Hello,
Today, I would like to
talk to you about a common problem that I have observed whilst carrying out my
duties as a French polishing tutor, recently I have noticed that some of my learners
are not polishing with a correctly made up rubber and therefore, unable to
shape their rubber to be able to obtain a flat and even surface.
Once you have made your
polishing rubber correctly, you should use clean white paper or rag gently
bang the rubber down onto the paper or rag so as to establish a flat surface on
your rubber.
If you don’t polish
with a flat rubber surface, you will and as I have recently observed during the
polishing process not be able to transfer sufficient polish and the visible oil
streaks will appear much thinner like crescent lines on the polished surface.
Instead the rubber
whilst in use should leave behind a wide oil pattern as wide as the rubber
surface itself.
For further information
regarding how to make a rubber please go to my post French polishing and Rubber
making dated 31 / 01 / 2011 you can find this post by scrolling down on the
right hand side until you come to posts written during 2011.
Thank you for taking
the time to read my posts!
Regards,
Andrew.
