Check if the material is porous first. That clear polish trick can actually stain untreated wood or some fabrics. Learned that the hard way on a raw pine shelf.

Hitting the axle directly can work, cooper.jade, but it's a bit risky for the threads. The shock from an air hammer on the hub face is just a safer way to get the same result. You avoid messing up the axle nut that way.

Classic move, skipping grits like that. I've definitely created more work for myself trying to save five minutes.

Saved you from what, @the_pat, a boring Tuesday?

Totally! I got cut from a team years back and it felt awful at first. But it made me stop and really think about what I wanted to do next, not just what I was stuck doing. I used the sudden free time to try a couple online classes, just to see what stuck. That scramble to figure things out actually pushed me toward a much better fit. Sometimes you need that hard shove to get moving in a new direction.