Reddit mentions of 2 PC 8" X 5/8" Ply Soft Cotton Bench Grinder Buffing Wheels (8BUFF088(2pc)

Initial turning was done fairly clean, so I started with 220 grit , switching directions through 600 grit. Then I put on 2 back to back applications of danish oil. At this point, that is the picture on the left, and it looked really good, and normally I'd call that done.

I have a couple of 8" buffing wheels mounted in a Threaded Arbor Mandrel and this goes in a jacobs chuck mounted on my lathe. It could just as well go in the drill press. Spinning at about 800 rpm, I load up the buffing wheel for about 3 seconds with the tripoli bar. Then buff out the wood piece against it. Then take a scrap piece of wood, and use the edge to clean the buffing wheel. You're supposed to use a different wheel then, but I use the same buff wheel to load up the white diamond compound, and put the wood to it. wipe clean with paper towel.

Then I switch to a new wheel, just for wax. I load up the wheel for a few seconds by buffing a stick of carnuba. Then apply wheel to the wood piece at around 1000 rpm. Keep the wax thin on the wheel, so that it stays thin on the wood.

So 2 rounds of buffing compound, and 1 round of carnuba. Process took me about 20 minutes.

[Here is a pretty good youtube video on this! ] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XgspdjERyI)

Something more like this, for a bench grinder

https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Grinder-Buffing-Wheels-8BUFF088/dp/B000SLNQCK

then you buy some fine polishing compound that you touch to the wheel while its spinning.

I wouldn't use a dremel or other small rotary tool, its too hard to get it all nice and even. The big buffing wheels do a large enough area that it looks good and even.