Dave, Try this, have a stainless steel pot with a lid on low. In
the pot have water, some dishwashing liquid and some household
ammonia. About one tablespoon per cup of water in the pot in the
morning (ammonia breaks down to water with time).
Put your objects in the pot after polishing, then dip a
toothbrush into the warm mixture and clean the polish residue off
your hands. While you are doing this (1-2 minutes) the grease
(lard0 in the compound is softened and released by the mixture
and the heat, then scrub off your object, dipping it in the
solution. You can use gloves if you like while doing this. This
is less intense than what you are doing. Also, try different
compounds, some production work is best done with only one,
perhaps Zam or Fabuluster, but you should be able to change your
working procedure to only have two, a cutting one (tripoli,
bobbing, fabuluster etc) and a polishing one (an appropriate
rouge). If you are having to remove damage from your object by
polishing change your working procedure-remember don’t put a
mark in the work unless you want it there. Sometimes people spend
time removing damage they themselves have done to the work. For
isntance when emerying take the fine emery, try it-if it doesn’t
do the job, then try the medium, if not then the coarse-if you
start with coarse you put more damage in than you started with.
If you have to wait a minute or so and let things soak (whether
in the above system or in an ultrasonic) then stagger your
working sequences so you can keep on working on another part or
component while your objects are soaking.
good luck
Charles
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