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====== REF: General-MSR 13 ======
====== Polishing Compounds ======
See also [[techtalk:ref:svcproc45#polishing_aluminum_and_stainless_steel|Polishing Aluminum and Stainless Steel]] in the Sportsterpedia. \\
Here is a very useful link from the Caswell Inc. site. [[https://www.caswellplating.com/buffman.htm#|An Introduction to Buffing and Polishing]] \\
Download their free PDF "The Buff Book". \\
Lots of good explanations there on polishing compounds. \\
  
====== Homemade Polishing Compound ======
Home made polishing compound from jeweler's rouge, mineral oil and used soap bars. ((photos by rokytnji of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/63858-special-tools/page19?threadid=395586&page=19)) \\
Finished paste below was placed in an old cut down coffee can. 
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