A buddy of mine brought me some 3M 3000 grit polishing pads to play with. I could not imagine what I would ever use them for, but he said some people polish glass with them. I had very bad mineral and rust on my windshield so I gave it a try. These things are like a scotchbright pad with stuff on one side. They took 47 years of grim right off the glass like it was dust. I was so excited I was doing every piece of glass I could find. Then I turned it onto chrome and stainless steel. OMG!!! The pads are 5" round, and the stuff does fade, but I was polishing rusty SS tubing like wiping bugs off a windshield.
These things are sold by the box and not cheep, also the DA sander was a bit cumbersome and too fast, so I cut one of the pads into 2" circles and attached to my Dremel cleaning tool. perfect size for all the nooks and crannies, but the "stuff" kept wearing off. So I added some polishing compound to the mix and wholly ship!
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04-16-2019 03:29 PM #1
Metal Polish Hack (for lazy polishing)
riverrandy
1975 64' MY Hull# 305
Merritt Island, FL
Cape Crossing Marina
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Re: Metal Polish Hack (for lazy polishing)
Where did you get the pads? I’d love it o try it on my stanchions.
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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Re: Metal Polish Hack (for lazy polishing)
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC
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04-17-2019 11:07 AM #4
Re: Metal Polish Hack (for lazy polishing)
I am in League City TX and got it from Blackburn Marine. The pads in the Video look different to me. I do not have the box they came in, but I will get a picture of the box/pad, and post. The video makes it look like a paper, where these are similar to a scotchbright pad.
riverrandy
1975 64' MY Hull# 305
Merritt Island, FL
Cape Crossing Marina
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04-17-2019 05:12 PM #5
Re: Metal Polish Hack (for lazy polishing)
Turns out these pads are of 3M's Finesse-it line, item number 64974. it is called a refining disc. A box of 20 pads is about $45, but they go a long way...
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1975 64' MY Hull# 305
Merritt Island, FL
Cape Crossing Marina
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Re: Metal Polish Hack (for lazy polishing)
Looks like they come in 6" or 5".
Here is the 5":
https://www.nhbragg.com/2951045/prod...-hook-and-loopSky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI