Gavin Baird
Feb-12-2004, 4:02pm
David,
Although I don't use micro mesh the lubricant i do use is straight mineral oil reduced to a water viscosity with mineral spirits. This will eliminate the problems you described. To clean up after I use Naptha. Should you not use a suitable lubricant you will likely find that the abrasive of tha grit will clog and begin to reproduce scratches worse than what you are trying to remove. A material I use is called Abralon, available from Homestead Finishing. To bring my finish to almost final polish I use their 4000 grade. The real secret is to be able to progressivly move up the abrasive size completly removing the scratches from the previous grit. I will go from 400 gold 3M to 800 gold 3M then to 2000 Abralon then to 4000 Abralon. The gold 3M is done dry. For a high gloss use one of the Meguires final finish or one of the 3M equivilants....G
Although I don't use micro mesh the lubricant i do use is straight mineral oil reduced to a water viscosity with mineral spirits. This will eliminate the problems you described. To clean up after I use Naptha. Should you not use a suitable lubricant you will likely find that the abrasive of tha grit will clog and begin to reproduce scratches worse than what you are trying to remove. A material I use is called Abralon, available from Homestead Finishing. To bring my finish to almost final polish I use their 4000 grade. The real secret is to be able to progressivly move up the abrasive size completly removing the scratches from the previous grit. I will go from 400 gold 3M to 800 gold 3M then to 2000 Abralon then to 4000 Abralon. The gold 3M is done dry. For a high gloss use one of the Meguires final finish or one of the 3M equivilants....G