Please don’t throw the pads out after using them. Put them in a laundry/underwear bag and wash them on a delicates program and air dry them. Joy can’t also use a metal brush on your dremel and get the dirt of the pads. It’s just money out the window to throw them out after using it for just one time.
Don't re-use pads that have had abrasives on them. Doesn't matter if you wash them with a power washer, there will always be grit contamination. Imagine polishing something at 1000 grit and a single piece of 180 grit carbon finally falls into place and gouges your work.
@@jsplasha they sell water by the thousand of gallons. There’s a base price for water, and that’s why people think that they’re getting charged so much for using water. I talked to a customer service agent and they told me about it.
@@nathanielhartsuff2336do u think professional car detailers throw away there mitts or pads after each use? They are worth up to $80 each. They wash them with dish wash and water and then just water then dry them. The same thing applies here
I have the Dremel drill press accessory, which I prefer as I tend to use my regular drill press over my bench grinder for full size buffing. I also use masking tape over areas I don’t want buffing because I'm not the most precise due to upper body difficulties. Besides for the music drowning you out at the beginning a very useful video, thank you.
I appreciate your time. I’m looking at my first tool kit and searching for “how to” videos. Been cleaning & polishing all Wire Wraps by hand up to now. Anyways, thank you.
Just wanted to say THANK YOU! I was gifted a tacklife rotary tool kit a while back and just now getting into doing things with it but for the life of me could not find any instructions on how to attach the white polishing heads.
I polish everything with my Dremel. I have some old Pneumatic tools I polished up and they came out incredible. Also did a Carburetor to a Dirt Bike I restored and came out like Chrome.
I just got a brand new Tacklife dremel tool from an auction for under $10. I played around with one as a kid but forgot how to use it. This video is very informative and was just what I needed. Thank you for posting! Subscribed as well.
Very useful video. The ability to use the Dremel to polish is one of the main reasons I bought it in the first place. I really want that Dremel vice. The Panavise is a really good micro vise FYI.
When you change the direction of the polishing media many times it will give a different finished look. Be sure to finish polishing going in one direction over the entire surface for bet results.
Thank you so much! I'm a total novice, but there's something I need to polish, and I did TH-cam research first. Right away your vid showed me the proper mandril to use, I was about to use a different one!
O so thats what that screw attachment in my dremel kit was for never got how to uses these polishing pads. Great video now i can polish jewlery and many other small things.
This was awesome! Thanks for taking the time to make this video it was extremely helpful! I was today years old when I learned about the screw tip! Lol😅Thanks for the help
Thanks for posting. Would the same steps and tools be used for resin? Also, can the polishing pad be used multiple times or do you use a new one for each project?
The dirt is mostly oxidized metal particles trapped in the fibres and wax. Usually people just use the pads until they don't work and them throw them away. You can try washing and reshaping them if you want and might get a bit more life out of them.
Nice how-to video. Compound on a microfibre cloth works too, but you were showing us how to polish with a Dremel, so you are bang on topic. My only criticism is that you were standing on the wrong side of the machine. When you get a catch, as you did with the buffing soap, it's going to fly toward you or your face . Standing on the other side leaves it to fly down, which is safer. Also easier to steady the piece.
@@DirtyDickMurdoc normally I’d agree with you, but when there are only 2 available options that are equally effective, why use the more dangerous one? You wouldn’t remove the guard off a bench grinder and work behind it.
@@DirtyDickMurdoc that’s wat buddy in upstate New York said until he had the wheel catch his knife & then lateral it to his throat.. caught it for the KO…
Hello and thank you for this. can the felt buffers be cleaned and reused? I just polished a gun barrel and only had one of the cylinder bullet ones that fit so I would hate to throw it away. Alcohol, or some kind of solvent perhaps? thank in advance...
Some are actually made from wool, so a bit of soap and hot water with a vigorous squeezing and bashing might felt them enough to tighten up. Don't twist them. The whole pad will shrink a bit too, but it's cheap to try.
Enlightening video.. Thanks. How about using diamond powder for removing scratches from tungsten carbide and getting mirror polish thereafter. How do you do that?
