White polishing compound

How does that compare to green? Is it finer or coarser than green?
 
As I read somewhere - only Green compound (among all jewelry compounds) is hard enough to work on steel. Gold and Silver are much softer and whatever works for them will not work on steel, especially stainless steel. You better check is it suitable for steel.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
Vassili
I have polished many steel blades with red jewelers rouge, and I use white all the time.
Green has more chromiun content-to better polish stainless.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Vassili
I have polished many steel blades with red jewelers rouge, and I use white all the time.
Green has more chromiun content-to better polish stainless.
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I do not have first hand experience - I just read it somewhere on the Web. I will not argue with you.
I use only Green Rouge and happy with it.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
Thanks, I know the white works. It leaves metal color on the strop, so obviously working. Thanks guys. I could not find it with many google trys. I enjoy trying many different things, white is my latest prior to trying diamond paste. I have a wood working store near by that has some neat products to expirament with.
 
I use ( coarse to fine order):

Harbor Freight Black
Dico SCR (White)
Sears Green
Harbor Freight Green.
And finish with Cr2O3/Mylar film.
 
Yes, the green is certainly 4-6.Maybe closer to 4-5.Atleast according to the chart posted in sword sharpening.DM
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Vassili
I have polished many steel blades with red jewelers rouge, and I use white all the time.
Green has more chromiun content-to better polish stainless.
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Bill, maybe just semantics, but is it possible that the white is 'polishing' off oxidation, but not removing metal? The green, we know, is chromium oxide, which is harder than most steels and will remove metal, but the white is usually aluminum oxide, softer, and called a 'buffing compound' rather than a cutting compound. Red jeweler's rouge is just iron oxide, and we know that is much softer than new steel. Great for 'cleaning' up a blade, but not for sharpening one.

What'dya think? Semantics or really different usages?

Stitchawl
 
White polishes stainless very well.I usually start with green,go to white,and finish with pink to get a mirror polish on stainless.
 
Seals,I do similar as I was trained 11 yrs. ago.On the sissal buff,I use grey.On the sewn
cotton wheel I use green and the soft loose cotton,I use pink.Which gives me great results on stainless and non-stainless.DM
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Semantics. All cut steel.
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Hmmmm.... If hardened steel is around 7 on the Moh's scale and iron oxide (as in red jeweler's rouge,) is softer, around 5 on the same scale, I wonder how iron oxide can cut steel?

Unless, of course, the steel isn't hardened. Then it's also around 5 on the Moh's scale. That would work.

But then, no one uses unhardened steel for a finished knife blade in need of polishing. I'm confused.... :confused:

Something softer really cuts something harder? Interesting. I never knew that.

Stitchawl
 
The red never worked well for me and i don't know the science.Maybe speed,pressure, and heat have something to do with it.
 
Stitchawl-
Ever see a bronze bearing eat into a steel shaft?
The stones for the pyramids were cut with COPPER saws.
 
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