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Wondering what people use here to polish titanium. I've used a mixture of the cloth polishing wheels and polish. So far, the best combination is to start with the rough polishing compound from dremel and finish with a white paste from Mothers. I can bring out a mirror finish with periodic sanding of the felt wheels (to get the solid stuff off) but am wondering how I can do something more sophisticated like a watch. The deep grooves make it challenging to use a typical set of wheels and I am wondering how people have tackled this, especially against a tough metal like titanium. How can I remove the solid gunk after it builds up without damaging the mirror finish? Cuetips or some type of cleaner?
Thanks.
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To clean up some of the residue left over without messing up what you have already done you might try the #414 felt wheel. Thats all I can think of for now I am drawing a blank for some reason.
Doug 
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ehunt123 (6/23/2007)
Wondering what people use here to polish titanium. I've used a mixture of the cloth polishing wheels and polish. So far, the best combination is to start with the rough polishing compound from dremel and finish with a white paste from Mothers. I can bring out a mirror finish with periodic sanding of the felt wheels (to get the solid stuff off) but am wondering how I can do something more sophisticated like a watch. The deep grooves make it challenging to use a typical set of wheels and I am wondering how people have tackled this, especially against a tough metal like titanium. How can I remove the solid gunk after it builds up without damaging the mirror finish? Cuetips or some type of cleaner?
Thanks.
I have three polishing bars,black,white and red. Rough,medium and fine. I use these with a felt wheel on my Dremel. For cleaning the grooves I would use vinegar to remove bulky residue and then use a throw away floss pick. If the grooves are fine you can also use a sewing needle. Soak Q-tip in vinegar and proceed. I use vinegar to clean all metal surfaces,it is slightly acidic also. I do some silver electroplating so am always polishing things. Hope that this helps you. Fred
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