Buffing Mag Body

[Tobe2be]

Well dont mind the title i put weird title so people can look and help a fellow mag owner. well i have a lil problem i went to home depot to buy a buffer wheel to polish my mag body cuz i cant afford a plished minimag body. Anyways i bought the buffing wheel for a hand drill and it came with 3 polishing "stones" for 3 diffrent types of metal. the first one is for ferrous metals. the second one is for non-ferrous metals and the third one is for something completely diffrent from polishing. my question is what stone do i use the one for ferrous metals or the one for non. thanks for reading and if you have a cheap polished/chrome minimag body for sale pm me. Thanks again for looking

[FreshmanBob]

weeeeell ferrous means iron, so that would be stuff like, steel, or iron, or something with iron in it. Non ferrous is something like Ti or aluminum ooorr brass. Seeing how as the mainbody is made of stainless steel, go for the ferrous.

[Tobe2be]

ok cool now what about a dz3 what should i use and thanks for responding

[BajaBoy]

Originally posted by Tobe2be
ok cool now what about a dz3 what should i use and thanks for responding

use the dark grey for your body, and the white one for you dz. (i had bought the same kit a wile back)

also if u have a highspeed drill it will help Alot.

[banzaimf]

uhm stainless steel is non ferrous I do believe. Magnets don't stick to stainless

[Tobe2be]

so i should use the non ferrous one on my bdy then.

[Mossman]

use the ferrous on the body. I've had good experiences with the ferrous ones taking out surface scratches on aluminum too.

Either way neither will hurt, but I'd start with ferrous and work my way down. Can't hurt nuttin'

[Tobe2be]

so moss youre telling me it wont affect the shine od the body. cuz i dont wanna mess up the body

[Foahr Decatur]

If you are useing a stone to grind with DON'T use it on aluminum the aluminum gets mucked up in the stone it can fill the poors and can become so heated that it will expand and make the stone shatter. Which is bad if its spinning relly fast. Make sure it says you can use it on aluminum or any non ferrous matteral that does not spark. Use safty glasses and shilds and all that when you use it.


And ferrous just means that it has iron on it. There are types of steal that is not magnetic like Stainless serries number 302 ish to 347 ish.

[funkmunky56]

c'mon guys... STEEL IS FERROUS. get a clue

use the ferrous wheel... or better yet, buy a polishing wheel, and some rouge, and do it the right way.

[Tobe2be]

i bought the buffing wheel and it came this this cream type stone that is rubbed on the polishing wheel but i dont know which one to use.