ES5V first build

[DarkMark]

20 coats of Tru Oil and first 2000 sand complete (personal record keeping).

[DarkMark]

When it comes to polishing I have some things I could use. First I intent to use 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 micro mesh pads. I also have a three piece polishing kit with drill pads including;
1) initial cleaning of metal- firm cleaning pad with regular cleaning compound.
2) initial polishing or light cleaning of precious metal- medium pad, light polishing compound.
3) high gloss polishing of precious metals- high quality buffing pad with high gloss polishing compound.

Would anyone recommend/discourage the use of these polishes?
Following 12000 micro mesh pad could I skip any of the polishing steps, eg straigh to 3) high gloss polish?
Should I hand polish instead?

Please leave your thoughts.

[blinddrew]

Haven't got round to doing the final polish on mine. Did up to 3000 grit on sandpaper and then going to go straight to the meguiars stuff and see how that works.

[Sonic Mountain]

I sand to 2000 with wet and dry, then use machine cutting compound and an electric buffer, then SCA polish with no cut and finish with Meguires Scratch X. The Relliecaster and Black Cherry in my builds below show these results pretty well.

On the Sonicaster cutting didn't work very well with the poly, so I sanded to 2000 and then did some very careful clear top coats and left it. It was a bit orange peely initially but has since settled down to be pretty flat.

People get great results using various techniques so it might be a case of suck it and see to work out what you prefer.

[DarkMark]

Thanks for your methods, folks. 25 Tru Oil coats and second 2000 wet sand (personal record keeping).

[DarkMark]

29 coats of Tru Oil and it’s looking rather flat. Also, my second bottle of Tru Oil is nearly empty and starting to leave ‘dry bits’ on the surface. Third and final 2000 wet sand tonight. Tested the micro mesh and polish on the scratch plate. Polishing....so much polishing ahead of me.

[blinddrew]

Chin up DarkMark, it'll be worth it.

[DarkMark]

Yeah, I’ll take my time. No rush.

[DarkMark]

Oh my! It’s shiny.

[wazkelly]

Gotta love that look.

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