Which Polishing Mop Do I Need?

Polishing mops and wheels can be very confusing.  Read the guide below which will help you choose which polishing mop you need .

Starting with the most aggressive mops.

Which Polishing Mop: Impregnated Sisal Mops

Now becoming much less common, impregnated sisal mops are designed to have a high aggression and high cut.  They are normally resin impregnated. Use with cutting compounds such as our PV/569 soaps.

Impregnated sisal mops are often replaced with fine grit abrasive belts or aggressive unitised wheels. The belts and unitised wheels will do the work faster, cleaner and much more consistently.

Plain Sisal Mops

Sisal is a naturally occurring fibre with high abrasion characteristics.  Although it is quite abrasive it is also a relatively weak product.  Sisal polishing mops consist of layers of cotton cloth, interlined with strips of sisal. The cotton cloth gives the mop strength whilst the sisal provides the cutting action.

Often the first stage in a polishing process. Use a sisal mop with a ‘cut and colour’ polishing soap such as our PV/102

Sisal mops are available from 50mm up to 300 or even 600mm in diameter.

Close stitched Cotton Mops

For a general metal polished finish close stitch cotton mops are often all you need to achieve a general purpose finish.

Use close stitched mops with our PV/102 green polishing compound. PV/102 will give a milky clear finish on stainless steel.  For a brighter polished finish repeat the process with a fresh close stitched mop and our PV/102 (pink) polishing compound.

Need a brighter finish? Look at a loose cotton, an airflow type cotton, flannel or swansdown type mop.

Loose Cotton Mops

Use the open structure of loose cotton mops to refine and brighten a stitched mop finish.

Loose cotton mops are also available with finer and softer fabrics:

Use either a flannel or a swansdown polishing mops to improve the quality of the finish still further.

Airflow mops

Polish with airflow mops in specific production environments where a high quality, consistent finish is required.

Airflow mops will leave less of a streak in the surface of the metal than loose and stitched cotton mops can achieve.

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