Howdy,
I’m very new to the expensive, often frustrating, but ultimately rewarding straight razor restoration hobby.
So far, I’ve made lots of mistakes and learned a lot, and I’m trying to buff a razor to a mirror finish. I’m confident with the process, moving up through grits. However, I’m having an absolute nightmare trying to load up the buffing wheels with the greaseless compounds (satene). When I press the compound to the wheel, it just gets flung everywhere, all over the garage, all over me, but barely anything sticks to the wheel. I’ve tried the start and stop method, heating the compound with a hot air gun, and tried the compound glue, but that does exactly the same thing. I’m using standard 6” white stitched wheels, and running the machine at its lowest 1700rpm.
What am I doing wrong? Am I using the wrong type of wheel, is the small 6” wheel turning too fast? Is there a trick to it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’ve sure if I can square this but away then I can crack on and complete this project.
I’m very new to the expensive, often frustrating, but ultimately rewarding straight razor restoration hobby.
So far, I’ve made lots of mistakes and learned a lot, and I’m trying to buff a razor to a mirror finish. I’m confident with the process, moving up through grits. However, I’m having an absolute nightmare trying to load up the buffing wheels with the greaseless compounds (satene). When I press the compound to the wheel, it just gets flung everywhere, all over the garage, all over me, but barely anything sticks to the wheel. I’ve tried the start and stop method, heating the compound with a hot air gun, and tried the compound glue, but that does exactly the same thing. I’m using standard 6” white stitched wheels, and running the machine at its lowest 1700rpm.
What am I doing wrong? Am I using the wrong type of wheel, is the small 6” wheel turning too fast? Is there a trick to it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’ve sure if I can square this but away then I can crack on and complete this project.