Ill order some and try it on my tool making. Thanks for the tip Doug.

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

Жыл бұрын

Allan, you are welcome.

The yellow red. :-) Do you know who makes it and what grid of abrasive is in it? For some reason each company have thier own color code and it tends to get confusing when mixing the brands.

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, rouge.... yellow. Haha. It started out meaning red, but now it is universally excepted as a type of polishing compound, like Xerox. This one comes from GrobetUSA.

@ShapingSilver

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I'm an engineer and former officer, so that makes me (by definition) a naming convention fascist. ;-) Anyway, I ask because in Denmark masters are quit ridged about the naming, like: Sandpaper vs emery cloth, rouge vs polishing compound etc.

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

5 жыл бұрын

Completely understand. The English language is so "muddy" and seems to be multiple names for everything.

HI Thanks for all your great videos, so glad to find you. I'm wondering, does red rouge work for this? Too soft/fine? too rough? What other polishing compounds are similar for polishing tools?

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

5 жыл бұрын

Gabby, I have had success with yellow or green, but give others a try and see what results you get.

So do you use yellow rouge also for polishing jewelry? How does it compare to red rouge? (There are so many polishing compounds, and the differences can be subtle!...yet expensive to try them all - and I go through them very slowly.)

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

5 жыл бұрын

jaykay415 I don’t use yellow rouge on jewelry, but it works on some of the harder metals.

@jaykay415

5 жыл бұрын

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk ok thanks :)

How about green rouge?

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

5 жыл бұрын

Never tried green, give it a try.

@ShapingSilver

5 жыл бұрын

Each company has its own color codes, so you have to look it up. E.g. Dialux's green is a 2000 grit polishing compound. The term Rouge (red in french) comes from the color of the iron oxide Fe2O3 used originally, but the name stuck. Like "sandpaper", which is often not sand (mostly silicon dioxide), but often corundum (aluminium oxide). :-)

@DougNapierJewelryMonk

5 жыл бұрын

And “Hamburger”. Haha

@ShapingSilver

5 жыл бұрын

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk true, not much ham in those. ,-)