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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Sept 26, 2012 17:24:17 GMT -5
I did some rutilated quartz cabs last night & as long as they were wet they looked great. However, as soon as they were dry they were cloudy. Sooooooooo what is the trick to get them to look wet? Tried AO on leather & ended up having to start the polishing procedure all over again to get the white stuff out!
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Post by talkingstones on Sept 26, 2012 17:34:15 GMT -5
Bump! I wanna know too, Donnie! :-)
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Post by talkingstones on Sept 26, 2012 17:37:32 GMT -5
Bump....'Scuse me again! :-)
Cathy
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Sept 26, 2012 17:40:35 GMT -5
I've always done RQ with diamond belts and paste- and don't usually have much issue getting it looking nice and glassy at 14,000, but it has to be solid clear quartz, sometimes it will have some micro-sized bubbles, that look kind of foggy- but that is in the material not just on the outside- if that's the case I don't know what to suggest...
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Sept 26, 2012 19:35:15 GMT -5
For polishing quartz I usually use cerium oxide on felt. Diamond to 50k has worked for me too.
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Post by Tonyterner on Sept 26, 2012 19:50:19 GMT -5
I use cerium oxide on a piece of low nap carpet. Its the only thing that I can get a shine with on quartz.
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Sept 26, 2012 19:51:39 GMT -5
I use the vibe ...John
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Post by frane on Sept 27, 2012 4:39:16 GMT -5
Donnie,
The one thing I have noticed about quartz is that it can get tiny chips out of it in the finer grinds from too heavy pressure on the wheels. They are hard to see but you will never get a good polish. Try taking them back to 600 and work forward with a light hand. When you think it is ready to move forward, go another round all over the cab. When you get to polish, it should look fine and glassy. Also, with rutilated, you can have some of the rutiles pull out in polishing and that can create problems as well. I tend to polish quartz a little longer but I don't let it heat up as much if it has any inclusions in it. That seems to be when you get a lot of pulling and fracturing. Just run it a little while on the pad and pull it off when it starts to get hot to let it cool then do it again and again. Hope that helps.
Fran
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