Pre-polishing Brushes

The natural fiber of the Agave plant, grown in South Africa and South America, is a cost-effective and robust natural fiber for metal-polishing, which has become material of choice due to its qualities in the polishing process.

By using only first class, long sisal fibers for matting and braid, the quality of the sisal polishing tools is exceptional and guarantees a long life.

Sisal buffing with the appropriate compounds would be the next step of the polishing process, after grinding with abrasive belt grits of 240 for non-ferrous metals and grit 280 for stainless steel. Pure cotton buffs would be hard pressed to do this. This conversion from abrasive belt grinding to sisal buffing at an early stage is economical and cost effective. A good industrial finish will be achieved but no mirror finish. Finer, more shining surfaces can be achieved by using sisal/cotton combinations, instead of pure sisal matting or sisal braid. For certain operations this can be the final step, without colouring with cotton. For this operation, cutting compounds are used.

The 45° sisal weave cut on the circumference of the polishing buff minimises buff wear and dust production. No buff fraying or tearing out of the material occurs and the tips of the sisal can work on the object being polished. This results in optimal and thorough pre-polishing.

Sisal buffs are most ecconomically used at running speeds of 30 – 45 m/sec.

Sisal buffs are used with aggressive grinding and pre-polishing compounds.

In the case of flat metal components, the buffs and brushes should be as hard as possible, for example:
C1/K: hollow-ware, steel, inox steel
C10/K: hollow-ware pouring lips, cooking pots, fittings, household handles
C13/K: steel tubes, automobile parts, cooking pots
C20: hollow-ware, flat surfaces

More flexible brushes are used for profiled components, for example:
C3/KU: silver-polishing, cutlery in general
C4/KU: cutlery, metal sheeting, sinks
C8/K: cutlery, handles
C11/K: knife blades, paint-scrapers

The choice of the most appropriate impregnation is determined by the application, the requirements of our customers and our experience.

The correct impregnation increases longevity of the buff and enhances the polishing effect. This in turn results in cost savings on polishing buffs and compounds. A 50-100% increase in longevity is possible. All our impregnations are environmentally friendly.

Through the years of experience and continuing innovation we have developed a number of exceptional impregnations, with varying properties: fat content, stickiness, softness or high density, as can be seen below.

Impregnation	Colour	Application	Density
No. 1	white	for aluminium-extrusions, steel	medium
No. 2E3**	red	steel, stainless steel	medium firm, very conformable
No. 3a	brown	steel, iron, stainless steel, silver	very soft and elastic
No. V10	yellow	NF metals, iron, stainless steel	medium-hard
No. V10/80	yellow	NF metals, iron, stainless steel	hard to very hard
No. V12	orange	stainless steel	firm to hard
No. V122	orange	stainless steel	firm to hard
No. V23*	lilac	stainless steel, chrome, nickel	medium, sticky, elastic
No. V25*	green	stainless steel, iron	very hard, aggressive
No. V28*	yellow	aluminium, stainless steel, steel	hard, aggressive
No. V31**	blue	aluminium, steel	medium soft, elastic
No. V33**	pink	aluminium, steel	medium, elastic
No. V33/HK**	pink	aluminium, steel	medium, elastic, sticky
No. V48	darkblue	steel, stainless	very hard