Polish/Buffing basic knowledge.

Polish and burrring before chrome plating is very important. we intruoduce some basic knowledge for you . We can divide it into linishing, polishing, and buffing.

by Sean Kuo

Chorme plated Motorcycle parts with high-quality appearance requirements the base material need to be polish and/or buffing.

To acheieve the best surface appearance we can divide it into 3 sections.

Linishing

Polish

Buffing

Linishing

Grind using abrasive belts in descending order to achieve a smooth and consistent surface. The most common grits we use are 80, 180, 400, 600, and 1000. The grit number bigger means the after granding number will be finer.
This is widely use polish machine in Taiwan.

Sand Belt with different grits.

Brake Resivoir cap after polish

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