Thursday 19 April 2018

Polishing Papers for Gravers!

 There are basically only 5 emery & Polishing papers available, but I can make the 'finishing' so much easier! "Norton" used to use the generic #2/0 or #4/0, but now happily their system has changed, by using only the actual 'grit'. e.g. #240 or #400 grits. This makes the setter's life so much easy in ordering polishing papers.
 In my selection of papers, I'm showing only the finer numbers (some of the photographs were taken some time ago), Hence, you can still see the 'older series' of grit. The Emery paper is #180 & #240, then comes the polishing with finer grits, such as #400, #600 and maybe #1,000 (with no grit-numbers in between).
 I use a soft-core, graphite "Artists" pencil to rub the graphite in between the pores of the paper to make 'that' sheet even finer! For example, I'd rub the graphite on a #1,000 grit paper & it'll then make it now a #1,200 grit..how easy is that?
 In the photographs, you will see how I hold the graver in my hand, how the Right-Sided, Onglette #2 graver is shaped on the oil-stone. Not to mention, just where this newly modified graver can be used.
 Most of the photographs can be easily understood in the applications.















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