Tarnex is an acid, if you only dipped it into the solution and rinsed then this would help. If you left it in a long time to soak you may heve done severe damage would need to use tripoli.
HI! I am using a foredom flex shaft with a #30 handpiece. The polisher is a medium felt wheel mounted on a screw mandril charged with polish ( red rouge.) Red rouge can be found in a jewelry supply shop , ebay, amazon.
What's the difference between red rouge, "tripoli" polish, and some other important polishing compounds? Can any compounds double as ways to polish /strop a knife edge? I have top quality hand made Ukrainian diamond polish of various carat weights (micron size) and density. Is there a list of compounds that you think everyone creating jewelry should have?
Rouge is iron oxide polish and used for soft non ferrous metals. Tripoli is diatom powder and mildly abrasive. I keep red rouge and green + Tripoli. I also use diamond powder for polishing stones. I am not sure what is used for stropping though
Irina, thank you I love this question! In theory a non nucleated baroque pearl could be made round. I don't think that it would look good . I'll have to give it a try.
Thanks for watching! I'm referring to cultured pearls, non nucleated are started with a piece of freshwater mussel inserted into another mussel. This is probably the most common. In nucleated cultured pearls a shell bead almost the size of the finished pearl is inserted into the mussel. The definitions may be different for natural pearls, which are very rare. Keshi pearls are also non nucleated, and (to my understanding,) a byproduct of certain cultured pearl production.
@electrojewelerjordan490 OK, so you do mean cultured, but nor seeded with a bead, right? Being able to polish a non-nuckeated pearl sounds like there is only nacre (like keshi). Deep nacre is fantastic for being able to polish a pearl, deeply if needed. I still can't find "non-nucleated" pearls, anywhere.
Correct, most of the smaller sized round and oval cultured freshwater pearls are non nucleated. If they are unusual shapes or very large then they are generally seeded with a shell bead. Disk pearls, coin pearls, button pearls, crosses, stars, faceted, large like 10-15 mm are common nucleated pearls.
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now there's a reason to buy fresh water pearls! thanks for the video
Thank you for watching!
can I use this technique for soith sea pearls?
This is good info, thank you
You're welcome!
I used Tarn X on a sterling and gold bracelet with one pearl. It looks dull now. Will this help?
Tarnex is an acid, if you only dipped it into the solution and rinsed then this would help. If you left it in a long time to soak you may heve done severe damage would need to use tripoli.
Hi I want to know. Which instruments you used , and which products you used to polish pearls, I have natural pearls .
HI! I am using a foredom flex shaft with a #30 handpiece. The polisher is a medium felt wheel mounted on a screw mandril charged with polish ( red rouge.) Red rouge can be found in a jewelry supply shop , ebay, amazon.
Can you use this method on mother of pearl?
Thanks for watching! Yes, it's pretty much the same. If its flat watch out for distorting the surface , go slowly.
What's the difference between red rouge, "tripoli" polish, and some other important polishing compounds? Can any compounds double as ways to polish /strop a knife edge?
I have top quality hand made Ukrainian diamond polish of various carat weights (micron size) and density.
Is there a list of compounds that you think everyone creating jewelry should have?
Rouge is iron oxide polish and used for soft non ferrous metals. Tripoli is diatom powder and mildly abrasive. I keep red rouge and green + Tripoli. I also use diamond powder for polishing stones. I am not sure what is used for stropping though
Can you make a baroque pearl round? I mean mechanically. Thank you!
Irina, thank you I love this question! In theory a non nucleated baroque pearl could be made round. I don't think that it would look good . I'll have to give it a try.
Aren't non-nucleated pearls super rare and expensive? Or are you referring to keshi? or...? Thank you.
Thanks for watching! I'm referring to cultured pearls, non nucleated are started with a piece of freshwater mussel inserted into another mussel. This is probably the most common. In nucleated cultured pearls a shell bead almost the size of the finished pearl is inserted into the mussel. The definitions may be different for natural pearls, which are very rare. Keshi pearls are also non nucleated, and (to my understanding,) a byproduct of certain cultured pearl production.
@electrojewelerjordan490 OK, so you do mean cultured, but nor seeded with a bead, right? Being able to polish a non-nuckeated pearl sounds like there is only nacre (like keshi). Deep nacre is fantastic for being able to polish a pearl, deeply if needed. I still can't find "non-nucleated" pearls, anywhere.
Correct, most of the smaller sized round and oval cultured freshwater pearls are non nucleated. If they are unusual shapes or very large then they are generally seeded with a shell bead. Disk pearls, coin pearls, button pearls, crosses, stars, faceted, large like 10-15 mm are common nucleated pearls.