Rouge yes, sweat no. Polishing is easy, if you have a buffing wheel.
If you don't, they are easy to make, as they only require a motor
(furnace blower fan motor will do) a mandrel attachment and a couple
of medium sized buffing wheels (cotton, not felt). The bigger the
wheel the quicker the work. Then you polish with a heavy wheel and
polishing (cutting) compound, then you buff it with a softer wheel and
medium buffing compound and then you buff it with a softer wheel and
fine buffing compound. You should have three wheels and don't mix them
up, i.e. don't use more than one rouge (polishing compound) on a
wheel. If they are already burnished, you can probably get by with
just two wheels, Emery or Tripoli compound and White Rouge compounds.
My preference is 8" spiral sewn wheel for cutting (first rough cut),
and a 80 Ply Thick Buff for the mirror finish.
Also available:
http://technicalvideorental.com/rental_2.html The Art of Buffing
http://www.practical-sailor.com/news...53polisher.pdf



"derbyrm" wrote in message
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| Rouge and sweat.
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| As I understand it, burnishing is just rubbing with a metal rod (or
maybe
| tumbling). Polishing is like sanding, but one uses successively
finer
| grades of rouge and buffing wheels.
|
| Roger
|
| http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm
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| wrote in message
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| I have some deck hardware / fittings that are 'burnished' bronze,
and
| others that are 'polished' bronze (the difference being the latter
have
| a more finished/shiny/polished appearance - the former look like
they
| were simply plopped out of the mold).
|
| By what process does one turn a 'burnished' piece into a
'polished'
| piece?
|
| MW
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