Originally Posted by
CJ57
Washing up liquid usually takes it off and I know most disagree with this but I always wear gloves when polishing now
Please, please do not wear gloves when polishing. I very nearly badly damaged my hand when I started silversmithing by wearing just thin latex gloves whilst polishing with a Dremel. The glove caught in the spinning mop and in a millisecond the Dremel was ripping it to shreds and tightening it on my index finger - fortunately the rubber snapped before my finger. If it had been a bench polisher then I would definitely have had some horrible damage to my hand.
Please don't do it - use some barrier cream before polishing and the residue will wash off easily.
Barry the Flying Silversmith👍
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