Be careful where you place the trim on the wheel. I turned my quarter panel trim into a pretzel by getting above the center line of the wheel, just as I was getting out the last dimple. 2 days later I restarted the polishing after straightening it. I never did get the dimple out.
Keep the pressure on the wheel light, let the compound do the work. Wear leather gloves as the pieces get very hot. Cloth gloves can catch on the wheel.
Tom
Tom
Eastwood does sell a decent "beginners kit" that should serve your purpose quite well.
You really will make your life easier (IE: it's worth the cost) to purchase a buffing motor. They are designed to run at a much higher RPM than most bench grinders and have a longer shaft to better enable you to polish.
If you don't have any repairs to make,you're already more than "half way home". Polishing is the easy part.
I prefer not to use gloves as I like to have a good feel for the temperature of the stainless.
The seminar will teach you (and you will subsequently learn on your own) there is a fine line between getting the stainless warm / hot but not too hot.
If you heat to a blue temperature, it is a bear to remove (the blue).
You can guess how I learned that
You will also be taught to be very careful so as not to cross contaminate the buffing wheels. Clean your part thoroughly of the previous grit before going to a finer grit compound.
I usually do all the pieces with the roughest compound, clean the parts very well, then move on to the medium compound...