Tama - NZ Pounamu/greenstone - Last post for '08! - pg99 - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Tue, Jan 9, 2007 4:42 PM On 2007-01-09 12:01, tikigap wrote: I didn't realize that you would use diamond cloth BEFORE sanding. What is the grit of diamond cloth? Hi Tgap. Yep, the diamond cloth is an intermediate step between diamond tools & carborundum paper. Althought the diamond cloth is of much finer grits than the grinding tools, it still leaves its' own scratches which also must be removed. After 'dry-burring' at low revs (5-10,000rpm) I move on to 400 then 800grit diamond cloth. These remove the 1000's of tiny scratches that cause the 'frosted' look. From there I usually hand sand with wet/dry paper starting from 240 or 400 grit. Hope this helps.

On 2007-01-09 12:01, tikigap wrote:
I didn't realize that you would use diamond cloth BEFORE sanding. What is the grit of diamond cloth?

Hi Tgap. Yep, the diamond cloth is an intermediate step between diamond tools & carborundum paper. Althought the diamond cloth is of much finer grits than the grinding tools, it still leaves its' own scratches which also must be removed.

After 'dry-burring' at low revs (5-10,000rpm) I move on to 400 then 800grit diamond cloth. These remove the 1000's of tiny scratches that cause the 'frosted' look. From there I usually hand sand with wet/dry paper starting from 240 or 400 grit.

Hope this helps.

Post #277756 by Tamapoutini on Tue, Jan 9, 2007 4:42 PM