Sandpaper

[JaggyThistle]

Hi folks I hope you do not mind me asking my 2nx dumb question. 

I am starting to gather a nice wee pile of. 925 silver ready to learn my melting and pouring and I am wondering what sandpaper to use and if you use any oil to bring out the shine and mirror finish 

35 years ago before joining the military I was serving my time as a toolmaker. When polishing the tool (I can hear snigger - dirty boys lol) I was using honing stones, fine sand paper the. Diamond compounds to give the tool a mirror finish. Now that will be to tough for the bars so if you could suggest what type and grade of paper to get and oil to use that would be great 

 

Have great weekend 

 

Jaggy 

[sixgun]

i have never done this but if i were doing it i would use a bench buffering polishing machine.

[DarkChameleon]

You could also use a stone polishing machine with some agrogate, unless you want the ripples like byb.

[Murph]

Just like polishing your tool, a blade or anything metal.

Start with a rougher grade and work through to finer removing any marks from the previous paper.

I'd probably just use water instead of oil.  Wet and dry paper would probably do fine and comes in plenty of grits.