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   Tony Z | Dec 04, 2008 12:07am | #1

   Well, I was going to suggest mineral oil, then I got to that part of your post! I put a gouge/cut in a hard felt wheel some time back, and I dressed the wheel with a rasp and then re-applied mineral oil & compound.  If you don't get any better suggestions, then you may want to give that a try, but I got to warn you to wear a respirator and eye protection, because it is MESSY!

   T.Z.

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   hammer1 | Dec 04, 2008 04:26am | #2

   To "charge" a buffing wheel, you just turn on the buffer and lightly touch the stick of compound to it. A couple of light kisses should do it. You don't want to use any oil. It's the compound that does the work. As you buff you will have to kiss the wheel again to recharge. You shouldn't be using much pressure against the wheel or feel heat building up. After a while, the surface of the wheel may become glazed. You use a buffing wheel rake to clean it up. Don't cake on a lot of compound by holding the stick against the wheel for more than a kiss or two.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   noviceneil | Dec 05, 2008 12:45am | #3

   So we should ignore the instructions about using suet or whatever they said and just go to the green honing compound?. I bought one of those wheels and haven't used it yet because I hadn't gotten around to getting whatever they said to use initially.

   Neil

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   docrx | Dec 05, 2008 05:12am | #4

   Tony and Hammer,

   Thanks for the reply, I scraped off the built up parts and and now lightly kissing it with the green stuff.  It appears to be working better.  I notice that if I keep the edge of whatever I am honing held against it to long it something from the wheel ( the green stuff) becomes liquified and builds up on the tool.  When I manage not to do that it seems to be working better.  I'll keep experimenting and report back later.  Thanks again for the help.

   Tony