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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
I would love to try Menzerna seems to have very favorable reviews, can't get in Australia and the postage cost is just too expensive
There's about 20 for metal polishing... Different ones for different metals.
I loathe Luxi - I don't feel it gives a good finish and I find it no easier to remove than any other polish.
As for Menzerna in Australia - it's odd, I can find loads of people carrying the auto polish products, but not much of the solid compound.
https://metalshine.com.au/?s=menzerna&post_type=product for example
Yes Peter you can get the auto polish, I have contacted a few of them I suggested they could include in there next order and they are not interested in obtaining it for me ( old fashioned service is disappearing )
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