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How to polish and polish stone

1. Prepare tools

Before polishing, you need to prepare the required tools in advance, and you need to have an engraving machine. It is recommended to use a machine with a flexible shaft. Generally speaking, such a machine will be more flexible to use. In addition, we should also prepare some diamond grinding heads, jade file, sandpaper, etc. If you have wool felt and cowhide, rubber grinding wheel and brush, you should also carry them on your back. Finally, prepare polishing powder and polishing wax, fix glue and polish stone.

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When you hold the original stone in your hand, you need to brush all the gaps with a brush. It is best to soak for two days first, and then polish the cracks in the stone first, or polish them with bamboo sticks and chopsticks dipped in polishing powder. If it is stone surface polishing, we usually use a felt wheel to wipe the prepared polishing paste for surface polishing.

3. Wax polish

Wax polishing can protect the stone surface and make its luster more beautiful and lasting. Let's put the prepared wax in a beaker and let it melt into liquid. For example, put jade in it, wait for one minute, then take it out and blow dry it with a hair dryer, or wait until it dries naturally before waxing. This is the effect I mentioned earlier. It seems that jadeite will be more beautiful than before waxing, and this luster can last longer than before waxing.

Extended data

Stone generally refers to a small rock mass that falls off when a large rock mass encounters an external force. Most of them are attached to the surface of large rock mass, generally in block or oval shape, with rough or smooth appearance, hard texture and brittle hardness. It can be used to make stone tools and collect stone mines. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors made fires with stones. Stone is generally composed of calcium carbonate and silicon dioxide.

The most important thing to raise a stone is to treat it as a friend. Expert collectors always touch the stone and communicate with it with their hands. In this way, popularity and sweat will slowly accumulate on the surface of the stone, forming a shiny cortex, also known as patina. This kind of patina can be said to be a quaint witness. The more dignified the patina is, the higher the appreciation value will be. Hiding stones and cultivating stones can not only cultivate sentiment, but also be a great pleasure in life. Sometimes, getting a beautiful stone intentionally or unintentionally is enough for people to immerse themselves in it and put it down. No wonder Mi Fei, a stone geek, became a "senior brother" when he saw the strange stone. When he met the treasure, he hid it in his sleeve and called it "Hug Tour".