How to sand and polish stainless steel to a mirror finish.
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- In this video Evan from Evan's detailing and polishing breaks down how to sand and polish stainless steel. A rare look at exactly how I do stainless steel. Granted this is only an air cleaner off of a peterbilt but this is exactly what I use on all stainless. Some I go to deeper grits but I try to avoid heavy grits whenever possible. I really hope these videos help out a lot and hope to do more instructional videos on this subject later. Stay tuned for the how to polish stainless steel video without sanding coming out soon.
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Thanks for sharing so much information that you've taken years to learn. I am a hobbyist and these videos really help.
Glad to help Thank you for watching and supporting.
Don’t worry about the length of the videos... we can always skip ahead. Being brand new at this with my first truck (W900L😁) I appreciate EVERY detail !!!
Thank you. I appreciate that. My theory is the same. You can always fast forward but you can't add what isn't in there.
Yeah, Stainless Steel is what I am learning on lol. I do have some experience though, however, it has been many many years since I polished anything. When I was a teenager I used to hunt Salvage yards for Aluminum rims, take them home and polish them up and sell them or use them on one of my hotrods. Today or now I have a huge new project and I think I found the Best Polishing Channel out there ! We bought a super rare 35 ft MCI bus, it used to be a Yellowstone Park Tour bus and was auctioned off in 2020 with one more as these two were the last of the 15 MCI, model MC-5B's that the park bought back in 1975 and 1976. I thought I notice today that the heat was helping polish but I had not idea really until hearing what you said on here, Thanks Big Time Evan. I am an old school Sign Painter and I used to do a lot of custom lettering, pin-striping, gold leaf etc... I wish I was closer maybe we could do a little trading lol. It took me several hours of trying different approaches using different grits to see how the Stainless steel works compared to Aluminum but today after watching a few of your videos my polish job is looking better, just having more knowledge of what is what in this industry is a huge help, again Thanks For Sharing !!!
I like my brush and polished metals but I love how polished ss looks. Very informative, appreciated.
Just did this on unpolished peterbilt fuel tank straps. Worked great. Thx
Glad it worked for you.
Nice video. As a retired sheet metal fabricator, This brings back memories of at time when I ran a polishing wheel that weighed a ton as I polished revolving doors sold world wide to a # 8 reflective finish with stainless as well as brass, bronze . My boss took a nail and carved a deep gash in a piece of stainless and I had to remove the scratch using an old large belt sander that was 8 ft of belt on a running on a large belt sander. Then I had to bring that metal back to a beautiful reflective finish, using that big heavy polisher . 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
That is all we do everyday allday. Thanks for watching. I truly love watching metal shine.
why on earth would you even contemplate watching a video such as this..!
Peferfectly explained great Video
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos.... ***tips hat ***
I truly appreciate you watching them. Thank you.
The COE in the background it’s a nice touch.
Thank you
I don't mind long video, I like to see how people do things in real time. If you fwd, it's hard some times to see what people have done or looked at in the coarse of the video. I like how you polish the metal.
Thank you. Truly appreciate this comment. I put my heart in soul in these videos.
Exelente tutorial bro, realmente he aprendido a pulir stainless steel con tus tecnicas y videos, saludos. Y feliz navidad!!!!
Glad you like it. Thanks for watching.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing why did you use 600 grit with angle grinder and then 600 grit with the other machine, palm sander? what is the purpose? can you just buff after using 600 with the angle grinder/buffer?
@@wazup3333 600 grit on the grinder cuts deeper than the 600 da. So I just wanted a little deeper bite with less time involved.
Thanks for the video. Im thinking of teaching myself metal polishing. And tips are great.
Glad to help. You should go for it.
Great video very informative and gave me new insight on how to polish stainless on my new truck.... thank you
Thanks for watching.
You just proved what i was told completely wrong... i was told u can not take blue off stainless exhaust n i was told u can not polish stainless airfilters... i never tried it... but Evan that was incrediable!!!
Stainless yes. Chrome no. That is how it goes. Thanks for watching and commentin. Appreciate that.
Hey Evan some great videos man👌 thanks just starting to learn polishing with the grinder it better to polish aluminium and stainless in the sun with a warm or hot surface rather than in the cool of a shed
Not necessarily. Both situations just polish different. One isn't necessarily better than the other. Just the compounds and buffs react different and require different techniques to acquire the desired shine.
