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Polishing for beginners?
Hi,
I know everybody has their own preferences with polishing silver but what is the easiest/best product to use? I've brought an orbital mulitool and keen to get the best result.
Thanks,
Jim
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Large items neee a jewellers polishing lathe, preferably with a hood and dust extraction.
For smaller items a flex shaft or micromotor with tools for the handpiece. At a pinch the Dremel with variable speeds
You might also research the Jool Tool, a more recent innovation Jooltool by Annie https://www.google.com/search?client...ltool+by+annie, Which is a more recent innovation.
Orbital mutitool? I dont think so. Dennis.
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I couldn’t think what an orbital was and only know about orbital sanders! I’ve always had a bench polisher as when I trained a pendant was only occasionally used now it’s the first go to for polishing. I’ve more recently got a micromotor as it more flexible and I still rarely use it as I don’t make a lot of small pieces and even polish my earrings on the bench polisher
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Hi,
It's a cheaper version of a dremmal with a flexi head. I'm looking for a good compound/cream for use on silver
James
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I use Dialux and always have, I seem to get the same results as some of the more expensive variants, and I use a bench polisher for 99% of my work
I have never seen a orbital Multitool the ones I have come across oscillate only, either way I can't see it being much use for polishing jewellery
Last edited by china; 12-11-2019 at 01:10 PM.
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I suppose I could glue a leather pad to a blunt blade for my multitool and coat it with polish for flat surfaces. A bit unwieldy though.
There's a massive assortment of compounds out there - traditional Tripoli & rouge, Dialux, Luxi (which I don't much care for), Menzerna (my preferred brand). There's solutions in each of those polishes that'll work well on silver. Don't think there's any creams though.
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