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Buffing & Polishing
There are 4 different levels of polishing compounds.
Starting from the coarsest, they are:
Cutdown Compounds
These include the brown tripoli and bobbing compound
Intermediate Compounds
Gray tripoli, graystar, white diamond, crocus. platinum tripoli, yellow bobbing
Polishing Compounds
Red rouge, yellow rouge, hard white, white rouge, black rouge
Super Finish Compounds
Blue magic, green rouge, fabuluster, zam
White diamond compound
A buffing compound made of tin oxide and a binding wax that polishes fast and provides a moderately high shine. It isn't made of real diamond dust (although you can get diamond powder for sharpening and lapping tools). It is often categorised as a type of tripoli. This is also different than white rouge.
Rouge
A product traditionally made of iron oxide, pulverised and graded, used in jewellery work. Darker-colored, coarser grains are called crocus and are used for grinding. the finer grains are called rouge (French for "red") and are used for polishing steel and precious metals. Rouge is often mixed with a binder and caked into a bar form for easy application to a buffing wheel.
Green rouge
primarily used in final finish buffing operations on stainless steel, steel, brass, aluminium, nickel, and chrome. The green rouge is a chrome oxide, and is considered the best all around lustre compound.
White rouge
The white rouge is the softer, calcite alumina type. Primarily used in the final finish of steel, stainless steel, and zinc. This compound is also a favourite in colouring aluminium and brass.
Red rouge
Primarily used in the final finish (colouring) of gold and silver, it is the finest of all rouges. The abrasive is Ferric Oxide. It also produces an excellent finish on brass.
Crocus
An abrasive material consisting of coarse grains of iron oxide that is used for grinding metal before polishing. Finer grains are called rouge.
Iron oxide
Ferric oxide; iron dust; when pulverised, washed and decanted, it is turned into rouge for polishing metal.
Tripoli
A porous, decomposed siliceous rock which results from the weathering of chert and siliceous limestone.. It is a natural mineral classified as a silica. It is used as an abrasive for preparing jewellery work for polishing. The powdered stone is usually mixed with a binder and moulded into cakes for easy application to buffing wheels. The most popular general compound for cutting down and buffing base metals. Gives a smooth, satin finish to copper, aluminium, pewter, gold and even hard plastic surfaces.
Emery
A common abrasive material that consists of a naturally occurring mixture of corundum and magnetite, the magnetic oxide of iropumice - a light weight, glassy volcanic rock that is crushed into a powder for use in jewellery work for producing non-polished finishes on metal. It should always be used with water for lubrication. It should also be rinsed frequently.
Pumice
A light weight, glassy volcanic rock that is crushed into a powder for use in jewellery work for producing non-polished finishes on metal. It should always be used with water for lubrication, and should also be rinsed frequently (for jewellery applications),. For woodworking, oil can be used for lubrication (try paraffin oil).
Rottenstone
A light, porous, somewhat friable, siliceous rock used for polishing steel and other metals. It consists almost entirely of silica, with a small percentage of alumina and other impurities, and is derived from siliceous limestones after the removal of the calcareous matter. For woodworking, use oil for lubrication (try paraffin oil).
There are 4 different levels of polishing compounds.
Starting from the coarsest, they are:
Cutdown Compounds
These include the brown tripoli and bobbing compound
Intermediate Compounds
Gray tripoli, graystar, white diamond, crocus. platinum tripoli, yellow bobbing
Polishing Compounds
Red rouge, yellow rouge, hard white, white rouge, black rouge
Super Finish Compounds
Blue magic, green rouge, fabuluster, zam
White diamond compound
A buffing compound made of tin oxide and a binding wax that polishes fast and provides a moderately high shine. It isn't made of real diamond dust (although you can get diamond powder for sharpening and lapping tools). It is often categorised as a type of tripoli. This is also different than white rouge.
Rouge
A product traditionally made of iron oxide, pulverised and graded, used in jewellery work. Darker-colored, coarser grains are called crocus and are used for grinding. the finer grains are called rouge (French for "red") and are used for polishing steel and precious metals. Rouge is often mixed with a binder and caked into a bar form for easy application to a buffing wheel.
Green rouge
primarily used in final finish buffing operations on stainless steel, steel, brass, aluminium, nickel, and chrome. The green rouge is a chrome oxide, and is considered the best all around lustre compound.
White rouge
The white rouge is the softer, calcite alumina type. Primarily used in the final finish of steel, stainless steel, and zinc. This compound is also a favourite in colouring aluminium and brass.
Red rouge
Primarily used in the final finish (colouring) of gold and silver, it is the finest of all rouges. The abrasive is Ferric Oxide. It also produces an excellent finish on brass.
Crocus
An abrasive material consisting of coarse grains of iron oxide that is used for grinding metal before polishing. Finer grains are called rouge.
Iron oxide
Ferric oxide; iron dust; when pulverised, washed and decanted, it is turned into rouge for polishing metal.
Tripoli
A porous, decomposed siliceous rock which results from the weathering of chert and siliceous limestone.. It is a natural mineral classified as a silica. It is used as an abrasive for preparing jewellery work for polishing. The powdered stone is usually mixed with a binder and moulded into cakes for easy application to buffing wheels. The most popular general compound for cutting down and buffing base metals. Gives a smooth, satin finish to copper, aluminium, pewter, gold and even hard plastic surfaces.
Emery
A common abrasive material that consists of a naturally occurring mixture of corundum and magnetite, the magnetic oxide of iropumice - a light weight, glassy volcanic rock that is crushed into a powder for use in jewellery work for producing non-polished finishes on metal. It should always be used with water for lubrication. It should also be rinsed frequently.
Pumice
A light weight, glassy volcanic rock that is crushed into a powder for use in jewellery work for producing non-polished finishes on metal. It should always be used with water for lubrication, and should also be rinsed frequently (for jewellery applications),. For woodworking, oil can be used for lubrication (try paraffin oil).
Rottenstone
A light, porous, somewhat friable, siliceous rock used for polishing steel and other metals. It consists almost entirely of silica, with a small percentage of alumina and other impurities, and is derived from siliceous limestones after the removal of the calcareous matter. For woodworking, use oil for lubrication (try paraffin oil).
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