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ttam
Joined: 21 Mar 2008
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Posted on September 19, 2008, 10:51 am

I have some jewelry that is getting scratched from everyday use.

I know that highly polished jewelry is much, much more comfortable for me - and there are less "nooks and crannies" to harbor bacteria.

Does anyone have any tips for polishing and/or know somebody that does this as a service? Most of this stuff is SS and Titanium, in larger gauges.

Thanks!



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John Lopez
Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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I'd be more than happy to

Posted on September 19, 2008, 6:45 pm

I'd be more than happy to polish Steel jewelry for you. Titanium might be a special case...I'll check on that.

If you put the jewelry into individual plastic baggies, I'll sterilize it before I polish it and then again before I ship it back to you.

Basically you'd need to pay for all the shipping and maybe a few bucks per piece for my time.

FYI: My boss used to own a jewelry manufacturing company so we have all sorts of equipment in the shop, my favorite being the polishing wheels...they come in handy quite a bit!

Feel free to contact me directly.


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Thanks John! I gotta

Posted on September 20, 2008, 5:21 am

Thanks John! I gotta believe (from some of the pictures I've seen, especially when people mate jewelry together) that other folks might want this kind of service too - maybe you could start a side business! Wink2

I have some colored titanium pieces and I don't mind the color getting polished off as long as they're nice 'n smooth...


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John Lopez
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The color would certainly

Posted on September 20, 2008, 4:03 pm

The color would certainly polish off since the color is only an artificially thickened oxide layer.

But that's not the issue. I believe Titanium requires a specific polishing rouge and maybe a specific polishing wheel material. I could be wrong, but I've spent a lot of time at Anatometal in Santa Cruz and I'm certain there were three separate polishing stations (gold, steel, titanium). I've also spent some time at Industrial Strength and as I recall, the same was true there.

My offer still stands, though, and I will look into the issue more to see what I can do.


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