Hey Evan thanks mate will just have to keep practising and trying different buffs and compounds thanks again brother keep up the good work
Awesome video! Stainless is a pain in the ass!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Wow. I just found your channel. Outstanding video. Don't worry about things like losing signal. If someone is doing this, they will catch any bs. I subbed and look forward to looking checking your other vids.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for the kind comment. Hope you find other videos helpful as well.
Double Bonus video,,,, Great job man.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and supporting.
So this will help me put a mirror shine on my stainless fridge
Refrigerators and other appliances are really thin stainless and they are glued to a shell. If you get them too hot the panel warps and it will forever be wavy. I recommend only using a random orbit sander on thin glued stainless like that and polishing at slow speed.
Awesome results!
Thank you.
Please teach sanding/ polishing on flat stainless! I'm having a terrible time with it
Truck in the background looks bad ass !!!!
That is my 1984 peterbilt cabover. Shop use only currently. LOL
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing that's bad ass!!! I got three cabovers I'm building
@@kkbodyshop I'm a sucker for cool cabovers. This was the first daycab I ever seen.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing you and me both . That's why I have 3 lol
@@kkbodyshop Id have more if I could afford more. LOL
Love this kinds of videos
I’m trying to put out good content.
Long vids are fine. More helpful actually.
I'm trying to put out as much info as possible. Thanks for watching.
When you get metal that polished, what do you do to protect that finish? I’m looking at ideas for polishing metal furniture pieces. 🙂
The rouge is the protection.
Carbon Collective do Platinum Wheels a metal ceramic coating.
RENAISSANCE Micro-Crystalline wax might work for you
Old video, I know, but I'm DESPERATE. Your videos have helped me immensely in restoring a 20 yr old Bloomer horse trailer. My main job is painting them but i had to remove vinyl graphics on the aluminum and polish it. It's working well but the 20yr old graphics on the stainless nose is a nightmare. The vinyl has uv'd away but i haven't been able to remove the residue. HELP. I've sanded 400-¹000, paint thinner, rubber eraser, and it STILL WON'T GO AWAY. Any suggestions?
Awesome demonstration man🤘🏼
Thank you for watching.
Evan Merry Christmas from TEXAS. Hope to see you next year at GATS.
Maybe I can come to your school for a few days
You are welcome anytime.
These videos are great. Hey have you ever seen stainless steel rust after sanding out deep scratches and dings? I think that top layer is called chromium oxide. I have a project with deep scratches and I'm not sure how rangy to get with my sanding. Thanks!
Some stainless steels will rust. That is just the nature of the beast. But great question.
Thanks Evan..It really helped me
Happy to hear that you found this helpful. Thank you for watching.
Hi Evan , great video !! I do a bit of automotive stainless moulding repairs. To make it time effective , I file finish my repairs. To remove file marks I start with 150g then work down to 400 . I then use a hard buff with a green rouge , then switch to a softer buff with a dark grey rouge . Some of the local guys here in New Zealand finish polish with a white rouge (which I don't have) ....my problem is...I have trouble getting rid of 'haziness' on the mouldings . They look great under flouro lights , but in natural light appear to need more work......Do you have any suggestions? ( I should mention ...I have tried finish sanding with 600g and 1200g with only slightly better results) PB
Heavier grits require more heat to get out. Not cut buffing means the color buff has to spend more tome trying to get scratches out and building more heat. What your issues sound like is color burn on stainless. No your stainless isn’t burning. It’s the color burning into the stainless. I recommend the gray first then the green.
do you go a lot slower on stainless to help it heat up and cut more? I feel like that's the only way to get it to polish and cut properly.
Great video as always! Thank you!
Thank you!
Yo Evan, I am in the process of buffing and polishing my Yeti one-gallon jug. I originally just used the Zephyr Super Shine 'X' kit. Once I went over the jug with all three wheels it was decently reflective but still a lot of lines and swirls. I went back and did 320, 600, and then 800 on my Milwaukee 2738-20 and then 800 on a DA. I am halfway through with the orange and yellow buffing wheel. Do you have any tips or tricks to get a mirror finish? I really like your video and explanation.
I'm guessing it is one of those stainless jugs? If you are using aluminum polishing supplies from that kit you will struggle getting mirror results on stainless. The compounds are not really designed for cutting or for the amount of heat they will take. Plus stainless takes a lot of time to cut and a little time coloring. You will have to cut in multiple directions and patterns to get a great mirror shine. I hope this helps.
