Re: polishing glass
The link provided by jrow is pretty much spot on. First grind with wet and dry paper ensuring you regulary rinse then machine polish with cerium oxide mixed with water. If the parts are small I'd use a dremel tool or equivalent with a felt buff. I'll check with the glass shop guys here for other faster cut componds. (we do precision optics).
Cheers
Mark Smith
OK, the cheaper and possibly more readily available compond is to simply mix clay (potters clay works fine) with water. As with the cerium oxide, the more solids you mix in the faster the polishing cut. The less you mix in the finer the polish.
Last edited by KCV6; 03-30-2008 at 10:51 PM.
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