Jewelry Monk

Category: Polishing

  • Day 45 Another Polishing Tip

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    Hey Y’all, I just got back from my mini-vacation, I am back now and ready to pick up where I left off. Today’s little tip will once again have to do with polishing in those hard to get places. If you have a small Cylinder Bur, I usually use a .7mm Cylinder Bur, (tapered if…

  • Day 43 Polishing Tip

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    I am still in the midst of a little get-a-way mini vacation, I am not close to my studio or any of my tools, so I will have to give you a quick tip today. I have mentioned this before in passing in one of my lessons, but it is a great tip and a…

  • Day 28 Pre-polishing Getting Ready to Set Stones

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    This pendant is coming along nicely. I pulled it out of the Magnetic Tumbler today and it was nice and shiny in all the places I couldn’t get to with wheels and brushes, especially around the bezels and the back. I have the stones picked out (Lab Created Chatham Emerald) and diamonds for the channel.…

  • Day 26 Using Polishing Brushes

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    Doug Napier
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    Polishing is something that everyone that works on jewelry will have to do, and there are a few tools that will make your job a lot easier. Today we will look specifically at polishing brushes, soft, medium, and stiff brushes and when to use them. First let’s look at applications for the brushes. You can…

  • Day 15 Silver Tarnish Remover

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    Doug Napier
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    Silver Tarnish Remover   Happy Father’s Day!! Today being Father’s Day and me being a father, I am going to not spend so much time in front of my computer or my bench today, So allow me to give a quick tip, to “Phone one in” so to say. If you work in Sterling Silver,…