Hello everyone! I thought I would stop in and ask a couple of questions since you all have been so helpful before! (Thank you!)

I’m having a little trouble finishing up buffing an item that I’ve made out of copper. I’ve done all of the sanding and early buffing stages and am right at the upper end of the buffing spectrum. I’m not a total buffing newb . . I’ve had a lot of success with smaller items. But this is really the first item that I’m buffing that is quite a bit larger than the buffing contact surface so it’s much harder to get a uniform surface.

I am trying to get the ultra small scratches out caused by the the last level of buffing I did which was with a green bar that I DID NOT get at Caswell. It’s a green bar composed of superfine Chromium Oxide. It is a step beyond Tripoli. And I’m trying to figure out where to go next to get the fine scratches out.

I just want to add ahead of time, that while I’m learning buffing, I am quite familiar with the process of sanding– so, the scratches you see in the pictures below ARE NOT scratches left by sanding. They are completely left by the buffing compound I last used and I know that FOR SURE.

SECOND QUESTION — In the below picture, I circled some of the small black specks that I get with some buffing compounds. Now I’ve heard talk about them in many places but I want to know what exactly they mean. I’ve read that it means you don’t have enough compound on your wheel and I’ve read that it means you have too much compound on your wheel. I think I’ve read a few other things to. So, how exactly do I determine the reason that I’m getting the black specks of compound?

**Just a note: I am well aware that in this photo there are scratches going in different directions. They are ALL scratches from the same buffing compound and NOT from previous levels of buffing/sanding. I’ve been experimenting with various wheels/directions/pressures to get rid of the scratches

As always, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the help; it’s always so very appreciated!

Thanks everyone!