Can anyone tell me what to use to buff scratches out of stainless steel? I have installed a polished stainless kit over my factory engine cover (Magnum). During the installation I have put some scratches on the face. I tried using a polishing wheel, but don't know what to use as an abrasive to remove the scratches. The scrathes ore very fine but noticable.

 

Isnt it just a polishing compound for Stainless?

 

I'm not sure that will work. My Dad many years ago, used a polishing wheel that was on one end of a grinder. He used some kind of stuff which was in a tube, and it was white and hard like a crayon. He would put the stick of stuff against the spinning wheel and it would kinda melt onto the cloth wheel. Then he would put the steel against the wheel and what ever the stuff was would polish out any sctatches. He then would wipe down the steel with Acitone. My father is no longer living so I can't ask him what it was.

 

I think they call that rouge.

 

Sounds like polishing compound...only made for buffing wheels. Most auto body supply shops will have this. Eastwood also carries it. There is also a "High Gloss" compound that is green in color that you can get in Lowes or perhaps even Home Depot. It comes in a small tube and looks like a fat crayon. I use that for very fine polishing, usually on softer metals. You have to be careful with stainless that you do not allow it to get too hot. You can take the 'stainless' properties right out of it if it gets too hot from buffing.

Hope that helps.