![]() Red - Medium for pre-polish and smoothing.Blue - Extra Coarse for quick removal of material.There are 6 grades and each colour/grade refers to the type of finish you will achieve: Push them into a dedicated pin mandrel then into your Dremel Rotary Tool. They are available in either 1mm or 3mm diameter. They are ready to use so you will not need any polishing compound. They can be filed down to a point with an emery or a diamond file, whatever you have to hand. The silicon pin polishers come in a range of grits much like the previously mentioned polishers. "The wheels with the knife edge are excellent for getting into very small areas and for cleaning up around appliqued bits on silver jewellery" - Philongold If you have any tricky-to-reach areas or intricate parts of your work, this is when I move on to using the Silicone Pin Polishers, otherwise, continue on and use the blue polisher followed by the pink for the final mirror finish shine. Helpful note: The reason for wiping or washing off the dust after each polisher is so you don't leave any residue of the coarser grits on your work, otherwise you may end up adding extra surface marks as you're trying to polish them out. ![]() You'll notice a bit of dust coming off with these polishers so do wear safety goggles and a mask. 2) Use the black polisher to remove any remaining scratches and smooth over the surfaceĪt this stage you will have a good shine, no surface scratches, and your work will be smoothed over nicely. If all is good, rinse off and move onto the black polisher. Keep your drill moving at all times to avoid fixating on any one area otherwise, you may end up with a groove where you don't want one!įeel over your work for any sharp edges or extra solder. 1) Begin with the white polisher to remove any surface scratchesĮssentially the grit of the white polisher has been designed for the removal of material so you want to be careful with this polisher. ![]() More about these other polishers further down the article. If the piece has some detailed or tricky-to-reach areas that need to be polished I will use a very small and flexible polisher such as the Silicone pin polishers, Eveflex flame, grey, green and yellow rubber polishers or EVE radial bristle discs. I generally begin using white, then black, blue and finally pink. How to use the EVE Mini Rubber Silicone Polishers Pink - Extra Fine for a super shiny, mirror finish look.Black - Medium for Pre-polish, removes scratches and leaves a smooth surface.White - Coarse for quick removal of material.They come in a range of different grades of grit from coarse (White), medium (Black), fine (Blue) through to ultra-fine (Pink) and are to be used dry on a variety of materials:Īnd each colour refers to the type of finish you will achieve: The 'magic' is encased in each polisher so they're ready to use as they are. You don't have to use any Dremel polishing compound or other compound or rouge such as Dialux with them so there is less mess. They attach to dedicated mandrels so you can fit them into your Dremel Rotary Tool or similar. The first set of polishers I use come in a range of shapes: Wheel, Knife Edge, Cylinder and Bullet. I have a variety of silicon polishers that I like to use for working on larger surface areas. I'm going to share my 4 tips on how to polish metals without fuss or mess! A few of my other favourite polishers and methods will be highlighted at the end too. ![]() When polishing silver jewellery with my Dremel Rotary Tool or Dremel Flexible Shaft there are a few different tools that I like to use.
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