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I would say it's safe to argue that all powdered abrasives regardless of their grit rating are averages. I don't believe it's possible for abrasive and pigment manufacturers to control particle size from one lot to another to such a degree that they would guarantee that something contained only particles of one size.
Chris L
Another heads-up, would be that some diamond pastes are made from synthetic diamonds...that would explain the cheapness of the product posted...particularly Chinese made pastes, ime.
Mac
I looked at a knife edge I made with their "1 micron" paste and that made with "1 micron" used lapping film. The film was used to polish fiber optics, but it looked to be in pretty decent condition.
There were *fewer* visible scratch lines on the paste.
Synthetic diamonds are real diamonds just as man made snow is real snow.Quote:
Another heads-up, would be that some diamond pastes are made from synthetic diamonds...