WHY ISN'T SAND USED AS THE POLISHING MEDIA
1099127
sand itself may not be clean and will be very fine. I do know that industrial sandblasting grit can be used in the rough stages, as it is quite course. I suppose if you could get some clean silica sand from you local building supply store, it may be suitable and way less expensive!
1099128
Don't know, I am just starting to use this since I was 12, back in the '60s :-/ That would be a question for the jewelers. Apologies .
1654027
I do not know what grit or type of particles are used. What I can tell you is that this is really terrific stuff. I use it on a leather strop for the final polish and the edge it leaves is definitely a razor edge. Quickly removes the scratch marks of my 1200 grit diamond stone.
1723173
Yes the sanding drums can be used. Keep the speed to less than 15,000 RPM. Instruction for use cam be found on the Demel web site. Look for "Pet Nail Grooming Using a Dremel Rotary Tool" instruction. The instructions are in the download area.
161334
Yes, if you use the proper polishing compound. You have to be careful if you've never used a Dremel. Pretty powerful for such a small device. I would think that there would be only a few of the pieces you could use.
291718
I have only used it for sanding but I think it would be good for polishing.
185646
I seriously doubt it. It requires air pressure. When you mix sand with water... sand will clog and stick to things. You need a decent sized compressor to use the and it works well with compressed air only and well sifted sand.
1590365
I don't see why it couldn't.. I'd imagine prep would be similar to anything else and just etch the surface a bit with some 80-60 grit sandpaper.. That's all I've ever done and it's held up perfectly fine!
2182611
No. But I wouldn't see why you'd want sand. It works perfectly fine without it.
1318134
I have used it for sanding, but if you can find a Velcro style pad why not?
1341379
The particles are not regular enough for them to apply a normal grit rating, but they are sorted by maximum size in microns, I think. At any rate, I think the rough equivalents are Coarse: 250, Fine: 600, X-Fine: 1200. There is an XX-Fine, but even that doesn't get you anywhere close to 8000. If you want a finish like an 8000+ waterstone with diamonds, you have to get the paste and spread it on a substrate of your own. I'm sure I've seen diamond paste as fine as .5 micron, and it may go finer than that; I don't think they can bond particles that fine to the DMT plates.
3360
1000 grit you need remove large nicks, the 6000grit is polishing only, I like to use a middle grit before the 6000. So to answer your question you dont have to use the 6000 grit.
855039
why and where do you use sand. I have a fire pit just like this one and it doesn't use sand?
1437152
Some of the comments mention doing that. I don't see why not. I have only used it with their polish, however.
287447
You can, but I'm not exactly sure how to do it. I have polished some rough beach glass using fine sand. (But then I have to state it is not genuine beach glass-purists don't approve of putting it on the tumbler. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/761052/ try this gentleman's siggestions -
1117682
you can get inferior sand instead, which is all you need for your purpose, from a big box store. Of course you can use this sand i just wouldn't waste it on that use
856950
pre-polish is used to "clean" the abrasive off. the longer you tumble with each media the brighter the rock at the end. you can experiment with different amounts of time and you can always put the rock through the process again!
769747
Yes it does polish and sand but I reconmend getting a hook and loop from maketa then you can easily switch between sand or polish pad