Polishing Platinum part 2

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cbilton.creator-spring.com Polishing Platinum part 2! I move on from papering and show you whats needed at the polishing motor.
Platinum is very hard wearing which is a great quality for a long lasting piece of jewellery however it means that going from a hammered and filed piece of metal to a completely smooth and highly reflective polished piece of metal takes a great deal of work!
In part 1 you saw how much buff stick work was necessary (loads!) and now in part 2 you can see how much polishing is needed (loads!!)
Just like the initial stages of papering there is a lot more work than one would imagine at the first stage of polishing.
The grease mop that we use to remove scratches is the most important thing here I believe. With out doing a good job you will never achieve that glass like smooth finish. I always keep a 10x loop at the polishing motor for checking the pieces i'm working on.
For best results I highly recommend using a felt disc on flat sections, a powerful polishing motor with very good lighting and some specialist platinum polish and only using a specific mop for that polish. Mixing green and red on the same mop will ruin its ability to bring up platinum to its full potential.
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[@adambozeman8656]

I can’t stand polishing platinum. I’m going to try your trick today! Good work sir

[@davidlane147]

And then because it’s so soft it comes back with wayyyyyy more scratches and marks than gold does. Nightmare… but it’s not to set with

[@olegpetelevitch4443]

I still use Tripoli and rouge . And the string to and then the big polisher ! I just got the Dialux to try because of the red and brown face mask ,I end up with !

[@josemiguelpascual2059]

Vaya, no soy el único que le da problemas el platino para pulir

[@popaki9484]

Does polishing platinum remove platinum? Do you recommend doing it at home?