Polishing Wheels – Precision Buffing for Metal & Surface Finishing

Upgrade your metal polishing toolkit with PolishUp’s extensive range of premium buffing wheels, designed for professional-grade results across alloy, stainless steel, brass, aluminium, and other common metals Wikipedia+15Polishup+15Polishup+15Polishup+4Polishup+4Polishup+4.


🔄 Key Wheel Types & Applications

  • Airflow / Coolair Wheels
    Featuring open-vented design to circulate air and minimise heat buildup while polishing—ideal for aluminium and similar substrates where overheating could cause damage.

  • Treated & Natural Sisal Wheels
    Treated sisal delivers aggressive cutting power for deep abrasive prep, while natural sisal offers gentler surface smoothing—both suited to alloy or steel preparation.

  • Colour Stitch & White Stitch Calico Wheels
    These versatile stitched calico wheels bridge cutting and finishing steps:

    • Colour stitch provides a moderate level of cleaning and brightening.

    • White stitch offers smoother finishes with less cutting power.

  • Loose Leaf Calico (“B” Wheels)
    A firm, cloth-based finishing mop that delivers excellent polish and brightness, especially valuable on precious metals and fine surface areas.

  • Swansdown Finishing Wheels
    Ultra-soft double-raised wheels ideal for the final polish on jewellery, stainless steel, or fine metals—used with finishing compounds to achieve a mirror-like shine.

  • Mounted & Specialty Wheels
    Includes felt cylinders, goblets, domes, and drill-mounted mop accessories—excellent for polishing intricate shapes and recessed areas using handheld or drill tools 

🧰 Starter Kits & Popular Sizes

Choose from single wheels up to comprehensive kits:

  • Standard kits such as the 200 mm 8‑inch x 2‑section polishing wheel kit, featuring sisal, colour stitch, and loose flap wheels for a complete polishing workflow.

  • Single-section 200 mm airflow wheel sets (hard, coarse, medium, fine) with M14 adapter for high-performance metal finishing using compound systems while maintaining cool surface temperature.


✅ Why Choose PolishUp Wheels?

  • Focused heat management: Airflow-design wheels help minimise surface temperature rise during aggressive polishing.

  • Depth of range: From heavy-cut sisal to soft swansdown finishes, their collection supports everything from abrasive cleanup to mirror finishes.

  • Custom compatibility: Available in common diameters (100 mm, 150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm) and sectional thicknesses — compatible with bench polishers, drills, grinders and barrel polishers.

  • Single‑source convenience: PolishUp offers individual wheels, ready‑to‑go kits, and accessories—plus expert advice and fast shipping across Australia 


🛠️ Typical Polishing Workflow

  1. Start with cutting/prep: Use treated sisal or airflow wheels with heavy‑cut compounds to remove oxidation and surface defects.

  2. Brightening stage: Transition to colour-stitch or white-stitch for fine removal of scratches and improving surface clarity.

  3. Final polishing: Employ loose leaf (“B”) wheels or swansdown with fine compounds for a high-gloss, mirror-like finish.

  4. Special shapes or small areas: Felt, goblet, or pointed mop attachments on drills deliver precision control where larger wheels can’t.

📌 Quick Product Snapshot

Wheel TypeAggression LevelBest For
Treated SisalHighRemoving deep scratches/abrasion
Natural SisalMediumLight prep & surface refinement
Colour StitchMedium–FineBrightening and moderate finishing
White StitchFineSmooth polishing before final polish
Loose Leaf Calico (“B”)FineBright finishes on metal or jewellery
SwansdownVery Fine / Ultra‑SoftMirror finish on delicate surfaces
Airflow / CoolairCutting to FinishAlloy, aluminium—manages heat buildup
Mounted / Felt / GobletVariable, detail workIntricate shapes and confined areas

🎯 Who It’s For

  • Professional detailers and restoration specialists aiming for showroom-level shine.

  • DIY metal enthusiasts, mechanics, and hobbyists working on alloys, stainless, brass, chrome, or other metal surfaces.

  • Users who want flexibility: build your own kit, select by wheel type, or choose ready-assembled kits tailored to your workflow

PolishUp’s Polishing Wheels category is engineered to guide you through every phase of metal finishing—from aggressive cut to brilliant shine. Whether you’re restoring bull-bars, polishing rims, or finishing delicate trim, this full suite of wheels, kits, and accessories offers reliable quality and results.

Swansdown Polishing Wheels

Swansdown polishing wheel used with finishing compounds to create a very high finish on jewellery, precious metals.

Loose Leaf Calico Wheels

Loose leaf calico wheels that create and maintain high finishes on alloy, steel and most metal surfaces.

White Stitch Polishing Wheels

White stitch calico wheels that creates a high finish on alloy, steel and most metal surfaces.

Colour Stitch Polishing Wheels

Colour stitch wheel that can remove the finer abrasive marks creating a brighter finish on alloy, steel and most metal surfaces.

Natural Sisal Polishing Wheels

Natural sisal wheel not as aggressive as treated Sisal but still idea for removing those finer abrasive prep marks from alloy, steel and most metal surfaces.

Treated Sisal Polishing Wheels

Treated sisal wheel idea for removing those deeper abrasive prep marks from alloy, steel and most metal surfaces.

Metal Centre Airflows Polishing Wheels

Metal centred Coolair airflow wheels ideal for alloys where cool surface temperatures are required whilst polishing. Suitable also for steel and most metal surfaces used with correct compounds. Mounted with metal flanges and adapter.

Plastic Centre Airflows Polishing Wheels

Plastic centred Coolair, airflow wheels ideal for alloys where cool surface temperatures are required whilst polishing. Suitable also for steel and most metal surfaces used with correct compounds. Mounted with a tapered spindle.

Goblet Cylinder Dome Drill Mounted Wheels

Drill mounted cylinder, goblet, dome and stitched calico wheels. Come in calico and sisal used with various compounds depending on finish

Felt Bits & Bobs

Felt cylinder and pointed bobs used with various compounds for both drill and rotary type machines. 6mm & 2.7mm shafts.

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