Ok, this is going to seem like a strange tool to post but here are some buff sticks (photo courtesy of Daryn as I forgot to photograph mine).
these are made from aluminium bar and have wet &dry paper fixed to them with double sided carpet tape (its white and looks almost woven). I bought a length of aluminium bar from ebay, cut it into three pieces and put a different grade of paper on each side so I have 6 different grades. The beauty of these is that they are very rigid and when the paper gets worn you just peel it off and put a new bit on. I use these every day in the workshop, so much more economical than buying those wood buff sticks. This was Daryns idea which I borrowed 
Paul.