What are "Pumice Wheels" and how can they be reshaped? - 8 photos

 The question is "how can you clean the Pumice wheel and return it back to its original shape?"

 What tools are now needed in this exercise? There is only ONE, it is a piece Corundum that will eventually re-carve the pumice wheel to be used again.

Rate of Difficulty is only '5 out of 10'.

 This is a well-used 'Tapered Pumice Wheel', for this essay I'm using a Pink Wheel that is of #1,000 grit. (I like the colour for this ongoing demonstration).

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As you can see that the tapered wheel is no longer 'tapered', but nearly rounded from ongoing use. 

Here is my piece of Corundum rock, I've had it for literally decades and it hasn't worn out, one millimeter. 

I found a little corner of this stone that is my sharp cutting facet. It is so very sharp that it's just like a diamond.

 There is a little extrusion of Corundum in this stone. This will cut into the soft Pumice wheel with no effort whatsoever. I DON'T SPEED UP THE ROTATING WHEEL, I need to be very careful that I don't waste any of the pumice in this resurfacing process.

 The residue of the pumice is easy to remove, I just use my little brush to clean as I need to be sure where the little pointed-edge is touching the pumice. You can also use a sonic-cleaner to clean any remnants of pumice that your brush overlooked.                

If you don't have any Corundum, you can use a Tungsten alloy to do the resurfacing.

The newly resurfaced wheel is now being seen after a complete over-haul. I want to show that any shape of a Pumice wheel CAN BE RESURFACED WITH NO EFFORT.

 A clean Pumice Wheel is essential in accurate Diamond Setting as well as jewellery manufacturing. Sharp and Flat edges are a priority, but they can get easily worn round.

From using a mere sliver of pumice, here is the epitome of a 'new cleaning tool'.

This essay is only on reshaping, but not on using it. I haven't seen anyone else write about this technique. Hoping that you and everyone appreciate my blog-teachings.