance
Step 1 - Tripoli pasta
Tripoli paste is an abrasive and filler. Apply a little to the fast-spinning cotton wheel. Push the workpiece against it while moving. Work the entire surface in this way. The block of Tripoli paste is brown, but you can hardly see any of that on light wood. If everything feels smooth, go to step 2
Step 2 - White Diamond Paste
White diamond paste is a much finer abrasive. In fact, this is where the polishing begins. The last scratches are polished away. On a second wheel that is only used for the white diamond. The processing is just like with the Tripoli pasta.
Step 3 -Carnauba Wax
Carnauba wax is considered the queen of waxes. The hardest protection that a wax can give to your workpiece. Apply a little to the third polishing wheel and proceed as with the previous two steps. Only use a small amount of wax. If you use too much wax, you will get streaks in your work that you will continue to brush out. You can also use carnauba wax if your workpiece is already finished. With an oil, for example. By polishing it you can give it a nice soft shine that also feels very pleasant when you pick up the workpiece.
Polishing wheels
There are 2 systems for polishing. From Chestnut there is the "Buffing Tree". Quick to use in the lathe and suitable for small workpieces. The other system is the "buffing kit" from Oneway. More suitable for buffing dishes, for example.| buffing | carnauba or tripoli or white diamond or carnauba - white diamond - tripoli |