{"id":58,"date":"2000-09-01T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2000-09-01T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/blog\/archives\/58\/"},"modified":"2012-03-07T15:57:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:57:15","slug":"polish-hard-to-reach-places-quickly-and-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/polish-hard-to-reach-places-quickly-and-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish Hard to Reach Places Quickly and Easily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3M Adalox paper-backed aluminum oxide sanding discs are used routinely by a majority of bench jewelers. In addition to using them for sanding, Jeffrey Mathews, CMBJ, of Jeffrey Mathews Designs, Dallas, uses them as a polishing device to reach narrow, hard-to-get areas of his fabricated pieces. Here&#8217;s how you can perform his trick:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/polishhardtoreachplaces\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"203\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"8\" \/>Reverse a standard sanding disc on its mounting mandrel.<\/li>\n<li>Apply pressure evenly with another coarse sanding disc to the backside of a standard sanding disc while it&#8217;s mounted and spinning.<\/li>\n<li>Apply polishing compound. (Step #2 has roughed up the paper surface, allowing it to hold a charge of polishing compound.)<\/li>\n<li>Finish it-the backside is now ready for pre-finishing and finishing of hard-to-reach areas on an article of jewelry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>3M brass-center snap-on sanding disc products are available through most bench tool and equipment suppliers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits for the Working Bench Jeweler<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Makes a nearly impossible task possible. It allows polishing access to extremely hard-to-reach areas.<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to offer a cost savings to your customer: The technique retains high quality and saves significant polishing time, yet the charges for the service remain the same.<\/li>\n<li>Continuing education. This technique will be helpful to anyone taking the practical bench tests of the JA Bench Jeweler Certification program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hooverandstrong.com\/articles\/polishhardtoreachplaces\/21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"219\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/>JCK, September 2000<br \/>\nMark B. Mann<\/p>\n<p>Bench Tricks<\/p>\n<p>Jewelers of America, Inc.<br \/>\nInnovations for Working Bench Jewelers<br \/>\nFrom JA Certified Master Bench Jewelers<\/p>\n<p>HooverandStrong.com | 800-759-9997 | (fax) 800-616-9997<br \/>\ninfo@hooverandstrong.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3M Adalox paper-backed aluminum oxide sanding discs are used routinely by a majority of bench jewelers. In addition to using them for sanding, Jeffrey Mathews, CMBJ, of Jeffrey Mathews Designs, Dallas, uses them as a polishing device to reach narrow, hard-to-get areas of his fabricated pieces. Here&#8217;s how you can perform his trick:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/technical-articles.hooverandstrong.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}