Jewelry

Have you ever wondered about abrasives and how to use them? Here I'm going to give you the perspective of a jeweler working in brass, copper, silver, and gold. When you cut with a jeweler's saw, the marks left behind are coarse. How coarse? More coarse that 120 grit, but able to be removed by 120 grit abrasive. That's the trick all the way down to the bottom turtle. Each abrasive leaves marks. Each abrasive removes coarser marks. The idea is to remove EVERY coarser mark while leaving finer marks. (When I say 120 grit I also mean P120 which is a European standard.) Here's a rule. If you want to remove a mark, you have to use a grit that is finer, but still close to the thing that left the mark. For example if you cut with a jeweler's saw and jump right away to a 1200 grit abrasive, you will only polish and shine the marks left by the saw. That's pretty useless, unless your aesthetic includes the brilliancy of polished saw marks. You will not be able to remove