faster-cutting than tripoli?

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When you say tripoli, I assume you mean red tripoli, since that's standard fare for pipemaking. I used to polish a lot of engine parts, for which I used a yellow/brown tripoli as the first stage. There are several gradations if tripoli, and red falls somewhere in the middle, with orange usually being a bit finer, and green even finer than that. The stuff I used was quite coarse and served to debur and round over anything that was a bit rough from casting. I'm sure that the color codes are not universal however. Try an auto body supply store, and see if you can find what you're looking for.

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hallo random
there is a linishing compound comes at different grits, 120 -320 grit used for cleaning rusty tools -check out www.axminster.co.uk for a look
regards abbeypipes
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random, what do you mean by faster cutting? I suppose I know what you mean by a more coarse or fine compound, but, what's the difference? What different result would each produce on the piece of wood?
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Have you got a Sears or Lowes nearby? They usually (I say, 'usually') have a good selection of buffing and polishing compounds. I recently polished up some metal and found that brown tripoli did a good job - but I think, as with buffing pipes, the results are largely dependent upon the equipment and techniques used.
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