I have the bullet and cylinder shaped polishing bits and they are so hard I can't polish or buff with them. Is there something I can do to soften the bits so they will pick up the compounds? The flat polishing wheels I have work fine, they are fairly soft and pliable. Thank you
What is the best way to remove tarnish on bolts into aluminum windows on an old travel trailer. I'm thinking that attempting to replace them would cause the heads to break off and cause a much bigger problem.
omgeeee, ive been using it wrong too XD - ive been loading the buff pads on the bit that has a screw, thought that one was for making screw holes - hahahahaha
3:22 Where safety glasses kids! I did some light polishing on small metal equipment surfaces to get rid of cigarette residue (previous owner) and the polishing pad did the trick to break down that gunk (without compound). Thanks for making the video.
thank you that was very informative. could you tell me are there different polish wax types for different metals or is it the same wax/ polish you apply all the time?
do these screw on type polishing pads stay on well enough when applying a bit of pressure? I'm just wondering if its better to look for the fixed type of polishing wheel rather than the type you have here.
No, this kind actually sucks. They work for a minute, but if you use them with halfway decent pressure or real speed, the screw rounds out the inside pretty quickly and they just start spinning. To avoid frustration, use the kind with a fixed core and the pad attached to the outside. You get what you pay for.
John 304 aha! Golden comment! Thankyou! I’m snooping through the comments and learning so much. Hoping to find out how to hone woodcarving blades, but learning plenty along the way.
geez, a chill went down my spine when the bolster hit the metal part! you shoult try to avoid that on an expensive knife, that steel eats the brass / copper / nickel silver in seconds!
Best way to do that is some megs 105 ultracut compound on a microfiber cloth! It’s how we detail cars. Brass cleaner and copper polisher and nickel polish as well. Never buy a dremal tool we buy a duel action polisher to keep it from leaving a hologram
Thank you for this, I was an idiot on how to use this tool even though I've had several sets of them, I've had no reason to polish something until now.
LOL, I was too until the lady had my polish the doorknobs. Usually I will use the wax until it becomes a total mess, cant decide if i am cheap or frugal. Thanks for watching.
When I put buffing wheels on the screw mandril they stop spinning almost immediately. That is, the mandril spins but the moment the pads encounter resistance they stop spinning. They should work because the thread is contra the tool spin direction so resistance should tighten the pad. But they just get reamed out. Med to low speed even. Any idears?
I agree with the other answer. Is it possible u over tighten the pad cause it doesn't take but a half turn to tight and then it's to loose on the bit. Sometimes on the thicker pads I'd u do overtighten u can flip it around and get some grab going through the other side. It's either that or your applying to much pressure to the pad when buffing
I was just gifted a Dremel Stylus but can’t find any information on what bits I need for the two things I wanted it for. I work with polymer clay and wanted to be able to buff and polish my pieces. I also wanted to be able to drill holes into the pieces. I can’t figure out how to change bits and what to buy to do these two things. Any suggestions and help would be very appreciated! Thank you!
I have never buffed polymer clay but hopefully another eeader can help with that. Drilling holes, get the quich change chuck and use any drill bita up to 1/8 inch.
I thought the mandrel was for starting screws I'm trying to use the damn sanding pegs that have the screw on the top, I was trying to stick the screw through wondering why they're not long enough lol thanks man this really helps me out a lot
That's "polishing compound". It is the "grease" that lubes the process. When you are done it will look black on whatever you're polishing. Wipe it away and, voilá, you have a polished finish. It comes in some of the kits, or you can buy it separately. Or you can use fritz polish or something else. Depending on what you're doing. Hope this helps. Take it easy. Good luck.
You will likely leave gouges in the plastic. If you do try to use a lot of water in a very soft felt pad and apply no pressure at all but I wouldn’t use a motorized tool on a display.
I just bought a Hyper tough accessories kit the same day i bought the Hyper rotary tool. This kit came with polishing compound but however, it was packaged in a container that i cant get it out. My question is to you or anyone out there that may have a remedy for this?
I can't get it out of my head what polishing is. I always thought of polishing as what buffing actually does. Never realized it is aggressive enough to remove scratches.
The volume on this video is rather low-I can hear the music better than the speaker. I am trying to learn how to use diamond paste to polish pottery glazes with my dremel. Are there any specific things needed for that other than what you have taught here?
