Buffing/polishing compound recs

[Blank Blades.]

As some of you may know I'm in the middle of a project that involves bringing a knife to a mirror finish. I intend on bringing the knife to my buffing wheels on my bench grinder once I get the scratch pattern fine enough.

Im finding the compounds I have right now just aren't going to get the job done though. I have a set of them I picked up at lowes. I think they are porter and cable brand, and although they do a great job with soft metals like brass. they aren't doing much on the hardened steel of the knife.

I'm looking on amazon for possible upgrades, and I don't want to waste my money. Does anyone have any direction they can point me in? I see diamond lapping pastes, different buffing compounds (like the classic jewelers rouge type stuff) amoung other stuff, and I just am not confident on what to choose.

 

[ReiHamono]

Diamond is the answer

 

[Se1ryu]

Do you try Koyo green K-1 Buffing & Polishing compund? They use that compund in Japan for buffing and polishing knives and tools.

 

[Blank Blades.]

Do you try Koyo green K-1 Buffing & Polishing compund? They use that compund in Japan for buffing and polishing knives and tools.

I haven't tried it. I'll check it out.

 

[Blank Blades.]

Do you think the Woodstock buffing compounds would be similar to the koyo stuff?

 

[Se1ryu]

Do you think the Woodstock buffing compounds would be similar to the koyo stuff?

I haven't try it. I just check it on amazon that

Woodstock D2902​

extra fine buffing compound has grit of 400-600. Maybe if can find one with 0.5 micron like koyo K-1 it can give you a mirror finish.

 

[Blank Blades.]

I haven't try it. I just check it on amazon that

Woodstock D2902​

extra fine buffing compound has grit of 400-600. Maybe if can find one with 0.5 micron like koyo K-1 it can give you a mirror finish.

It says 400-600 but I have no idea what scale they are going off of, if it's even for the right product. From what I've heard it should give a much finer finish than that.

Either way. I will definitely give koyo a try when I get a chance.

 

[Lezza]

It says 400-600 but I have no idea what scale they are going off of, if it's even for the right product. From what I've heard it should give a much finer finish than that.

Either way. I will definitely give koyo a try when I get a chance.

Koyo is very similar to Flitz. I prefer Flitz, much easier to apply and brings out shine faster

 

[Blank Blades.]

Koyo is very similar to Flitz. I prefer Flitz, much easier to apply and brings out shine faster

Ok that's good because I just got some flitz in today. I also bought 3 new buffing and polishing wheels. It came with 3 new compounds I havent tried yet. It's a black, grey and white one. Black is coarse , grey is medium, white is fine. I've tried those colors before, but different brands can make a huge difference.

Also I got some more 3m wetordry 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, and I got a sheet of trizact 3000. I think I'll start back at 1000, go up through the grits. Maybe polish with the wheels, then try some etchant and flitz to see what results I can get.

 

[Lezza]

Ok that's good because I just got some flitz in today. I also bought 3 new buffing and polishing wheels. It came with 3 new compounds I havent tried yet. It's a black, grey and white one. Black is coarse , grey is medium, white is fine. I've tried those colors before, but different brands can make a huge difference.

Also I got some more 3m wetordry 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, and I got a sheet of trizact 3000. I think I'll start back at 1000, go up through the grits. Maybe polish with the wheels, then try some etchant and flitz to see what results I can get.

3M Zona is very good.
https://www.amazon.com/37-948-Polis...7&sr=1-1-f0029781-b79b-4b60-9cb0-eeda4dea34d6

 

[Blank Blades.]

I actually had something similar that I bought off amazon that was labeled 3m, and had the same backing material, and everything. I did like it, I have just a tiny bit left of a couple sheets. I can't remember the abrasive size or anything on the ones I have left.

Anyway idk if it's actually 3m. But it does have it's uses. I actually found the finer grits to be very useful to use with stone slurry to get a very even kasumi polish on clad knives.

 

[gregfisk]

3M Zona is very good.
https://www.amazon.com/37-948-Polis...7&sr=1-1-f0029781-b79b-4b60-9cb0-eeda4dea34d6

I use these same sanding clothes to polish epoxy resin handles that I make. They work really well but don’t last all that long. I personally use them wet for polishing epoxy but they work dry as well.