HELP! Polishing stones already set?

[camalidesign]

Hi all,

Massive cock-up!!... Just finished setting 3 small smooth cabs into a ring and managed to run a 3M disc across all three small stones and consequently gave them a matte dull finish on one side....

So, HELP! Can I polish the stones in place, somehow? Diamond paste on a felt or something like that? I have never polished stones before so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't really want to have to start the ring from scratch...

Any sources for polish pastes would be fab too, if you know any!

Carin

[caroleallen]

You can always pop down and use my new gadget Carin, though I appreciate it's a long way to come.

[camalidesign]

It did actually cross my mind, Carole! Bit of a long way to go though, as you said. What does your JoolTool use to polish stones? Are they 3M brushes or something else?

I am also dying to know more about how you get on with it, perhaps you could post an update to that other post when you get a chance?

Carin

[Dennis]

I usually use Polygold2000 as a first try for dulled stones. They are small impregnated felt wheels, which you mount on a mandrel with a screw. The sellers are mostly German, but there is a good choice of suppliers..

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Po...=polygold+2000

Dennis.

[caroleallen]

It did actually cross my mind, Carole! Bit of a long way to go though, as you said. What does your JoolTool use to polish stones? Are they 3M brushes or something else?

I am also dying to know more about how you get on with it, perhaps you could post an update to that other post when you get a chance?

Carin

I haven't got it screwed down yet Carin, so I haven't been able to try it out properly for polishing. I'm not really sure what attachments are needed to polish stones. I'll have another look at the video. I will say though that for cleaning off sprues and grinding down the edges of things like rings and bangles, it's excellent and I use it all the time. I love that I can see my piece while I grind it.

Steve and I have both had the lurgy and we haven't done the polishing worktop yet. Hopefully this weekend we can get it all sorted.

[ps_bond]

I've done a very small amount of stone carving using wooden & hard felt wheels with diamond pastes (bought on the cheap from EBay). If Hans chips in on this he'll be able to contribute more.

[enigma]

I use diamond pastes from Manchester minerals on my stone carvings to finish them, with those I go, 60, 30, 16, 3, 1 on felt bobs but not sure what you would use to start, probably depends how deep the scratching is.