How to use our Mini Rubber Silicone Polishers
Please make sure to use our recommended taper mandrel with your bullet and cylinder shaped polishers. They are specifically designed to be used with these. Other mandrels may cause the polisher to split or fly off when in use.
The screw mandrel is to be used with the knife edge wheel and wheel shapes.
These rubber abrasives have a recommended speed of between 7,000-10,000 RPM and are to be used with light pressure. Ideal for use by jewellers, glass engravers, ceramicists and on all materials from precious and non-precious metals, glass, porcelain, acrylic, enamel, composite materials and synthetic materials.
They are also useful for numerous jobs around the home such as removing paint from door handles, hinges, fixtures and fittings.
Use in your pendant drill, flexible shaft, micro motor or rotary tool such as a Dremel (ensuring you have a 2.3mm collet or the Dremel Multi Chuck), Foredom or Proxxon.
Helpful note: No need to use any additional paste or compound with these.
For use on Metals:
- White: Coarse for quick removal of metal, ceramic and acrylic.
- Black: Medium for smoothing precious metal alloys. Softer than white and more flexible
- Blue: Fine for high lustre on metals
- Pink: Extra Fine for a super shine, mirror finish look on metals
Tip for glass engravers: cut around the outline of your design in self-adhesive vinyl this will protect the clear glass that you don't want to be cut from becoming polished as well. The black or blue abrasives are perfect for adding shading to your work.
"The wheels with the knife edge are excellent for getting into very small areas and for cleaning up around appliqued bits on silver jewellery" - Philongold
“For Glass Engraving these are great if any light mistakes are made for reducing the mark and covering up the mistake, also for helping in the shading of detail. Am happy as larry with them” - Bill Jeans
"I work for a glass line manufacturer and have been very impressed with the results of the polishing bits" - George Douglas"
