{"id":18126,"date":"2015-12-18T10:10:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T10:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branches.co.uk\/moleroda\/product\/2nd-stage-medium-cut-and-colour-polishing-compounds\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:58:05","slug":"polishing-compounds-2nd-stage","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/product\/polishing-compounds-2nd-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Stage Medium Cut and Colour Polishing Compounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Polishing Compounds<\/h2>\n<p>Mid stage polishing compounds also known as cut and colour compounds.<\/p>\n<p>Used between cutting and polishing as a second stage. Or on their own as a one operation bar.<\/p>\n<p>Large 8 x 2 x 2&#8221; Bars made by Lea Manufacturing in the UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000D<\/strong> is suitable for all metals including aluminium, brass, steel, silver etc. It is a very good &#8211; green &#8211; one operation bar and produces a nice finish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2755 and Midas <\/strong>are both suited more to steel (ferrous metals), this yellow bar is a good general purpose compound.<\/p>\n<p>These compounds can be used with <a href=\"http:\/\/moleroda.com\/new\/product\/dry-sisal-polishing-mops\/\">dry sisal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/moleroda.com\/new\/product\/white-stitched-polishing-mops\/\">white stitched mops<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/moleroda.com\/new\/product\/soft-loosefold-polishing-mop-swandsdown\/\">loosefold mops<\/a> depending on how aggressive you need the compound to be.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the blog and video guide&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/moleroda.com\/new\/2018\/polishing-copper\/<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to polish copper, using mops &amp; compound - Mirror Finish\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yFyaLKWKFdY?start=9&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>For Jewellers<\/h2>\n<p>Generally speaking jewellers don&#8217;t use a middle stage. However if one is used it is normally a green bar (<strong>2000D<\/strong>) with a fairly hard mop. It will give a superior finish as it prepares the metal between cutting and polishing. It may be particularly helpful when polishing silver because it can be a nightmare to remove all scratches.<\/p>\n<p>Please see our blog on choosing the right compound for a comprehensive look at the options.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pjTjwuClkt\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/20\/a-jewellers-guide-to-choosing-using-polishing-compound\/\">A Jeweller&#8217;s Guide to Choosing &#038; Using Polishing Compound<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;A Jeweller&#8217;s Guide to Choosing &#038; Using Polishing Compound&#8221; &#8212; Polishing Jewellery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/20\/a-jewellers-guide-to-choosing-using-polishing-compound\/embed\/#?secret=R66hnwyYZe#?secret=pjTjwuClkt\" data-secret=\"pjTjwuClkt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General polishing compound giving good cut and colour on ferrous and non-ferrous metals.<\/p>\n<p>8 x 2 x 2&#8221; Bars.<\/p>\n<p>Priced per bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[852,887,888],"product_tag":[1047,1039,1048,1049,1051,846,1052],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/18126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=18126"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=18126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}