Wolfden
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2007
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Post by Wolfden on Feb 11, 2008 20:16:13 GMT -5
Hoowdy folks ,
Just a quick queston about polishing .... what kind of buffing wheels do you use ? is there rouge used , what kind ?
Thanks ;D
Wolf
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Post by Titania on Feb 11, 2008 20:27:16 GMT -5
Wolf, I just use diamond belts on my expanding drum for polishing: 3 micron, 1 micron, 0.5 micron and 0.25 micron.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Feb 11, 2008 21:06:44 GMT -5
My cabbing machine has a buffing pad at the end, I apply 14,000 grit diamond paste to it.
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JEFFD
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since December 2004
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Post by JEFFD on Feb 14, 2008 8:16:15 GMT -5
My machine has the pad on the end. I have leather glued to the pad and use tin oxide for polishing.
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Post by johnjsgems on Feb 14, 2008 8:49:36 GMT -5
If you go to Covington's website they have a nice polish chart you can download. It shows a list of rocks with best choice of pad/compound for each one. I use cerium or tin oxide on my Genie buff and 25000 and 50000 Vibradry in my Minisonic for my cabs.
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Post by Tonyterner on Feb 14, 2008 9:49:54 GMT -5
John, can you post a link to the page on Covington's site? I can never find what I want there and they don't have a search option.
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Post by Titania on Feb 14, 2008 10:22:03 GMT -5
John, can you post a link to the page on Covington's site? I can never find what I want there and they don't have a search option. Here you go, Tony. www.covington-engineering.com/information.htmLinks to the PDF charts are at the bottom under "more information" |
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Post by bobby1 on Feb 14, 2008 10:51:55 GMT -5
I polish on a carpet covered 14" diameter slow turning wheel. I only use cerium Oxide. This method polishes 95% of what I do.
Bob
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Post by stardiamond on Feb 14, 2008 12:21:39 GMT -5
I use a 14,000 grit wheel on my Genie, a 50,000 grit canvas pad on my Genie, and a 100,000 grit pad on my Genie. Depending on what I am polishing, I can see a difference as I move up. I also have a large canvas pad on my star diamond that I used with tin oxide and also have some cerium oxide that I haven't tried. I prefer to use all diamond and don't have to worry about trying to get the tin oxide out of any small cracks or vugs. Polishing is by far the quickest part of cabbing for me. It takes a few minutes a cab to use all three polishes.
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49er
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since February 2008
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Post by 49er on Feb 16, 2008 0:05:34 GMT -5
A good polishing material is leather. It comes in two shapes and you can use either tin oxide or Cerium Oxide. As mentioned above, check the web site noted.
49er
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 16, 2008 0:20:47 GMT -5
Wolf: I have a leather pad on the end of my Genie and use optical grade tin oxide with the pad just wet enough to create a little drag....Mel
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Wolfden
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2007
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Post by Wolfden on Feb 16, 2008 0:46:35 GMT -5
Thanks to all of you, it seams that the tin oxide is the most popular with diamonds running second lol I just wanted an idea on how to setup up a home made rig, of which I will post pictures of that when I get closer to the finish.
Anywho ... lol Thanks again for all the great options
Wolf
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