Reddit reviews Dialux Green Polishing Compound 1 BAR
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The professional choice for bringing steel, aluminum and chrome to brilliant luster-apply small amount by holding against spinning buffing wheel or rub on cloth - no softening neededGreen chromium-oxide has light cutting power to remove swirls and overlap lines in harder metalsWhen a buffing wheel is spun against it the compound heats up and transfers to the wheelLarge 6 oz 5" x 1" block is easier to use with powered buffers, lasts for dozens of polishing jobsAvailable in several colors/compositions for wide variety of materials and results; made in USA - brand may vary depending on availability
A strop with no compound is really only going to debur your edge, it will do virtually no polishing. A cheap bar of white or green compound, shouldn't cost you more than $5 at a home improvement/hardware store will help.
Something like this, http://www.amazon.com/Green-Rouge-Polishing-Buffing-Compound/dp/B003K7U0J6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1375053829&sr=8-3&keywords=green+compound
Obviously, the finer you can go with your hones, the less work you are going to have to do with the strop. Also, be careful with your technique as careless stropping will polish not only your bevel but your cutting edge and round it off.
yeah i polished them after bending using a felt wheel on an angle grinder and this stuff
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003K7U0J6/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_asin\_title\_o05\_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I do worry about galvanic corrosion a little bit. It looks like stainless won't be nearly as bad as aluminum. I'll just have to keep an eye out for signs of corrosion.
I think I've helped enough beginners with that little thing on the side bar....
But whatever, I'll play this game and set him up for immediate success and long term success for when he outgrows the old shitty leather belt strop.
Smiths Coarse and Fine 4" diamond stone for 14 bucks- I will personally attest to the quality of this thing, while the fine side is about 750 grit, it does a fantastic job. I own and use this piece of kit daily, works just fine.
Or this Norton Crystalon or whatever coarse and fine stone for as cheap as 10 bucks-I've used this one too to very good effect.
Green buffing paste 3 bucks-Chromium oxide buffing paste, I use the shit sometimes on my buffing wheels and once upon a time on strops. It works fine.
Paddle strop for 10 bucks-Should work just fine, and it's made to be a strop, the leather is tanned to be a strop, and it'll be better for the dude to learn on equipment appropriate for the task, as that's what it was manufactured for and not ghetto rigged.
From most of the reviews of the knife, it comes with a pretty good edge, not razor sharp though.
Ok, after searching amazon, looks like the green compound is pretty cheap, so I'll get that. 6oz green compound for $3
And if 1000 grit is what I need for a whetstone, looks like you can get cheap ones on amazon too. Here's a double sided 250/1000 grit stone Also, the blade on the knife I'm getting is only 2.8 inches long, so I assume the size of this whetstone should be good enough.
I guess that's only $10 more than what I would have spend on sandpaper. I assume the cheap whetstone and green compound on cardboard would be a better choice? I also read that the back of a coffee cup is almost like a 1000 grit stone, but I assume the actual whetstone will just work a lot better?
Thanks for all the info.