Drexel’s might be too fast and melt the acrylic. Hand polishing with a fine polishing compound or even toothpaste would take a few minutes more but would not melt your plastic.
It looks to me you polished off the gold plating and now it's silver ?I would have hit it with 1500 or 2000 grit wet or dry sandpaper with some oil first after taping off the handle part.Maybe just some mothers and a rag instead of a dremel ?
Since the main connection is the tool housing and not the actual tool threads, I cant see where it would not fit. You should be good on this one. Thanks for asking.
Im having issues getting small scratches out of a .999 fine silver pendant... when i polish them away with my dremel they all dissapear but after washing off the metal they reappear
Dont confuse polishing with scratch removers, totally different process. You may need to consult a certified coin dealer to learn scratch removing on coins.
@@malcolmcliff-du8qp silver that pure is going to be near impossible to keep absolutely shiny. Commercially made items are often plated with a shiny surface metal like rhodium. For a pure silver, handmade item, I would find that the natural marks would enhance your work. I bet it looks awesome. Some people actually use products to speed up the effects of wear on silver artificially.
When I try to put the compound on the felt the only thing that I get is Polish flying through the air everywhere. I've also tried adding water both by dipping the felt in the water and adding it to the compound and that helps a little. All of the compound that I've been able to obtain through Harbor Freight has been colored which leaves a bad Hugh on everything I try to polish, primarily rocks. I've had better luck using Crest 3D whitening toothpaste.
if you are playing with rocks , try taping down the trigger on a belt sander with super fine grit then flipping it over . works really well . i too play with rocks. you have the sander running no need to even touch it , just move the rock around. also a super fast way to make cool wooden swords for kids if you feel so inclined , it is a great way to use that tool.
The red polish is jewelers rouge.. Its only for soft metals like copper, aluminum or brass like that knife handle.. You also only use light pressure and a slow speed if you have crud flying everywhere your speed setting is too high
@@carlnikolov I've had this same issue High & low. I use the Dremel 8220. Even tried smudging the compound on the pad, after I add water to loosen it a bit --- works a bit but still lose most
How do you make it not streaky? Whenever I polish metal with this set up, the polishing wheel leaves a trail wherever it hits. Even after I completely polish over the surface evenly, it looks like I scribbled all over it if that makes sense. The wheel doesn't polish evenly and just streaks everywhere. Kind of like when you fill in a area on paper with an ink pen. The area is all the color of the ink now but if you look carefully you can see all of the scribble lines the pen made into the paper.
Verify this; I believe the streaks are from using too much compound, use sparingly and frequently. You should be able to detect when you need to reapply more compound. Don't apply to much to the polishing wheel. I haven't seen anyone mention it yet so verify this as well; the different color bars indicate size of the grit/particles in the wax. It is the grit that does the polishing, the wax is just to hold the grit and get it onto the wheel.
I really appreciate your video and the time you take to share your skills and knowledge with us all. I don't mean to be rude but would you please tell me what happened to your fingers. It doesn't bode well when it seems that you have polished the ends from them in a few places. I of course understand that using gloves will be next to impossible in the miniature world of small rotary tools. Please look after the skin on your hands. Use a good product like O'keefs or similar. I've had eczeema for years so, it makes me twitch when I see somebody else suffering. Keep the bids coming.
I dont think you are rude in asking. Its a medical condition and I only have around 25% feelings from the end to middle of first joint. I dont mind, God gave it to me and I cant be mad at him.
Woodworking, DIY, and Review Videos this comment is three years late but here goes. Skin only grows back so many times, then you get just scar tissue instead of skin. So, wearing gloves for some things is worth it. Now they have knit gloves with an anti cut coating on the fingertips. I got some for 4$. I just cut the cuffs a bit so they wouldn’t constrict my wrists. They look like gardening gloves but the coating is not rubbery and they actually cost less than gardening gloves. Thankyou for your videos!
Great video, please use and talk about safty, that rogue piece flow to your side it might have caused an injury, and your finger was cut so safty for fingers too. Thanks
It's not wax. It's very likely green rouge. Good for final stage polishing of stainless steel, steel, brass, aluminum, nickel and chrome. It is a very fine grit chrome oxide compound embedded within glue or a grease binder.
