jim931
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by jim931 on Nov 11, 2019 17:08:39 GMT -5
That's a first class job you did on the machine, looks like new. P.S. I get better results using felt than leather too. Good to know, the people at Covington said most people like leather so i tried it but it was really picky about what stones it would polish. I’ll keep it around in case I come across something that the felt isn’t working with. I guess it’s good to have options.
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Post by Peruano on Nov 15, 2019 13:23:24 GMT -5
Whether you use leather or felt depends on the polish being used. Cromium oxide likes to go on as a dap of paste and works well with leather. Some say elk hide works better than cow because of the way it is tanned. Felt is best if you are using cerium oxide which takes a more liquid solution. The felt holds the polish better. Try a solution of cerium oxide in a spray bottle and keep your work wet on the felt. Both are more traditional approaches now often replaced with much more expensive diamond belt up to 50,000 grit. Zam ( cromium oxide in wax applied with a Muslim wheel works for a lot of stones).
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jim931
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by jim931 on Nov 15, 2019 17:29:20 GMT -5
Whether you use leather or felt depends on the polish being used. Cromium oxide likes to go on as a dap of paste and works well with leather. Some say elk hide works better than cow because of the way it is tanned. Felt is best if you are using cerium oxide which takes a more liquid solution. The felt holds the polish better. Try a solution of cerium oxide in a spray bottle and keep your work wet on the felt. Both are more traditional approaches now often replaced with much more expensive diamond belt up to 50,000 grit. Zam ( cromium oxide in wax applied with a Muslim wheel works for a lot of stones). Thanks! Right now I do have it in a spray bottle. I’ll have to see exactly which one I have. I got it from Covington but it was called gold # something. I forgot what the number was. Once again they said it was their most common universal polish so I just went for it since I was there. It’s been working on most stones but hardly at all on soft stones, Which I was told I should try the zam you mentioned for those.
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