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amyk fully equipped rock polisher I'm a slabber, I'm a cabber, I'm a midnight wrapper. Member since January 2010 Posts: 1,331	Question Jun 25, 2018 12:40:44 GMT -5 via mobile fernwood likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by amyk on Jun 25, 2018 12:40:44 GMT -5 I want to start carving. I have a dremel and the tip sets. But I keep wondering. How do you polish the piece when it is done being carved? Thanks for any help, Amy
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Question Jun 25, 2018 15:24:04 GMT -5 fernwood likes this

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Post by gmitch067 on Jun 25, 2018 15:24:04 GMT -5

Good question amyk

kk would probably be a good person to advise you Amy. I have numerous dremel felt conical bits of various sizes (1/8" to 3/8") but have yet to use them. I also have some polishing bits made of leather and rubber (same sizes) but do not know if they are for stones or metal.

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Question Jun 25, 2018 21:12:58 GMT -5 fernwood likes this

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I agree, kk is the carver extraordinaire here, but there are different ways to do it. Different grits of sandpaper can be used. The most common is to use wood points that you make yourself to fit the area you need to polish and use them with the different grit diamond pastes. I know Kurt uses toothpicks or skewers on his carvings. You have to make one for each grit and keep them separate to avoid cross contamination. There are also Nova carving points by Diamond Pacific and phenolic points that you charge with diamond that are available.

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amyk fully equipped rock polisher I'm a slabber, I'm a cabber, I'm a midnight wrapper. Member since January 2010 Posts: 1,331	Question Jun 25, 2018 23:24:16 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by amyk on Jun 25, 2018 23:24:16 GMT -5 Ok, thanks. I'll wait to hear from kk.
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Question Jun 26, 2018 6:25:38 GMT -5 surreality, rockjunquie, and 4 more like this

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Post by kk on Jun 26, 2018 6:25:38 GMT -5

Jun 25, 2018 23:24:16 GMT -5 amyk said:

Ok, thanks. I'll wait to hear from kk.

Hi there,
as said above, everyone is doing things differently.
My way is the slow way.
Sandpaper (wet/dry) 400/600/1200/2K/3K/5K, often that gives a polish that will not be bettered by diamond-paste and cerium.
After sanding, I usually use a paste with 14k diamond-powder followed by 50k diamond-powder (all of it on felt wheels).
As mentioned above, I use bamboo-skewers and or toothpicks for hard to reach places.
Personally; bristles and cerium powder has done next to nothing for me, but maybe that's just my habits hindering success.

I would strongly suggest flowing shapes to start with. Don't try figurative shapes first.
That will give you a chance to experiment, and figure out how different your material behaves in contrast to just cabbing.
I started, with simple lines and curves on cabs, and then went from there......

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Question Jul 7, 2018 22:02:33 GMT -5 Peruano, kk, and 3 more like this

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I use short pieces of 3/8" wood dowels mounted on the screw tip mandrels for a flex shaft machine. I shape them by spinning them and holding a coarse file against the dowel to shape them to fit the area being sanded. I soak the dowels in water a few seconds and roll them into various size tumbling grits. They work very quickly and are cheaper to use than diamond grit.
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