Why use Polishing compounds?

At Moleroda we often get asked why you might need a polishing compound and the best way to apply it. So we thought we should share some of our top tips and expert insider advice on using compounds.

Polishing bars, also known as grease bars are the most efficient way of heading up polishing mops.

They can be used for bright finishing, colouring, buffing, high lustre or mirror polishing, but also for prepolishing and when metal removal is as important as reflection.

What Polishing compound should I be using? 

 

I need to remove marks, scratches, welds, pits and unwanted blemishes in the metals. 

In this instance you need to be using our coarse range of cutting compounds.  Once you start polishing all of these marks will become more viable so this pre-polishing stage is the most important. All mops should be used with a Dry sisal mop for good stock removal. An impregnated sisal can also be used to increase cut or white mop for a softer application.

I just need a general polishing bar.

General polishing compounds are available which are used for giving good cut and colour on ferrous and non-ferrous metals. We have a range for various types of metal and which are best used with white stitched mops. 

I need to achieve a mirror shine.

We sell high gloss finishing compounds on all metals from titanium to steel to aluminium to gold and silver – high mirror finish. We offer both Lea manufacturing UK compound and also a German made compound Menzerna. Both offer excellent finishing compounds. A loosefold mop is a popular choice for this final finishing process. The softest mops is a Reflex mop which is used in the jewellery industry for precious metals – sometimes this soft mop is not necessary on harder metals. 

How to use Polishing compound

The bar is applied to the rotating mop, the frictional heat transfers the abrasive in its binder system to the head where it will be able to polish the part whilst being held on to the head.

The binder system used is specifically designed for different applications. The amount of lubricity needed and mop adhesion depends according to material and rake.

Some automatic applications use bars that are fed onto the head by a special bar applicator. The advantage of bar in these situations it can give a more even head build and produce less mess.

For automatic applications bar sizes can be whatever is desirable to the application.