Nitro - polishing after flat sanding

Zoolooter

Can anyone recommend a two or three stage hand polishing kit, or products? The only one I've seen is the Stewmac Colortone Polishing Compounds, but that's only sold in the US. I've used car polish before after flat sanding with good results, just want to get it a bit better this time.

vanlooy1

I’m pretty sure Rothko and Frost do a 3 step finishing kit - not tried it myself though.

vanlooy1

Same as this...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00OLV13VE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_FxYcGbW9GVHS3

I think!

Jazzthat

I've used rupes products with brilliant results . Though not cheap , as ideally you will need to buy 4 stage polishing products . 

Zoolooter

vanlooy1 said:

I’m pretty sure Rothko and Frost do a 3 step finishing kit - not tried it myself though.

Thanks for that. Just ordered stage 1 (fine) and 2 (finer). Hopefully won't need the 3 stage as I'm going for slightly aged NOS finish.

vanlooy1

No worries, let me know how you get on with it as I might try it myself!

Zoolooter

Will do! Putting together a 59 tele whiteguard, I'll post a few pics when it's finished.

Zoolooter

@vanlooy1 Just to let you know, the polishing compounds from Rothko work a treat, I stopped at stage 1. With hindsight I didn't need to buy stage 2. Here's a few pics, the first one is wet sanded to 2000 grit before polishing,

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50900517813_67fab23e9d_k.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50900497013_7398ee94c9_k.jpg

vanlooy1

Thanks mate, looks good, elbow grease only or mechanically assisted?

Zoolooter

That’s literally a quick ten minute polish by hand. Careful flat sanding 600, 1200, 2000 left me with a semi shinny surface, probably the most important bit - but I’m no expert.