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3M Polishing Papers are made from micron sized abrasive particles, slurry coated onto a non-woven synthetic backing. They are soft, cloth-like and paper thin, so wraps smoothly around your piece. You can also wrap the paper around a wooden stick, if you only want to polish the raised surfaces on your piece, for instance, if you have oxidised the piece. The precision micron grading provides a uniform, consistent finish. These are sometimes referred to as Tri-M-Item papers. They really give you the most fantastic mirror like finish on metal clay and silver. I mainly keep these for use on the fired silver, as the clay clogs them up too fast. Each sheet is 8 1/2" x 11" or 216x279mm. The set includes 2 of each of the following sheets: Light Green - 1 Micron, Mint - 2 Micron, Pink - 3 Micron, Blue - 9 Micron, Grey - 15 Micron, and Green - 30 Micron.
Posted by Kath on 10th May 2011
just used these for the first time, Sue is right...plenty of elbow grease needed but the result is fantastic and well worth it!!!!
Posted by Sue W on 13th Oct 2010
You have to use elbow grease to get a mirror finish with these but I find that if you put a lot of work in with the coarser grits, you get a better finish and don't need to do so much with the finer ones. This means that I tend to get through the coarser sheets faster than the finer ones. They give a lovely shine which is enhanced with a final polish with Wenol.
