Re: [ATM] Persistent turned-up-edge in mirror

[Bern Kosicki <kosicki@verizon.net>]

Ken,

Thanks for your novel suggestion.

What is the function of the cheese cloth, and what should the result be 
(that is, how would I know whether it looks right the next day)?  (Is it to 
put some structure into the pitch?)

Do you think my fairly hard pitch (a mixture of about 50% 64 and 50% 73F 
pitch) is right for this approach?

Thanks,

Bernie

At 11:58 PM 4/17/2007, you wrote:
>Bernie...
>
>Try leaving the tool and mirror together (pressing without weights) 
>overnight with some cheese cloth or "toole" material between them, Cover 
>with a damp towel. Simply remove the cheesecloth or toole and rinse in 
>room temp water then start polishing as before without heating or pressing 
>again before the work session. I think that the warming period is changing 
>the geometry of your lap, mirror or both. Polish tool on top using fairly 
>long strokes to get the edge worked. Do this for only 10 minutes and look 
>at the figure. You should not have to polish for hours to see that a 
>change is happening.
>
>Ken Hunter

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