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Polishing Troubleshoot
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Magoo" data-source="post: 243527" data-attributes="member: 3008"><p>I think a lot of it is fashion/hype based approaches also. I remember about 15 years ago of reading about how awesome ceramic laps were and it was impossible to get a good finish on a saph without one and everybody should have one. Maybe one could get a awesome flat facet on a saph using them but now the love has gone as apparently user friendly and ceramic lap is rarely seen in the same sentence.</p><p>The 'Darkside' may one day join that rank. </p><p></p><p>I've never used a 3K topper because the 3K on copper gives such a good finish for a pre-polish but cuts fast enough to nudge facets in. If you are used to the listening method it may take a bit of getting used to.Sometimes it is difficult to even hear if you have touched down or not, so it's a lot of looking until you get used to the performance. But I imagine you have already discovered that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr Magoo, post: 243527, member: 3008"] I think a lot of it is fashion/hype based approaches also. I remember about 15 years ago of reading about how awesome ceramic laps were and it was impossible to get a good finish on a saph without one and everybody should have one. Maybe one could get a awesome flat facet on a saph using them but now the love has gone as apparently user friendly and ceramic lap is rarely seen in the same sentence. The 'Darkside' may one day join that rank. I've never used a 3K topper because the 3K on copper gives such a good finish for a pre-polish but cuts fast enough to nudge facets in. If you are used to the listening method it may take a bit of getting used to.Sometimes it is difficult to even hear if you have touched down or not, so it's a lot of looking until you get used to the performance. But I imagine you have already discovered that. ;) [/QUOTE]
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