[Jewelry making - Article 00119] - Re: [Orchid] Matte finish to white gold

[John Donivan]

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    There's actually two families of "matte finish". One is sand
    blasting, which requires a sand blaster. That is a scattershot
    texture, and if anyone knows how to duplicate it effectively by hand
    I'd like to know that, for touchups. The other family is satin
    finish, which is linear. There are many satin finish wheels you can
    buy, but the old fashioned way is just to use sandpaper (220 or
    rougher) carefully so as to get parallel lines. You need to look at
    it - if the pattern is scattered like stars in the sky, then it's
    sandblast. 

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