Polishing Hardened Steel
The process of hardening steel using heat treatments, annealing and quenching can produce scale and blackening on the surface. In addition ... Read More
Clean & Polish Steel Tubes
Steel tubes are strong and functional, and when finished well, they appear sleek and shiny. But if you’ve ever worked with ... Read MoreFinishing Pewter
Pewter is a soft, malleable metal consisting primarily of tin. Decorative plates, jewelry, figurines and even keys (see picture below) can ... Read MoreThermoplastic Polishing
Before This small polyamide, thermoplastic resin, hardened part had a rough surface finish as well as flashing that needed to be ... Read MoreDry Tumbling Plastic
Tumbling nylon plastic parts to produce a polished finish can be difficult since the tumbling process itself often leads to small ... Read MoreFinishing Aluminum Parts
Deburred Deburring and polishing aluminum is almost always a multi-step process. The aluminum part pictured above was deburred using an aggressive ... Read MorePolishing Silver Plate
Plating involves the deposition of thin films of metal onto other surfaces. Tumbling plated products can be a challenge to achieve ... Read MoreMotorcylce Parts Restoration
Question: I’m restoring my ’78 Honda. The frame has some small areas of rust that need to be cleaned and ... Read More
Choosing Tumbling Media for Deburring, Deflashing or Polishing
Tumbling media for deburring is a crucial player when it comes to surface finishing. It is used to smooth out much-jagged ... Read MorePowder Aluminum Polishing
Aluminum powder products offer many advantages over other metal powders due to aluminum’s inherent corrosion resistance, lightweight density, machinability and ... Read MorePolishing Aluminum Parts
Polishing aluminum parts to a very high, near mirror finish in a mass finishing process is very challenging. The relative ... Read MoreStainless Steel Deburring and Polishing
Question: I modify stainless steel flatware and dinner service pieces for other uses. In the process of modifying I use heat ... Read MoreBody Jewelry Tumbling
We received a post a couple of years ago about polishing body jewelry in a vibratory tumbler. While very similar to ... Read MorePolishing Aluminum
Bringing machined aluminum into a highly polished finish is a multi-step and sometimes challenging process. The first step is to tumble ... Read More