{"id":19535,"date":"2015-12-18T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T10:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branches.co.uk\/moleroda\/product\/pumice-powder\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T09:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:59:49","slug":"pumice-powder","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/product\/pumice-powder\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumice Powder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pumice Powder<\/h2>\n<p>Pumice powder is used for taking scratches and marks out of glass.<\/p>\n<p>This is a specialist powder which is mixed with water to form a paste for scratch removal on glass. It is much coarser than cerium oxide and used as a first stage to take out marks and lines in glass or crystal. It is then commonly followed buy cerium oxide for a polished finish.<\/p>\n<p>Used by watch makers for glass watch fronts and other decorative glass or crystal items.<\/p>\n<p>Can be used for small or large areas with mops, calico, felt or chamois mops.<\/p>\n<p>Care should be taken to keep the process wet to avoid heat build up which could damage the glass.<\/p>\n<h2>For Jewellers<\/h2>\n<p>Pumice can be used for a number of jobs in the jewellery studio. Generally used for creating a clean greaseless surface ready for soldering. Best used after pickling wet with a brush. It needs to be cleaned off well with water to ensure no powder is left behind which could inhibit solder flowing. Similarly it is used in enameling to create a clean surface.<\/p>\n<p>Pumice can be used to create a really nice matt finish. Best mixed with water and rubbed on the metal with a brush, it leaves a nice subtle matt finish.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally pumice can be mixed with vegetable oil and used with a felt wheel of varying shapes to begin the polishing process on silverware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pumice powder is used for taking scratches and marks out of glass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sold per Kg.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[852,887,889],"product_tag":[1039,1048,1049,1051,1052],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/19535"}],"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=19535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=19535"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishingjewellery.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=19535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}