New Dremel user here - thanks for explaining how to apply the polish compound. I’m going to polish a few knobs later today - wish me luck!
Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
LOL
Lmao good luck
Thanks for the video! I'm restoring a knife that's been in the family for four generations and this is going to be a big help!
Please don’t throw the pads out after using them. Put them in a laundry/underwear bag and wash them on a delicates program and air dry them. Joy can’t also use a metal brush on your dremel and get the dirt of the pads. It’s just money out the window to throw them out after using it for just one time.
Thanks I’ll do that because I havnt got 10 bucks to waste on new ones
Don't re-use pads that have had abrasives on them. Doesn't matter if you wash them with a power washer, there will always be grit contamination.
Imagine polishing something at 1000 grit and a single piece of 180 grit carbon finally falls into place and gouges your work.
@@jsplasha they sell water by the thousand of gallons. There’s a base price for water, and that’s why people think that they’re getting charged so much for using water. I talked to a customer service agent and they told me about it.
@@nathanielhartsuff2336do u think professional car detailers throw away there mitts or pads after each use? They are worth up to $80 each. They wash them with dish wash and water and then just water then dry them. The same thing applies here
I have the Dremel drill press accessory, which I prefer as I tend to use my regular drill press over my bench grinder for full size buffing. I also use masking tape over areas I don’t want buffing because I'm not the most precise due to upper body difficulties.
Besides for the music drowning you out at the beginning a very useful video, thank you.
i just use close caption which is great for better concentration for me
I appreciate your time. I’m looking at my first tool kit and searching for “how to” videos. Been cleaning & polishing all Wire Wraps by hand up to now. Anyways, thank you.
Thanks for explaining this, just polished a old brass zippo lighter now it looks great 👍
Just wanted to say THANK YOU! I was gifted a tacklife rotary tool kit a while back and just now getting into doing things with it but for the life of me could not find any instructions on how to attach the white polishing heads.
at first, i tried to put it on the cutting wheel holder, but it was too thick.
I polish everything with my Dremel. I have some old Pneumatic tools I polished up and they came out incredible.
Also did a Carburetor to a Dirt Bike I restored and came out like Chrome.
Ahhhhhh so that's how I attach the cotton wheels.
Thanks alot!
What did you think the little screw tip mandrel was for, if not for polishing 😆
@@MrSniperdude01 just got my first set and was scratching my head at the screw tipped piece. And now i know!
@@MrSniperdude01 to be fair the screw mandrel is described as misc. In the instructions.
I just got a brand new Tacklife dremel tool from an auction for under $10. I played around with one as a kid but forgot how to use it. This video is very informative and was just what I needed. Thank you for posting!
Subscribed as well.
rotary tool. a tacklife _rotary_ tool. dremel is the brand name.
Very useful video. The ability to use the Dremel to polish is one of the main reasons I bought it in the first place. I really want that Dremel vice. The Panavise is a really good micro vise FYI.
Thank you. I hope you subscribe and watch the entire series on rotary tools.
When you change the direction of the polishing media many times it will give a different finished look. Be sure to finish polishing going in one direction over the entire surface for bet results.
Thanks for the tip.
Thank you Karl!! This saved me so much time!
Carl, good to see your fuzzy face again and glad you are still making videos. Keep up the good work!
One of the good guys here folks. Chris is a master gunsmith, check out his TH-cam channel.
I am lucky to call this man a friend.
I used safety glasses, a face shield and held a first aid kit to watch this video 😂 Awesome video! 👍🏼🇺🇸
Good call!
Thank you so much! I'm a total novice, but there's something I need to polish, and I did TH-cam research first. Right away your vid showed me the proper mandril to use, I was about to use a different one!
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Thank you for sharing this information and teaching me what I do not know.
Thank you for explaining the screw bit... I had no idea.Can you clean the buffing pad after you use it, or are they just intended for single usage?
Muskrat Jim from my experience a wet sponge is able to clean the pad
The pads are cheap. Approx. 10 cents, so use and discard.
O so thats what that screw attachment in my dremel kit was for never got how to uses these polishing pads. Great video now i can polish jewlery and many other small things.