Great job Evan...🇬🇧
Thank you.
I bought KW Air cleaner, but it has burnt spots on the side from the fire, Can it be cleaned? Thanks.
Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. I’ve had both experiences in my shop. Hard to give you a proper answer without seeing it.
Awesome video 🔥🔥
Thank you brother. Hope to see you soon.
GREAT VIDEO but what is CUT & COLOR , BACK CUT ? AND what color block do you use for CUT & COLOR .THESE little things WE NEED TO KNOW .
He explains all this in depth in other videos. Keep watching.
There are many videos here that you can check out that will explain everything you are wanting to know. I appreciate you watching!
What speed are you cutting the stainless with and how much pressure? Im doing a raw 309 stainless exhaust. Ive sanded from 120-2000 so i believe im on the right track.
I never sand above 600 personally. But I cut with my 6,000 rpm grinder. Things can go bad in a hurry at that speed though. Stainless sanded up to 2,000 should be pretty shiny already if done correctly. You could definitely go straight to the color if it is that nice already. I hope this info helps. Thanks for the question. Shine on.
I’m not able to find the answer to this question hopefully you can help, the rims and tanks have been polished, I drove through snow and salt for two weeks now the rims and tanks have a yellow haze how can I remove that? And once that is gone and clean what can I apply to the rims and tanks so they stay shiny? I’ve heard you can use WD-40 I think someone was blowing smoke up my backside!
I know lots that use wd-40 but for me as a polisher that makes it really tough to polish next time. That yellow usually comes from the brine and stuff they put on the road. The only way to clean and maintain is to hand polish or full polish. Nothing I have seen so far out there protects from the elements. Regular washing and hand polishing help but isn't perfect. Aluminum maintenance isn't easy.
Upon close inspection... I dnt see a swop in material. U cool dude, Im busy polishing a chrome lighter that my engraver scratched.
Thanks for watching.
Great job thank you
Thanks for watching!
Just wondering if doing the front of drop fenders that are sand blasted to hell. Would you still stay over 400 grit to start
I’ve started some at 80 grit. Depends how rough it is.
Hi l would like to know if l can sand out a bumper from the 1960's and buff and polish it out. Please need your expertise.
Is it a chrome bumper or aluminum bumper? I would have to know what material it is first before I can answer that question properly.
What's the best way to restore stainless steel pans to mirror finish and remove all scratches so food doesn't stick as bad 🤔
My cut stage I run at set speed 6K. My color wheels I spin on a variable at about 1400-1800
Thanks man. Just, thanks.
You're welcome! Hope it helped
Good music man. Much better than just hearing the grinder. I also like this style of music to focus while polishing. I was wondering what rpm is your grinder / sander?
Thank you, grinder is 6600rpm and the sander is a DA
Skillz!
Thank you!
What if you have something that's relatively new and you want to preserve it, what method would you use?
I would just use hand polish and maintain as long as possible.
The good thing about working with stainless steel polishing is that sanding is often not necessary, as stainless steel suffers much less damage from corrosion and oxidation.Compared to aluminum which is much more sensitive.
Thank you for watching and commenting. Appreciate it!
Also can you tell me the part # of what polish compound and the color compund you used
goshineon.com I have aluminum kits and stainless polish kits. The kits are exactly what I use.
Thanks for all your vids AND your time! Are ya gonna do a raw 🤘 steel video at all? Perhaps I haven’t found it yet? Kindest Regards
very nice video
Thanks for watching.
Hello
For aluminum parts same process
Using 400 and 600 sandpaper?
Different process. Check out my how to sand aluminum video here on my channel. Thanks for watching.
I do mostly royal enfield bullet
Which has aluminum
hey man great job, I polished a fare lead on a boat today and went 180,240, 320 then buffed the scratches out with a course pad then a polish pad with white polish. I can still see some marks from the polish wheel. could that be from having polish on the wheel still? also what do you mean by back cutting and forward cutting?
Yes the super fine finish takes lots of time. Keep the wheel clean and keep the compound wet.
I love your vlogs...I subscribe to the channel all the time...I drive a Super liner Mack in need of some TLC and polishing...your vlogs come in very very handy indeed...from New Zealand how can I get hold of your polishing buffers and compounds what they sell here in New Zealand is rubbish...?
Wheel have a distributor in New Zealand, Wheelie Bright. You can reach out to them or check our our website www.goshineon.com.
