Help me learn to finish better on the grinder...

[JG Custom Metal Works]

Thanks for all the tips guys! Sounds like I might be skipping grits too much right at the beginning, I will change that and see how it goes. I will also buy a diamond lapping plate so I can start using the EDM stones more.

How do you guys refresh a scotchbrite belt? mine has gotten gunked up on the surface but should still be good underneath that...

I've heard a few guys say they soak it in a bucket with water and dawn dish soap. Haven't tried it yet.

 

[DukeHarley]

WD40 the blade, I even use it to wet sand....and I use windex as well.

If you are gettting rust in the time period of sanding then you might want to take it off at the 1/2 way mark, clean and hit with WD40.

I use Windex only for wet sanding and have not had an issue yet with rust.

 

[Josh Mason]

Hey thanks Adam! I saw the cork belt on the Steve Johnson subhilt video and wanted to try one.

 

[aarongough]

I've heard of a few guys using windex, doesn't that mess with your hands? Do you wear gloves or something?

 

[Frank Niro]

For carbon steel the stuff that will really help is Mobil 1. It will keep a lot of the grit in suspension and the work will go faster as well as the sand paper lasting longer. Frank.

 

[Maelstrom78]

I wear vinyl gloves when finish sanding and finish grinding most of the time. When I'm out of the ones I bought I'm going to bring ones are home from work. You can feel the heat fine and your hands don't get chapped.

 

[jdm61]

Unfortunately, I think that there si some voodoo involved. I know a guy who goes from 400 grit on the flat platoon back with that graphite cloth to a Scotch Brite flap wheel and then a buffing wheel with white compound and he is done and it looks great. I couldn't do that at gunpoint.