Ha ha, I thought that thing was for making screw holes, lol.
This was awesome! Thanks for taking the time to make this video it was extremely helpful! I was today years old when I learned about the screw tip! Lol😅Thanks for the help
Oh man, thanks! I had no clue what it was for.
Thanks for posting. Would the same steps and tools be used for resin? Also, can the polishing pad be used multiple times or do you use a new one for each project?
The pad will last for several projects.
You can use the red compound ( 'jewellers rouge') for resin or can try auto polish paste or even toothpaste.
What do you do with the excess dirt on the polishing tool? Will the layer just peel off?
The dirt is mostly oxidized metal particles trapped in the fibres and wax. Usually people just use the pads until they don't work and them throw them away. You can try washing and reshaping them if you want and might get a bit more life out of them.
Can you polish any kind of metal or is it only certain types?
Nice how-to video. Compound on a microfibre cloth works too, but you were showing us how to polish with a Dremel, so you are bang on topic. My only criticism is that you were standing on the wrong side of the machine. When you get a catch, as you did with the buffing soap, it's going to fly toward you or your face . Standing on the other side leaves it to fly down, which is safer. Also easier to steady the piece.
There’s one in every group. Freaking safety man
@@DirtyDickMurdoc normally I’d agree with you, but when there are only 2 available options that are equally effective, why use the more dangerous one? You wouldn’t remove the guard off a bench grinder and work behind it.
@@DirtyDickMurdoc that’s wat buddy in upstate New York said until he had the wheel catch his knife & then lateral it to his throat.. caught it for the KO…
Hello and thank you for this. can the felt buffers be cleaned and reused? I just polished a gun barrel and only had one of the cylinder bullet ones that fit so I would hate to throw it away. Alcohol, or some kind of solvent perhaps? thank in advance...
Honestly, I have never tried to clean one of the buffers. Hopefuly another viewer can advise on this.
Thanks for watching.
Some are actually made from wool, so a bit of soap and hot water with a vigorous squeezing and bashing might felt them enough to tighten up. Don't twist them.
The whole pad will shrink a bit too, but it's cheap to try.
Enlightening video.. Thanks. How about using diamond powder for removing scratches from tungsten carbide and getting mirror polish thereafter. How do you do that?
Much appreciated you're video. I'll be on my way to putting that extra shine on my friends dive knife 👍
To get rid of the compound/oxidized brass build-up from the felt use a pick back and forth on the pad while running the Dremel. Safety glasses always.
Great tip and thanks for watching.
I have the bullet and cylinder shaped polishing bits and they are so hard I can't polish or buff with them. Is there something I can do to soften the bits so they will pick up the compounds? The flat polishing wheels I have work fine, they are fairly soft and pliable. Thank you
What is the best way to remove tarnish on bolts into aluminum windows on an old travel trailer. I'm thinking that attempting to replace them would cause the heads to break off and cause a much bigger problem.
It’s funny I’ve had a Dremel for years and never did figure out what that Screw looking bit was for Thx for sharing
Vinfish 46 I had always used the cutting wheel bit 😂😂
omgeeee, ive been using it wrong too XD - ive been loading the buff pads on the bit that has a screw, thought that one was for making screw holes - hahahahaha
I knew what the bit was for but I never realised the red bar was polishing compound. LOL. Also got it about 10 years I think.
Had it for 6 years ddnt know what thr hell those lil blocks were
Me either, i was trying to figure out what that screw bit for... now i know
I was so happy to see you close the knife!!! Safety first :-)
The sound it made when you hit the brass on the spinning Chuck
Loved the video thank you for sharing
top intro man! thank you!
3:22 Where safety glasses kids! I did some light polishing on small metal equipment surfaces to get rid of cigarette residue (previous owner) and the polishing pad did the trick to break down that gunk (without compound). Thanks for making the video.
thank you that was very informative. could you tell me are there different polish wax types for different metals or is it the same wax/ polish you apply all the time?
do these screw on type polishing pads stay on well enough when applying a bit of pressure? I'm just wondering if its better to look for the fixed type of polishing wheel rather than the type you have here.
