ATM polishing

[Andrew Melville <a.melville@mailbox.gu.edu.au>]

Hi

  I have been amazed at the level of knowledge on this mailing list and want to avail myself of it again.

  I am now polishing with 320 grit SiC. With each new grit it takes me a wet or two to work out the right amount of grit and water to make it work properly. The backs of my mirror and tool are fairly transparent and I can often see one to many clumps of grinding compound between them. However when I add such a small amount so there is none of the this clumping there is very little compound there, maybe 1/2 square cm. What do you all think? This seems less than Tex's "pea sized" lump unless he had small peas!

 Andrew J. Melville
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