[Jewelry making - Article 00086] - Re: [Orchid] Getting hands clean.

[Dave Sebaste]

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>       I decided to start using gloves to polish with.  I use leather
>     "batting" gloves. Some jewelers I know use golf gloves. 

    Aw, Bob, now you've gone and done it! Stand by to hear gruesome
    first-hand stories about people having their wrist snapped like twigs
    in the buffer after having a glove get caught. You should have
    included a disclaimer about "at your own risk..." 

    Having said that, I do the same. I started with the skin-tight (no
    loose material) racquetball gloves. When they wore out I went to
    batting gloves, but they had a sticky substance on them that made
    them unusable. I recently bought golf gloves, although they're a bit
    less durable. The gloves to help keep hands clean, but my primary
    motivation was to be able to hold the pieces as they grew hot from
    friction. 

    Don't take this lightly though! There is a serious risk to this
    solution. I don't discount for a moment the hazard of a 3750 RPM
    buffer doing damage to my person. In a case of "do as I say, not as I
    do", I would probably recommend the "alligator skin" fingers, and
    don't know if I'd want to go on record as recommending gloves for the
    buffer. If you do opt to use gloves, be *very* conscious of the risk
    involved! 

    As a side anecdote, a friend/client was in the studio the other day
    and, knowing of my decidedly non-athletic lifestyle, had to ask what
    I was doing with all the athletic gloves in the studio! 

All the best,
Dave
Dave Sebaste
Sebaste Studio and
Carolina Artisans' Gallery
Charlotte, NC (USA)
dave AT sebaste.com 
http://www.CarolinaArtisans.com 

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