[Jewelry making - Article 00164] - [Orchid] Glove for polishing

[Rocklady]

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Hi Dave and everyone

>      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. 

    I have found that jewellery with stones, e.g.. opal, malachite,
    turquoise, etc., that if the piece is too hot to hold then it is
    close to too hot for the stone. I prefer to not use gloves unless it
    is a metal only piece where the heat of polishing doesn't matter. 

    Case in point: I was polishing a beautiful ring I had made with a
    nice dark, juicy amethyst in it using one of those ring holding
    jigs. I didn't prefinish as well as usual and thought a little extra
    time with tripoli fit well with my lazy feeling that day. Low and
    behold the amethyst cracked and I burnt my fingers on the ring when
    I attempted to remove it. Luckily it was not a customers stone as
    the ring was for stock. What a waste of a good stone. 

    Karen Seidel-Bahr the 'ROCKLADY'   rocklady AT nucleus.com K.I.S.
    Creations May your gems always "Sparkle"

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