No, this kind actually sucks. They work for a minute, but if you use them with halfway decent pressure or real speed, the screw rounds out the inside pretty quickly and they just start spinning. To avoid frustration, use the kind with a fixed core and the pad attached to the outside. You get what you pay for.
I think they recommend not going over 15,000 rpm with these certain types of polishing wheels. I’ve had no issues so far.
John 304 aha! Golden comment! Thankyou! I’m snooping through the comments and learning so much. Hoping to find out how to hone woodcarving blades, but learning plenty along the way.
geez, a chill went down my spine when the bolster hit the metal part!
you shoult try to avoid that on an expensive knife, that steel eats the brass / copper / nickel silver in seconds!
Thanks Dude! We owe you a beer!
Great video thanks
Best way to do that is some megs 105 ultracut compound on a microfiber cloth! It’s how we detail cars. Brass cleaner and copper polisher and nickel polish as well. Never buy a dremal tool we buy a duel action polisher to keep it from leaving a hologram
I'm doing tuning pegs on a guitar. A DA is out of the question, way too large !
So that is how you attach the buffing pads. Racked my brains on how and did it wrong. Thank you!
Thanks for watching.
it is frustrating how little information comes with the tools.
Mary Lou Morris yes. Thankyou Karl for helping! Thank God for TH-cam!
How do you get the black oxidation off of the felt bob? Is it just a one shot use?
David Carr I think using the edge of a wood block
Don't worry about the black on the felt pad. Just add more polishing compound on top
Thank you for this, I was an idiot on how to use this tool even though I've had several sets of them, I've had no reason to polish something until now.
LOL, I was too until the lady had my polish the doorknobs. Usually I will use the wax until it becomes a total mess, cant decide if i am cheap or frugal.
Thanks for watching.
If gets gunky, use a small piece of wood to absorb it. A popsicle stick would do.
Great video, thanks.
When I put buffing wheels on the screw mandril they stop spinning almost immediately. That is, the mandril spins but the moment the pads encounter resistance they stop spinning. They should work because the thread is contra the tool spin direction so resistance should tighten the pad. But they just get reamed out. Med to low speed even. Any idears?
ndktube perhaps you are screwing them on too tight and tearing them?
I agree with the other answer. Is it possible u over tighten the pad cause it doesn't take but a half turn to tight and then it's to loose on the bit. Sometimes on the thicker pads I'd u do overtighten u can flip it around and get some grab going through the other side. It's either that or your applying to much pressure to the pad when buffing
Where do I find the rest of the polishing series?
This was short and simple, great video!!
Glad you liked it!
always had that pad and all the time i was wondering how to use it, thank you
Glad I could help!
I was just gifted a Dremel Stylus but can’t find any information on what bits I need for the two things I wanted it for. I work with polymer clay and wanted to be able to buff and polish my pieces. I also wanted to be able to drill holes into the pieces. I can’t figure out how to change bits and what to buy to do these two things. Any suggestions and help would be very appreciated! Thank you!
I have never buffed polymer clay but hopefully another eeader can help with that. Drilling holes, get the quich change chuck and use any drill bita up to 1/8 inch.
Let me know if you’d like to pass the Stylus along. Mine turns on, then cuts off within seconds. I miss using it...
Great video thank you
I thought the mandrel was for starting screws I'm trying to use the damn sanding pegs that have the screw on the top, I was trying to stick the screw through wondering why they're not long enough lol thanks man this really helps me out a lot
3:11 what do you call that orange thing he added for polishing ???
That's "polishing compound". It is the "grease" that lubes the process. When you are done it will look black on whatever you're polishing. Wipe it away and, voilá, you have a polished finish.
It comes in some of the kits, or you can buy it separately. Or you can use fritz polish or something else. Depending on what you're doing.
Hope this helps. Take it easy. Good luck.
hi! Does it work to polish acrylic displays? It has small slight surface scratches.
You will likely leave gouges in the plastic. If you do try to use a lot of water in a very soft felt pad and apply no pressure at all but I wouldn’t use a motorized tool on a display.
Please tell when to put more polish or when to use new felt.
I just bought a Hyper tough accessories kit the same day i bought the Hyper rotary tool. This kit came with polishing compound but however, it was packaged in a container that i cant get it out. My question is to you or anyone out there that may have a remedy for this?
