•Medium grit provides a good blend of cut rate and finish.•Silicon carbide is a sharper more aggressive abrasive and leaves a fine/brighter scratch pattern.•Best choice for fine finishing with light pressure.•Best choice for fine finishing with light pressure.•Lubricants such as water-soluble oil and straight oil will decrease the heat and improve the surface finish and luster.•Open web construction for use with light to moderate pressure and low speed on decorative finishing applications.•Convolute wheels are wound around a core and must always be run in the direction of the arrow printed on the side of the wheel.•Durable aluminum reducing bushings are available to accommodate most arbor sizes.•Formed by wrapping and bonding web material impregnated with abrasive grain and resin around a center core. Convolute wheels offer a wide range of uses including burr removal, removing rust and oxides, and applying decorative surface finish where little or no stock removal is required.