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Vibratory tumbler for polishing silverware?
I have used the hot water-baking soda-aluminum foil to remove tarnish
from silver ware, but it doesn't polish it. Polishing is such a PITA that it made me wonder if vibratory tumbling would polish silver. Anybody ever done it? How did it work? What medium did you use? Thanks, Bob |
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Vibratory tumbler for polishing silverware?
"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message ... I have used the hot water-baking soda-aluminum foil to remove tarnish from silver ware, but it doesn't polish it. Polishing is such a PITA that it made me wonder if vibratory tumbling would polish silver. Anybody ever done it? How did it work? What medium did you use? Thanks, Bob Bob, It might work but it also might take all the edges off the design, leaving you with worn down looking pieces. Get thee to a buffing wheel. LLB |
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Vibratory tumbler for polishing silverware?
Yeah, and god help you if it's only silver plated!
-- Mr. P.V.'d formerly Droll Troll "brassbend" wrote in message ... "Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message ... I have used the hot water-baking soda-aluminum foil to remove tarnish from silver ware, but it doesn't polish it. Polishing is such a PITA that it made me wonder if vibratory tumbling would polish silver. Anybody ever done it? How did it work? What medium did you use? Thanks, Bob Bob, It might work but it also might take all the edges off the design, leaving you with worn down looking pieces. Get thee to a buffing wheel. LLB |
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Vibratory tumbler for polishing silverware?
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:57:11 -0500, Bob Engelhardt
wrote: I have used the hot water-baking soda-aluminum foil to remove tarnish from silver ware, but it doesn't polish it. Polishing is such a PITA that it made me wonder if vibratory tumbling would polish silver. Anybody ever done it? How did it work? What medium did you use? Thanks, Bob Greetings Bob, I use a polishing medium for brass in a vibratory tumbler. It consists of crushed corn cobs and a mildly abrasive polishing compound. After a while the polishing compound breaks down and polishes much slower. The medium can be recharged with liquid polishing compound and it works as well as when new. This recharging can be done a few times. All that said, I would not use it to polish my silver flatware without first trying one piece. A very soft buffing wheel used with either rouge or Fabulustre would be better. The Fabulustre is made for final polishing and removes almost no metal. If your silver is just tarnished then a very fine polishing compound is all that should be used. Rouge compound is oil based, I think. It seems to come off with solvent better than just water. Fabulustre is not oily or greasy and just hot water will remove it. Cheers, Eric |
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Vibratory tumbler for polishing silverware?
What does an imaginary god have to to with it? It's pieces of metal.
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Vibratory tumbler for polishing silverware?
I was just looking around the web for tumblers and found the Kramer
Industries site. They make industrial vibratory tumblers and one of the uses that they promote is polishing silver ware. I think that I'll give it a try. Bob |
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