Use the cutting wheel of the Dremel.
That was actually really help full thank you
The bullet pad looks interesting but HOW DO YOU ATTACH IT? I just bought on of these tools from Harbor Freight.
There is a mandrel with an attacked permanent screw on the end for most polishing pads.
I can't get it out of my head what polishing is. I always thought of polishing as what buffing actually does. Never realized it is aggressive enough to remove scratches.
@@colvingenealogy so the compound is used with the brownish scratchy things and not the whitish puffy ones....huh
Thank you for this eye opening tutorial!!!!
You are so welcome!
I hear you man, working 20+/ auto tech got me some mangled up fingers too...that's why I flinch when I see another banged up older pro...ouchhh :)
Very cool. Thanks!
May I ask you what's the polishing wax you are using? Thanks!
I used the polishing compound that comes with many Dremel kits, little red block.
that is known as jeweler's rouge.
incredible thank you!
How do you clean dirty metal polishing buff pads?
safe to polish plastic headlights? Different compound tubes i seen at hf. the low price is tempting. but it has to work.
If you are polishing plastic and polish too long or lean too hard it can heat up and the plastic cam melt and deform. It can polish well but take care
What setting / how many rpm did you set the tool to? 5000rpm? 10000 rpm?
Thanks
Thanks for the advice
The volume on this video is rather low-I can hear the music better than the speaker. I am trying to learn how to use diamond paste to polish pottery glazes with my dremel. Are there any specific things needed for that other than what you have taught here?
that's nice to know/ I just bought a rotary tool and had no clue of the attatchment
how do you polish acrylics or plastic, what do you use with the dremel
Drexel’s might be too fast and melt the acrylic. Hand polishing with a fine polishing compound or even toothpaste would take a few minutes more but would not melt your plastic.
I love the video it helped me a lot thank you
By "wax" do you mean compound or rouge? I think that's the compound that comes with the dremel kit
yes, wax was the incorrect word to use.
I washed one of the pad after using it and now when i use it, it wobbles.
It looks to me you polished off the gold plating and now it's silver ?I would have hit it with 1500 or 2000 grit wet or dry sandpaper with some oil first after taping off the handle part.Maybe just some mothers and a rag instead of a dremel ?
You didn't mention where to get the buffing compound. Can you use baking soda or do you have to special order the compound.
Almost any compound will work.
Hi Karl, could you tell me if the Dremel multi vise will work with a Wen rotary tool model#2305?
Since the main connection is the tool housing and not the actual tool threads, I cant see where it would not fit. You should be good on this one. Thanks for asking.
@@ScrollsawVideo , Thank you sir.
What is holding your green Dremel looking tool?
That is a Dremel Multi Vice that is featured in another video of mine. Please look for this vid to see many of the uses for this great accessory.
Super demo thank you !!!!!🌟
Thank you too!
Thanks Carl👍
Hi, Thank You! Do you need the wax in order to polish?
Some king of waxing compound will be needed. I have seen people use car wax.
I have got the wax in some sort of plastic container. How can I apply it to the wheel?
Butter knife? Flat screwdriver?
Thank you!
Im having issues getting small scratches out of a .999 fine silver pendant... when i polish them away with my dremel they all dissapear but after washing off the metal they reappear
Dont confuse polishing with scratch removers, totally different process. You may need to consult a certified coin dealer to learn scratch removing on coins.
@@ScrollsawVideo its not a coin it a pendant of a lion... i made it myself now i cant shine between the grooves...
@@malcolmcliff-du8qp silver that pure is going to be near impossible to keep absolutely shiny. Commercially made items are often plated with a shiny surface metal like rhodium.
For a pure silver, handmade item, I would find that the natural marks would enhance your work. I bet it looks awesome. Some people actually use products to speed up the effects of wear on silver artificially.
When I try to put the compound on the felt the only thing that I get is Polish flying through the air everywhere. I've also tried adding water both by dipping the felt in the water and adding it to the compound and that helps a little. All of the compound that I've been able to obtain through Harbor Freight has been colored which leaves a bad Hugh on everything I try to polish, primarily rocks. I've had better luck using Crest 3D whitening toothpaste.
if you are playing with rocks , try taping down the trigger on a belt sander with super fine grit then flipping it over . works really well . i too play with rocks. you have the sander running no need to even touch it , just move the rock around. also a super fast way to make cool wooden swords for kids if you feel so inclined , it is a great way to use that tool.
