Anyone use jeweler's rouge for polishing? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

REPO1 · 07-17-2002, 09:22 PM

Anyone here ever use jewler's rouge? Its a red bar used for polishing stuff.

What I need to know is if you are supposed to soften it up with something? It seems awfully hard to be used for polishing.
Any tips on using it?

Johns70 · 07-17-2002, 09:37 PM

well it is for polishing but you use it with a rouge wheel on a grinder or actual buffer that looks simular, you can not use it by it self.check out an eastwood catalog they carry all of that stuff they hay wheels of different types and rouge compounds and buffers. hope this answers you question.

Pont · 07-17-2002, 09:45 PM

Yep, just like Johns70 said, you need to use it with a buffing wheel. I used a 6" buffing wheel on my bench grinder with white jewelers rouge. Just turned on the bench grinder, applied the rouge to the wheel while spinning, and did some polishing on this Holley carb during a rebuild. Inexpensive way to get a shiny carb!

REPO1 · 07-17-2002, 10:43 PM

Thanks for the info.

I do already have a selection of wheels to use, but what I was wondering is if I needed to soften up the block of rouge before I use it? I seems like it is pretty hard so I wasn't sure.

weasel29gm · 07-17-2002, 11:16 PM

I got a bar to use on my grill done part of it seems like it is going to work. Just need a better drill motor.

Pont · 07-18-2002, 12:10 AM

REPO1, you won't need to do anything to soften the bar of Rouge. Once you apply it to the spinning wheel, the heat from friction will almost make it melt or turn soft.

REPO1 · 07-18-2002, 01:30 AM

OK! Great! Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

RON WOODGEARD · 07-18-2002, 02:02 AM

REPO1,
PONT has it.. I am a jeweler and of course use the stuff everyday.
Clear back a little of the paper on the rouge and as the wheel is spinning push the rouge into it. you don't want to eat up the rouge on the wheel but you need the wheel to have a good covering of the rouge.
There's a saying with this stuff," Let the rouge do the work" in other words , Don't push too hard on the wheel with whatever you're polishing,add more rouge and depending on what you're polishing and what type of polishing you're doing is what type of rouge you use, and there's many different types. Soms will eat up metal pretty fast and others will give it the high luster shine. I keep a piece of rouge in one hand (about an inch square,or round) and the ring or pendant I'm polishing in the other and VERY OFTEN add rouge to the wheel. You want "the wheel" to run at about 1600 to 2400 RPM.
I've never tried to redu side chrome or a GRILLE but I have shined up wheels and polished a couple of tunnel-rams and alternators and did the HOLLEY CARB polishing like PONT did.
There is different wheels also that will do different polishing tasks. hard felt for "cutting" and flattening and soft muslin for that final "DEEP" polish..

I could write a book on it, someone else has already done it. ha,ha,ha
GOOD LUCK ! any questions E-MAIL me..

RON

07-17-2002, 09:22 PM	#1
REPO1 Shortbox wanna-be. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort St.John, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 773	Anyone use jeweler's rouge for polishing? Anyone here ever use jewler's rouge? Its a red bar used for polishing stuff. What I need to know is if you are supposed to soften it up with something? It seems awfully hard to be used for polishing. Any tips on using it? __________________ 1970 Chevy C20 Custom Camper 402BB Turbo 400 trans. (Slowly becoming a '70 shortbox 1/2 ton) '71 Camaro SS 402/T400 resto '97 Z28 (11.41@127MPH)

07-17-2002, 09:37 PM	#2
Johns70 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spring Creek, nevada. U.S.A. Posts: 456	rouge well it is for polishing but you use it with a rouge wheel on a grinder or actual buffer that looks simular, you can not use it by it self.check out an eastwood catalog they carry all of that stuff they hay wheels of different types and rouge compounds and buffers. hope this answers you question. __________________ 69 chevy short wide box project 70 GMC jimmy project

07-17-2002, 09:45 PM	#3
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	Yep, just like Johns70 said, you need to use it with a buffing wheel. I used a 6" buffing wheel on my bench grinder with white jewelers rouge. Just turned on the bench grinder, applied the rouge to the wheel while spinning, and did some polishing on this Holley carb during a rebuild. Inexpensive way to get a shiny carb! Attached Images __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

07-17-2002, 10:43 PM	#4
REPO1 Shortbox wanna-be. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort St.John, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 773	Thanks for the info. I do already have a selection of wheels to use, but what I was wondering is if I needed to soften up the block of rouge before I use it? I seems like it is pretty hard so I wasn't sure. __________________ 1970 Chevy C20 Custom Camper 402BB Turbo 400 trans. (Slowly becoming a '70 shortbox 1/2 ton) '71 Camaro SS 402/T400 resto '97 Z28 (11.41@127MPH)

07-17-2002, 11:16 PM	#5
weasel29gm SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: eleanor wv usa Posts: 3,094	I got a bar to use on my grill done part of it seems like it is going to work. Just need a better drill motor. __________________ 69 C-10, OWNED 38YRS... 350 over 30, 350 Turbo, 3:73 Posi P/S, P/B Black with red and black int. ''LOVE THESE OLD ''TRUCKS.......

07-18-2002, 12:10 AM	#6
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	REPO1, you won't need to do anything to soften the bar of Rouge. Once you apply it to the spinning wheel, the heat from friction will almost make it melt or turn soft. __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

07-18-2002, 01:30 AM	#7
REPO1 Shortbox wanna-be. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort St.John, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 773	OK! Great! Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try tomorrow. __________________ 1970 Chevy C20 Custom Camper 402BB Turbo 400 trans. (Slowly becoming a '70 shortbox 1/2 ton) '71 Camaro SS 402/T400 resto '97 Z28 (11.41@127MPH)

07-18-2002, 02:02 AM	#8
RON WOODGEARD Resident Young Old Dude ! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 1,948	REPO1, PONT has it.. I am a jeweler and of course use the stuff everyday. Clear back a little of the paper on the rouge and as the wheel is spinning push the rouge into it. you don't want to eat up the rouge on the wheel but you need the wheel to have a good covering of the rouge. There's a saying with this stuff," Let the rouge do the work" in other words , Don't push too hard on the wheel with whatever you're polishing,add more rouge and depending on what you're polishing and what type of polishing you're doing is what type of rouge you use, and there's many different types. Soms will eat up metal pretty fast and others will give it the high luster shine. I keep a piece of rouge in one hand (about an inch square,or round) and the ring or pendant I'm polishing in the other and VERY OFTEN add rouge to the wheel. You want "the wheel" to run at about 1600 to 2400 RPM. I've never tried to redu side chrome or a GRILLE but I have shined up wheels and polished a couple of tunnel-rams and alternators and did the HOLLEY CARB polishing like PONT did. There is different wheels also that will do different polishing tasks. hard felt for "cutting" and flattening and soft muslin for that final "DEEP" polish.. I could write a book on it, someone else has already done it. ha,ha,ha GOOD LUCK ! any questions E-MAIL me.. RON



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