Recommended Polishes For Lapidary Materials

[helens]

This is wonderful! Thank you for posting it!

[DemiDee]

Thanks for this tip.  I have been looking for just such a chart to post around the lap machine.  Now I have a good one.

[Helene]

Thanks for posting this chart.  It is and will be very helpful.  Might print, laminate and hang in the studio.

[jackd]

Thanks, useful information...

[Apehanger]

Only just found this.

This is exactly the sort of thing a beginner like me needs

Thank you so much   yes16 yes16 yes16

[stoned]

Good info thanks!

[branchwater]

It says domain has expired.....anyone have a similar links.

[Gjeret]

http://prettybauble.com/snagged-web-archive/

I found the original link in a web archive and tossed it up on my webserver.

Enjoy
-Gj-

[light house jack]

I may have mentioned this before but a couple of years back we were having a heck of a time getting a mirror polish on an obsidian cab in my class at William Holland. We were using diamond on moleskin up to 100,000 and the stone just would not pop. I remembered what an old rock guy told me in Quartzite. He said to use a rough leather pad with super cerium oxide.  I had some shipped in and the next day my student had  a fantastic polish.

[Ajo]

I am so glad that everyone is still getting some use from this. I still refer to it time to time too. Great! Eric(Ajo)

[jennjenn]

I don't suppose anyone has this original list handy that they could share with me?  That original link that Ajo posted no longer works.  Thanks!

[jennjenn]

Nvm.  Just saw the link that someone posted to the original.  I do have a different question however.  Our program is being forced to use Alumina as a main polish instead of Cerium Oxide due to the increased cost and limited budget.  Does anyone have any feedback on the shortcomings of Alumina that I should be aware of so I can share with students?  thanks!