Hi Evan. I have Started restoring the stainless for my 57 Chevy using what I have learned from other video's. I am only using the black emery compound and then the green stainless compound. Sanding to 2000 grit and still have light scratches. Am I missing an intermediate compound? I see you only use 600 grit. Also, can you give me the links to your vid that explains "Back sanding" I think you called it. I also, like others, don't know all these terms. Thanks
Yeah I’m working on a video of polishing terms.
When you say "backcut" what does that mean? I have been fighting with a 1/4 fender all day and making almost zero progress.
I have had good success with a Walter blendex wheel on stainless, but I just can't get full mirror
I'll be doing a video on polisher slang soon. Thanks for watching.
Also what does DA mean??, cant he just say the word, instead of abbreviating, for rookies like my-self?
@@robertm.5816 dual action... Cheaper electric sanders make circles really quickly but DA makes a much more "non linear" pattern it makes circles in circles.. I have also heard them called wobbly or jitterbug sander
@@robertm.5816 da is a type of sander.
@@jasonk4237 thats a random orbital sander
I've got two tanks out back - and I'm going to give it a whirl straight away. Thank you.
I hope you kill it. Good luck buddy.
Hey Evan can you do a tour of your cab over
Yes I sure can
so going over it more with higher grit paper just means you have to compound/polish less?
Yes for sure.
What pad did u use for the polishing compund? Is it just a airway buffing wheel?
A special kind of airway buffing wheel designed to handle the heat of the stainless and not break down really fast. goshineon.com carries them.
Will this work on the new cold rolled 30x Tesla cybertruck?
I haven't tried one yet but I believe it will.
can you just do with DA as far as sanding without the other tool ?
You can. It just takes longer.
Hey great video thanks. A question how deep can you sand and able to bring it back? I am working on my quarter fenders that are rock chiped bad. I DA sanded to 800 and they are a lot better but not smooth. Thank you in advance for your answer and time.
Well I do any damage to stainless steel visor if I polish with brown and orange and yellow and green combos???
Not necessarily damage but it won’t look great. Most aluminum rouges aren’t designed to hold up to the heat on stainless and create hazes and issues.
Where do you get your cutting wheels from? And what are they called? I can’t ever find anything to fit my hand buffer, same brand as yours makita
Sell them o our website. www.goshineon.com
Evan can you put out a basic process for average polishing. I believe I can do brown and orange to green and yellow. For stainless or aluminum on my truck. To get decent results. Is this correct?
I don’t use Tripoli on stainless but that’s 95% of what I do on aluminum.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing yes I have since discovered your procedure for stainless.
@@Fatherandsoncreations Awesome. Hope it helped.
So can I apply this process to my rocker mouldings on my car ? (85 cutlass)
I honestly don't know enough about mouldings. I avoid doing them.
Have you ever tried welding over the final finish
Nope. Sorry. I’ll never pass for a welder. Lol
Any links were i can buy the polish stones you are using?
goshineon.com has everything we use. Thanks for watching and supporting.
Great video!! For a carbon steel knife, do you think is it possible to mirror polish/buffing it with a pre-finished blade sanded to 400 or 600 grit? Thank you!
Where's the shop to come in for a lesson
We are located in Chilton Wisconsin.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing ok, I'm I'm Florida to far, guess I'll keep watching videos. Thanks
Great job
Thanks, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching
I don't understand some of the terms, like "DA"? Also, here in New Zealand we have different names for buffing compounds
Hello! DA is Dual Action. Meaning the sander head moves in two different directions.
Would it be OK just to use the DA with 600?
Awesome video
Thank you
I would like to know where to get good compound and pads because I can’t find anything that works
Check out our website www.gohineon.com
Thank you !!!
You're welcome! Thank you!
Stainless is harder when it's cold?.... Enjoyed your video until I heard that. I've watched actual molecular video of stainless under a microscope. Stainless is by faaaaaar more malleable when it's cold. Its a scientific fact.
As well as I've been blending, fabricating, fitting, blending (a ton), welding in all processes for well over 20 years in high end fabrication shops.
Really did enjoy your polishing techniques tho man! Keep it up!
