JC
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Post by JC on Oct 9, 2004 21:34:43 GMT -5
Newbie question: Where does Tripoli fit on the scale of grits? 500 Tripoli 1000 Cerium Oxide TIA JC
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JKowalski33
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Post by JKowalski33 on Oct 9, 2004 21:48:06 GMT -5
from my knowledge data base it goes like this coarsest to finest : -60/90 or 80 graded -120/220 or 120 graded -500 or 600 -1000 or tripoli or SISA? (not quite sure what SISA is) -whatever polish your using
hope this helps with your question
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Post by docone31 on Oct 9, 2004 22:35:05 GMT -5
Tripoli, Cerium, Aluminum, Tin, and a few others are polishes. Always last tumble. On the other hand, I always prefered grits to hash browns. Grits with an egg on top, wet with maple syrup. Break the yolk, spread the syrup, and dip the bacon into the whole mess. Always grits. Never hash browns, especially with spray on butter, or pan oil. Dry hash browns are ok, not the greasy oily, oil burned hash browns. Besides, grits are easy to lap up with raison toast. When all the grits are gone, wipe it clean with toast. Now I made myself hungry.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 9, 2004 22:50:47 GMT -5
Here's my favorite list of recomended polishes for different stones: www.utahrockhounds.com/tooelegem/tips/stonepolish.htmlDang, Doc, now I'm hungry too. I love bacon. And my mother makes cheeze grits you woul;d get on your knees for. My husband used them in a feature dish at work and called them "Grand Joyces Cheese Grits". (that's what my step daughter calls her ) People ordered seconds cookie
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 9, 2004 22:52:26 GMT -5
And I thought Tripoli was less fine than other polishes cookie
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 9, 2004 23:06:15 GMT -5
somebody on here uses tripoli as a pre-polish. i haven't tried it.
kim
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 9, 2004 23:22:13 GMT -5
kim thats what i bought it for i thought i herd it was a polish but could be used as a pre polish or 1000 grt
doc my mom usta have this big old cast iron high sided fry pan it looked like it was a hundred yrs old hahaha and she usta slice home fries and onions some oil and cooked till they where allmost burnt,, i swear they where the tastyest side order for breakfast i ever had i have tried to make them many times and just cant get them the same it had to be the cast iron fry pan boy i miss them hahahaha
i feel like trying to make them right now thinkin bout them got me hungry
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JKowalski33
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Post by JKowalski33 on Oct 10, 2004 13:40:29 GMT -5
we don't eat grit around where i live. just hashbrown, which i love. i've never had grits to be honest
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 10, 2004 14:26:40 GMT -5
grits with tomato gravy ........ YUM!
kim
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 10, 2004 14:37:26 GMT -5
ok, so i am a yankee through and through, the first time i had grits down south i thought they tasted like ocean sand......ptooie!
KD
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Post by Cher on Oct 10, 2004 21:53:30 GMT -5
LOL that's what my hubby says too, just like eating sand. It's been so long since I had grits, I can't remember what they taste like. Wonder if they'd work like walnuts for polishing? Could be a cheap source of finishing material there. *smile* After all, it's got the right name. ~ Cher ~pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/signs/RockOn.gif [/img]
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WarrenA
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Post by WarrenA on Oct 10, 2004 23:19:04 GMT -5
sandsman it was the cast iron pan my opinion is that the new cast pans are not the same as the old ones. need to find them on auction sales or borrow your grandmothers and forget to bring it back if you can wrestle it from her grasp
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