Originally Posted by
khaos
I think Jim/his barber is right on this. We know garnet is harder than steel- so they wouldn't be broken down. I also seem to remember the garnets are actually quite large (certainly not .5 micron). So using a slurry with that is honing with large particles, leaving them buried reduces their effective size. Correct? With the J-nat if the slurry is breaking down, and polishing very slowly, while it may round the very edge a little I bet it wouldn't hurt it as much as a coticule with heavy slurry. And the particles would get finer and finer right?