You are correct about it being more malleable when it is cold. My statement should have been that stainless is more difficult to polish when it's cold. That is what I meant. Polishing is all about heat and yes it is more malleable when it is cold the rapid heat created by the buff makes it super stiff and not want to polish. If the metal is warmer it is far more accepting to the buffing procedure. I've met with a bunch of metalurgists over the years and when we polished stainless in warm and cold temperatures and timed out the procedure and looked at it under the microscope we found that it was easier to polish and in half the amount of time when it was warm vs when it was cold. Thank you for correcting my statement and thank you for watching my videos. I truly appreciate the constructive feedback and thank you. I have been polishing for over 20 years this year and truly enjoy it. Hope you have a merry christmas.
Great video thank you ! I have some stainless tubing that I am trying to polish . The tubing has like micro (what looks like) pitting in the surface . I’m guessing it’s raw SS tubing. I have lots of 400 grit but it doesn’t seem to want to get the pitting out. Going to try a 240 or something to get deep enough and then go to 400/600.
Still not all that great with my polisher and buffing wheels.. but what compounds are you using and what wheels for both steps ?
Thx 🙏🏼
Red wheel with black and Green ( use to be purple) with the yellow. Can be found on our website www.goshineon.com
How long did it take you to do that part? I do restaurant equipment refurbishing. Please answer with a comment. Thanks brother!!
I can usually get one done in around 30 minutes or less.
How long will it stay like that
Stainless lasts quite a while but depends on where you drive. If you drive down south a lot it holds up pretty well. If you drive through the desert and the wind with sand blowing it will shew up the shine pretty quick. So it all depends on the conditions of the environment you work in. But with that said stainless holds up far better than most other metal. It is far harder and more resilient. Thank you for a great question and thanks for watching.
Hey real good job of showing us but just one complaint and its pretty much a universal gripe and im sure i speak for others that watch these videos to try and learn to do things on our own and i emphasize on the learning part.. I dont already know what back cutting and all they normal lingo your used to talking about.. Not without sounding like an idiot but well. Yea im an idiot. You gotta break the terms down just a smidge pal! Thanks
Not a problem. I explain most terms in my older videos but I will try to break it down a lil better in the future. Thank you for the constructive feedback. I take it to heart and I try to help more when possible. Thanks for watching.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing i apologize, i havent had a chance to watch to far back. Its kinda overwhelming sometimes with all the people with tutorials on here its hard to find a place to start. I do apreciate all you guys taking the time to make these videos. Just chalk full of possibilities of DIY!! Thanks again!
Fyi im trying to polish the slide on a lil hand gun and its just not seeming to work out so well is why im trying to figure out how the heck to get that mirror finish..
@@jtholmes024 Glad to help and I'll try to do better in the future.
@@jtholmes024 What kind of hand gun? sometimes they are coated and won't polish well.
Would you do quarter finders the same way?
You can yes.
Amazing!
Thank you.
Where are you located I would like to learn hands on!
Thanks!
Chilton, WI
Where is his shop?
Chilton Wisconsin
it went from bad, to worse, to omg I can see my face in it. now going to try this with my old iPod.
Cool. I hope it turns out. I always worried the heat would wreck the internals of the ipods.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing that is why I took the back off.
@@WolfofNightMusic noice
Who made the stand or where you bought it
Shine n go in Michigan.
Yea that's true stainless like heat and that true about aluminum too
Thanks for commenting.
How do I get ahold of you and your shop?
Me 9209790386. Shop 9208080496
yar but how long dose it last
looking to polish a keg for bbq
Sorry for the late response. I uploaded a video on polishing a keg. I think it turned out pretty good. Hope yours did too. Thanks for watching.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing mines on the back burner for now thanks for the info tho
Great work were is your shop at
Thank you. We are based in Chilton WI
What rotary model number is this
What do you mean back cutting
Cutting backwards. Like I do in the video. Proper polishing should start and push the rouge with you. Back cutting lays compound down and then cuts through it.
Sou brasileiro curto muito seus vídeos aprendi muita coisa com vcs gostaria que vcs teaduzisem para o português pq não sei nada de inglês não intendo nada. Abraços e tudbom pra vcs kkk
English?
@EvanStegerMetalPolishing the comment is a compliment on your workmanship, along with a laugh at the fact that he can't understand what you're saying, jokingly hopeful you'll make a Portuguese version.
So, a nice compliment
What kind of sanding grease do you use?
WD 40
So what compound and buff wheel did you use. Can I use your brown and orange and yellow and green on stainless or not?
Brown and green rouge are not ideal. They can be used but not ideal. I use the goshineon.com/shop 2 step stainless kit.