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.
Todd
faster-cutting than tripoli?
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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
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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
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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.