Which One Gets a Better Polish?

Thank you again for taking the time to collaborate on this video with me. It was a lot of fun. Although the anticipation was killing me.

That was amazing. First of all, the 60 grit to polish just blew my mind! If you can get that good of a finish only going from a 60 grit straight to the carpet wheel, then why do we bother finishing it all the way up to the 3000 grit or better, then the polishing wheel? It's kind of a waste of time! Granted I'm watching the video on my phone and it doesn't have as large of a screen as my TV did, but those looked amazing after 60 to polish! I'm blown away and the leather or carpet there was no difference as far as I could see. You should have done both polishes on the same sides so the leather or carpet could have been fairly judged, but the amazing part was the low grade finishes, straight to polishing wheel is the part that is most amazing! Thanks Jared!

Wowww.. beautiful stone, after splitting it looks very beautiful and beautiful.

We are our worst enemy when evaluating our own work. I believe your polish is very nice. Thank you for the comparison, it may help those who are planning on adding a polishing machine to their lapidary shop. 😊

It just kills me how good of a shine, you can get from 60, 80, 220. It seems those grit leave a much worse scratch off a flat lap or cab machine. I have an old 4 wheel Raytek and have 80 silc stone, 220 stone (came that way, very old) and 2-8" expanding wheels. Have 400 and 800 diamond belts. Your giving me great confidence to use this setup. Need to make a carpet wheel now!! Thanks for all your videos, I learn so much!

Yours is shinier. I really see your carpet was softer than honing on leather. I like your sides.❤

Very, very similar…they both look great!

It completely blows my mind how buffing can make it shine like that! I need to get a carpet wheel!

I see no difference on my tiny little telephone screen. Fun test! Keep the goodness coming. 😷⚒

Since you still have the stones, you could tape off my side and polish the dull side with the carpet wheel to do a true side by side comparison. I think we stirred up a hornets nest and you have a lot more supporters than I do. Even though this was not meant to be a competition between us, I think your fans/subscribers are taking it that way.

Good video Polishing is definitely a skill that takes time to get comfortable with. Your polishing looks great to me. Good job

One thing experience and ignorance has taught me is that if you're 'doing it wrong' but it comes out right, you're not doing it wrong, you're just doing it differently from the conventional wisdom. People tend to repeat what they're told is the right way and rarely if ever deviate, never trying alternatives for themselves. I had the same thing with wood finishes where everyone 'knew' water based finishes never look as good as traditional finishes, so after a little experimentation I finished one half with lacquer, color matched the water based varnish with dye, polished it up and nobody could tell which was which. 🤷‍♂️

I attempted to get photos of the large 48" grinding/polishing surface I saw in a glass shop/studio, if you do a search for "Grinding Glass from Rough Grind to Final Polish" you will find a video that looks like a similar but much smaller 24" version.

Agreed, very similar. Thank you for the video.

I’m using silicon carbide powder wet polisher with metal disk, and I’m using only two grits - 120 and 800 before polishing rocks with cerium oxide.the result fully satisfying me with these three stages. I have zero scratches after stage one, as powder doesn’t damage the surface like diamond disk do. So I believe with such technology you only need three or four stages to get the rock polished and of course more attention to quality of the initial cut is need to minimize amount of work during polishing

As a comparison it would have been better to have them side by side. Just tape off his side first. It’s impossible to tell on this end. They both look shiny :)

I must agree, I see little difference! Your camera might be hiding some that we do not see but damn I could not tell a difference.

I see that leather or carpet do the same thing. I can see that a dome would be an improvement both for carpet or leather. thank you for the comparison .

I think the leather has a slightly better polish. The carpet has a slight haze that is almost unnoticeable until the 3000 was shown with the window light at the end. Thats just what I noticed seeing it through a screen.

Wow! These are so awesome, great job!