DETAIL: Help on using polishing compounds?

[canadam]

I purchased a solid polishing compound to buff up my throttle body. It comes in a very hard bar form, and I can't for the life of me figure a good way to apply it to the part. Even after getting it wet, it won't stick to the throttle body or the buffing tip.

Anyone used this type of polish before? I'm obviously doing something wrong, and can't find a tutorial through Google.

Thanks in advance

[Mister2.2]

Did you buy a compound thats made for high speed use? Such as polishing an item on a lathe?

[canadam]

No, the package said that it's used for buffing wheels and bobs.

[Mister2.2]

If its used for a buffing wheel like on a grinder that is why it's hard, it would be applied to the buffer moving at high speeds and then used on the part... I think at least?

EDIT: Can you link to the product?

[canadam]

The pad or wheel doesn't pick up enough of the product when I try to apply it, it basically just burns through the compound and flicks it everywhere but on the buffer. That's my problem, it won't stick to either the buffing wheel, or the part to be polished. I tried getting it wet, but there must be something else to it, that didn't help. The bar of compound is very hard, you'd need to use a lot of effort to break it in half.

This is the style of product, I just purchased mine from a local place.



EDIT:

Originally Posted by Just found this.

The compound is deposited on the buff by pushing it into the buff while it's turning. The buff heats it up until it melts. Rick Jemison has found that loading the buff up the night before he works allows the buff to load up and then cool. The next evening when he fires the setup up, it really cuts!

It really seems that I don't get enough product to the bad though, I must have to run the Dremel faster to generate enough heat to melt the compound. I'll have to try it again tomorrow, I suppose.

[Mister2.2]

Yeah it's definitely a high speed compound.

[canadam]

On a related note, has anyone polished glass before?