The red polish is jewelers rouge.. Its only for soft metals like copper, aluminum or brass like that knife handle.. You also only use light pressure and a slow speed if you have crud flying everywhere your speed setting is too high
@@carlnikolov I've had this same issue High & low. I use the Dremel 8220. Even tried smudging the compound on the pad, after I add water to loosen it a bit --- works a bit but still lose most
Douglas Miller -- Toothpaste is great stuff. It actually cleans up most things like Aluminum, Copper, Pewter, Steel, even rubber soles of your shoes.
Like your channel and was wondering were you got those clamps for your work bench.
The clamps came with the bench. He mentioned it elsewhere
Thank u very much
Do you think this compound is safe to use on glass?
glass should not be a problem.
How do you make it not streaky? Whenever I polish metal with this set up, the polishing wheel leaves a trail wherever it hits. Even after I completely polish over the surface evenly, it looks like I scribbled all over it if that makes sense. The wheel doesn't polish evenly and just streaks everywhere. Kind of like when you fill in a area on paper with an ink pen. The area is all the color of the ink now but if you look carefully you can see all of the scribble lines the pen made into the paper.
Verify this; I believe the streaks are from using too much compound, use sparingly and frequently. You should be able to detect when you need to reapply more compound. Don't apply to much to the polishing wheel.
I haven't seen anyone mention it yet so verify this as well; the different color bars indicate size of the grit/particles in the wax. It is the grit that does the polishing, the wax is just to hold the grit and get it onto the wheel.
I really appreciate your video and the time you take to share your skills and knowledge with us all. I don't mean to be rude but would you please tell me what happened to your fingers. It doesn't bode well when it seems that you have polished the ends from them in a few places. I of course understand that using gloves will be next to impossible in the miniature world of small rotary tools. Please look after the skin on your hands. Use a good product like O'keefs or similar. I've had eczeema for years so, it makes me twitch when I see somebody else suffering. Keep the bids coming.
I dont think you are rude in asking.
Its a medical condition and I only have around 25% feelings from the end to middle of first joint.
I dont mind, God gave it to me and I cant be mad at him.
What a sweet way to present your concern. May God bless you.
Woodworking, DIY, and Review Videos this comment is three years late but here goes. Skin only grows back so many times, then you get just scar tissue instead of skin. So, wearing gloves for some things is worth it. Now they have knit gloves with an anti cut coating on the fingertips. I got some for 4$. I just cut the cuffs a bit so they wouldn’t constrict my wrists. They look like gardening gloves but the coating is not rubbery and they actually cost less than gardening gloves.
Thankyou for your videos!
Oh wow!!!! So thats how this thing works lolo. I always wonder what was that for but never paid attention to it lolo.. thanks man
Glad to help
Great video, please use and talk about safty, that rogue piece flow to your side it might have caused an injury, and your finger was cut so safty for fingers too.
Thanks
The polishing compound that comes with the kit is it virtually for polishinf anything? There aren't any clues or information on the compounds
That was my next question aswell. Is the brown polish for anything at all?
The compound that it comes with my rotary is green and it feels like wax. Is for polishing or for somethink else;
It's for polishing. That's all that red block is. Just hardened wax.
Usually green is finer than red.
It's not wax. It's very likely green rouge. Good for final stage polishing of stainless steel, steel, brass, aluminum, nickel and chrome. It is a very fine grit chrome oxide compound embedded within glue or a grease binder.
My compound dried out. Anyone knows how i can re-hydrate it?
Heat it up a bit.
Can this work with "Plastics" also ??? I am trying to polis a "Resin Fountain Pen", how do i do that with a dremel? thanks
A dremel goes very fast and can melt plastic. You can buff pens with toothpaste and a soft rag, by hand.
I would like to know where did you get that black work station at
That is the Keter Workstation from Costco a few years back. I have seen these occasionally on the Costco shelves in the past year or so under $60.
Thanks a lot for the feedback appreciate it