Comments on: Daily Wire Tip Feb. 28: Achieving a High Polish on Your Stones http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1433/high-polish-on-your-stones/ Making Wire Jewelry and Wire Wrapping Techniques Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Light Lapidary | Jewelry Making Instructions http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1433/high-polish-on-your-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-6570 Light Lapidary | Jewelry Making Instructions Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:20:03 +0000 http://wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/?p=1433#comment-6570 [...] What you are asking falls under the category ‘Light Lapidary’, as the process involves first using a rock or tile saw to slab the stone and then using either a flat lap or cabochon machine to polish it. To read some of the discussions about polishing, please see these two ‘tips’ and their comments: Getting the perfect shine on a focal gemstone and High Polish and Your Stones [...] [...] What you are asking falls under the category ‘Light Lapidary’, as the process involves first using a rock or tile saw to slab the stone and then using either a flat lap or cabochon machine to polish it. To read some of the discussions about polishing, please see these two ‘tips’ and their comments: Getting the perfect shine on a focal gemstone and High Polish and Your Stones [...]

]]> By: Clyde http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1433/high-polish-on-your-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-1717 Clyde Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:11:32 +0000 http://wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/?p=1433#comment-1717 Poor polish can also be the result of not having removed all the scraches from the grinding and sanding steps. In order to achive the best polish possible for each type of stone it is necessary to have removed all the scraches from each step in the grinding and sanding process. I find that a little extra time on the 400 and 600 grit steps pays off at the polishing step. Tks. Clyde Poor polish can also be the result of not having removed all the scraches from the grinding and sanding steps. In order to achive the best polish possible for each type of stone it is necessary to have removed all the scraches from each step in the grinding and sanding process. I find that a little extra time on the 400 and 600 grit steps pays off at the polishing step. Tks.

Clyde

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