{"id":20690,"date":"2019-04-18T12:46:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/?p=20690"},"modified":"2019-04-23T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T08:58:13","slug":"creating-textured-finishes-for-jewellery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/18\/creating-textured-finishes-for-jewellery\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Textured Finishes for Jewellery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tDecorative Finishes for Precious Metal\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"satin\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Shiny is not the only way! A standard commercial finish is normally a high shine because it is easier to maintain.<\/p>\n

A satin or textured finish will often burnish up over time particularly on rings and moving parts.<\/p>\n

This considered, the example picture left shows how a contrast of matt and bright areas add life and interest to work.<\/p>\n

The matt finish of the mens band at the base was created with abrasive nylon mops. The wearer is a surfer so it will receive heavy wear most likely resulting in a fairly matt finish if worn day to day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Mounted\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Abrasive Nylon Mops<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Mounted nylon wheels are one of the simplest ways to add texture using a rotary tool. It works best to use a finer grade first then finish with a coarse grade with the desired result. We can recommend Green followed by HDMA for the sort of effect as in the above example.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMounted Abrasive Nylon\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"satin\n\t\t\t\t\"Abrasive\n

Jewellers Finishing Wheels<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t

These wheels are extremely poplar for giving a really even finish. Also made from abrasive nylon these are used on a bench polisher.<\/p>\n

Interestingly they are really good for cleaning up castings particularly the supercut!!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Nylon Finishing Wheels\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

A Heavier Satin Finish<\/h2>\n

This ring by Justin Duance<\/a> shows the difference between a polished finish and a heavy satin finish created with a flick wheel.<\/p>\n

The effect is much deeper than an abrasive nylon finish and will last longer. This particular ring was texture with the o.6mm minimat flick wheel.<\/p>\n

The look is more akin to shotblasted finish in depth. Often it is called frosting and the wheel called a frosting wheel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Justin\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Minimat\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

MiniMat Flick Wheels<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Minimat wheels are used with a pendant motor or micromotor, these can be a good place to start and ideal for smaller pieces. Eye protection is essential.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView MiniMat Flick Wheels\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Maximat\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

MaxiMat Flick Wheels<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Maximat wheels are used with a polisher and often work better for larger pieces and can be slightly more uniform. Eye protection is essential.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView MaxiMat Flick Wheels\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Hammered\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\tHammered Finishes\n\t<\/h3>\n\t

A hammered finish is a longer lasting finish again. Depending on the surface quality of the hammer it can be a bright or a dull effect. Often the hammer face is textured to impart that surface onto the metal. The example to the left is a shiny plain hammer whilst the example below of a specially textured Fretz hammer is much more matt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Steel\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Resurfacing\/ Polishing Steel Hammers and Tools<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t

Hammers and other steel tools get tired and damaged. It is easy to sand them back using wet and dry paper and polish again using steel polishing compound. A perfectly bright hammer will give a bright hammered finish.<\/p>\n

The pink and black small compound bars we sell are ideal for steel tools!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Polishing Compound\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"fretz\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"radial\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Polishing Hammered Textures<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t

You have to be careful when polishing texture not to soften the effect. The best tool for the job is a radial bristle wheel, depending on if it is a matt or polished finish you require you can choose the right grade. The bristles get down into detail, even stamped letters to some extent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Radial Discs\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2514,"featured_media":20800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}