Post by MikeS on Feb 6, 2009 16:48:45 GMT -5
Hi all
I wanted to see if I could hear some polishing tips or tricks from some of the rest of you out there who also work with jade....
I've been polishing jade for awhile, sometimes it is quick and with good results, other times it takes forever and the results are not so good.
I have heard so many diffferent methods, and tried most of them....only dry sand on worn disks, only wet sand on fresh disks, wet sand on fresh coarse disks then dry sand on worn fine disks, ect, ect ect... I have even heard some people put beeswax on the freshly polished jade and buff it off with pantyhose to fill in any undercut or orangepeel remaining (I haven't tried this one yet ) I know purity of the jade has a great deal with how well it will polish and what techniques you should use, but those of you that collect jade know what I'm saying, very pure jade is hard to come by... , it almost always has some inclusions or color varience in a single piece. Even if you do have a nice pure one, it may still undercut or orange peel.
I have a piece I currently working on...it's a beautiful piece of black jade my father and I found. I cut a thin slab off it and I'm polishing the reamaining cut face on the large piece. Visually, it looks extremely pure...absolutely no inclusions, and a very uniform color, no mottling, no streaks, no interior weathering, ect....but it still had orange peel once I got done with the final polish. I have heard that if you sand with too much pressure, or too fresh of a sanding disk the felting in the jade matrix that is not parallel to the direction of sanding is removed, causing minute pits that cause orange peel or undercutting...maybe this is happening to me?
What methods/materials do you have the best success with? Every time I think I have it down, I find that my new technique doesn't work with the next piece of jade I find...
Mike
I wanted to see if I could hear some polishing tips or tricks from some of the rest of you out there who also work with jade....
I've been polishing jade for awhile, sometimes it is quick and with good results, other times it takes forever and the results are not so good.
I have heard so many diffferent methods, and tried most of them....only dry sand on worn disks, only wet sand on fresh disks, wet sand on fresh coarse disks then dry sand on worn fine disks, ect, ect ect... I have even heard some people put beeswax on the freshly polished jade and buff it off with pantyhose to fill in any undercut or orangepeel remaining (I haven't tried this one yet ) I know purity of the jade has a great deal with how well it will polish and what techniques you should use, but those of you that collect jade know what I'm saying, very pure jade is hard to come by... , it almost always has some inclusions or color varience in a single piece. Even if you do have a nice pure one, it may still undercut or orange peel.
I have a piece I currently working on...it's a beautiful piece of black jade my father and I found. I cut a thin slab off it and I'm polishing the reamaining cut face on the large piece. Visually, it looks extremely pure...absolutely no inclusions, and a very uniform color, no mottling, no streaks, no interior weathering, ect....but it still had orange peel once I got done with the final polish. I have heard that if you sand with too much pressure, or too fresh of a sanding disk the felting in the jade matrix that is not parallel to the direction of sanding is removed, causing minute pits that cause orange peel or undercutting...maybe this is happening to me?
What methods/materials do you have the best success with? Every time I think I have it down, I find that my new technique doesn't work with the next piece of jade I find...
Mike