[Jewelry making - Article 00178] - Re: [Orchid] Trouble with Final Polishing

[CjH]

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>     This is my first posting. I recently learned about ganoksin.com
>     from an article in the "Art Jewelry" magazine. I am new to
>     silversmithing and am having a little trouble with my final
>     polishing. 

    As others have suggested - prepolish helps but i use a scraper with
    great effect in tight or hard to polish areas. The ones available to
    purchase are far too large and wide to be much use for many
    applications and mine are made from old 7+1/2" long triangle needle
    files with the end 1" carefully ground smooth and then polished
    rubbing them lenghway on very fine [800 then 1200] grit
    sanding/polishing paper placed on a flat glass [2" by 6"] plate. I
    fit no handles as they need to be griped close the the end. If unused
    to using scrapers it can take much practice, but mine have done me
    well providing a finish few can compete with. 

CjH - from beautiful NZ.
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