Re: [ATM] Black Rouge

["lance clarke" <alaskawolfjoe@hotmail.com>]

The mirror I'm making right now is the first time I've used black or red, so 
my experience is limited, but the black works slower.  I'm not sure exactly 
how much slower, but perhaps on another mirror I'll try to quantify it.
The thing which really impressed me was the "feel" of the black when 
polishing.  From the start, the lap felt perfect...never "grippy", just real 
smooth and giving perfect resistance.  With red rouge, I found that the 
wetness of the lap had to be perfect to get the right feel.

To my eyes, the mirror seems more reflective, but I'm absolutely sure I'm 
just imagining that.  I know that the differences would be more subtle than 
naked eye would show.

I know there are people out there doing Lyot testing...perhaps Tom could 
send out some samples so that the smoothness of the red and black surfaces 
could be quantified.

>From: "Thomas A. Moulton" <tom@moulton.us>
>To: atm@atmlist.net
>Subject: Re: [ATM] Black Rouge
>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
>
> > I used black rouge purchased from GotGrit (no connection, except that 
>I'm
> > a
> > customer).  Yes, it is potentially very messy, as is red rouge, but 
>there
> > is
> > no need to wear gloves when you use it.  It washes off skin (and glass)
> > quite readily with dish detergent and lots of water.  However, don't get
> > it
> > on your clothes, or anything you don't have to, because it would be
> > difficult or impossible to get out of many fibers.
> > All in all, I love it. We all know that when figuring, you want to 
>polish
>
>Could you compare your thoughts on Black vs Red Rouge?
>
>Now that I offer both I get asked it from time to time.
>
>tom
>gotgrit.com
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