Five 5 gram syringes diamond compound polishing paste - eBay (item 120455235526 end time Sep-02-09 07:17:43 PDT)
Do any of you use this product or can you give me any feedback about it?
Thanks,
Heck
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Five 5 gram syringes diamond compound polishing paste - eBay (item 120455235526 end time Sep-02-09 07:17:43 PDT)
Do any of you use this product or can you give me any feedback about it?
Thanks,
Heck
I have no idea but keep me posted :)
crom
Sure. You can put it on strops or hones or glass plates... any carrier basically.
Even a toothpick to clean out pits with.
Looks like a good offer even.
I don't know squat about the particular item but just consider when you buy diamond paste you are paying for the sorting of the diamond xtls. Often times the diamond paste is poorly sorted and the grit size may mean nothing.
You could e-mail the seller about the paste.
First question would be is that average grit size or maximum grit size.
second would be what does medium concentraion mean.
Dear ktestorf,
Will this product work on leather for stropping straight razors? I am interested in the 9.0, 1.0,.5,.25 grades
Thanks,
William
It sounds like it will work, but I have never tried it. My first thought is I would try #9, #6, #4, #2, #1. I am not sure how well the smaller than 1 micron will work.
What did you ask him?
That sounds like a progression for using sharpening slurry all the way from dull to serviceable.
For 20 USD you can have 12 syringes here: 12 different particle size diamond pastes! - Straight Razor Place Forums
ChrisL recently ordered them, so he may be able to tell you more.
Here is the reply from the seller to both questions as follows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildtim
That is average grit size.
We have a high low and medium concentration. Most of our customers use the medium concentration.
Hi,
I bought that paste a week or so ago and have been playing with it for the last few days.
I don't have any reference to go to for sizes smaller than 1 micron, but I do have diamond lapping film and the edge quality seems similar. I can check the finish under a 400x optical microscope for you guys though.
When I went down to 0.1 micron on my razor (and knife :)) the edge was very sharp and very polished looking. I could take a (50um dia) hair from my head and cut it into 0.5mm long pieces.
For the $25 bucks spent, I'm happy with what I got.
Welcome to SRP. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmyh
OK that is all we really need to know then. average grit size isn't good enough for our purposes. If even one 3 micron piece hit out edge when we think we are sharpening at .5 micron we might find ourselves with a less than satisfactory shave.Quote:
Originally Posted by heck
All you guys are the best and a very helpful group!
Many thanks for saving me.
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...