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Originally posted by MeltMan
Whats the problem? Im not talking about the interface side of anything here... I'm talking about the top, and the sides of the block. Who gives a crap if the top and sides are microscopically concave or convex? Point is, you cant tell by looking at it and it achieves a better finish than lapping alone.
Polishing with arctic silver is pointless. Its not an abrasive, its a thermal interface material. The only thing I can see this helping is if you rub some into your lapped side (CPU side) to kind of "prime" the copper for its actual interface.
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Sorry, I WAS talking about lapping the block.
A buffing wheel would indeed work quite nicely, as you demonstrate every day! I've used mine to buff glass, and it works great. It's trickier to do on plastics...