Another step after 1000 diamond stones

If I only had 1 set of Choseras it would be 800/1k or 1k with anything else. These will definitely get you there. May be able to skip the ceramics and go straight from 1000# to Choseras.

Stropping after the Choseras will help brighten the shine.

With you diamonds, especially the 1k, try using less pressure, especially when you are about to finish a stone and move to the next. After you have done the heavy work with the 100 start going as light as possible. Try even less pressure.

Once I started to develop a technique and some consistency I focus on using less pressure (even more important with diamond stones) all the time. When i am done with any stone I do more strokes even lighter, focusing 100% super light pressure.

If your diamond stones are still new they will leave deeper scratches until broken in. You can tell how they improve.

Welcome to the forum and have fun.

I’ve been fooling around with sandpaper after my 1000diamond and its been a good learning step, once I’m a little more consistent, it should give me a good idea what grit stones to buy as an intermediary step. Try it…

Using sandpaper may give you some ideas about where to go from there, but there is simply no direct correlation to any of the stones. Also, don’t get into the grit is grit trap. Your 3000P paper results will not even be close to those obtained with a 3K Chosera stone. Even ignoring the published ratings and looking at average grit size doesn’t really get it. The stones simply have different effects on the edge than any papers. I have seen this firsthand.I don’t think that you can accurately extrapolate from one to the other, especially when it comes to scratch reduction.

I agree that using the papers is educational. I did this for a few months when I could not get the stones that I wanted. At the time I was pretty impressed with the edges that I got. I have a collection of papers and 3m films that I still play with from time to time. None of this, however, allowed me to predict the results that I would get with the Chosera stones or the Shaptons.

BTW, I like the 800/1000 for removing scratches from the 1K diamonds pretty quickly. My experience has been that you have fewer and finer scratches with higher reflectivity after the 3K Chosera stones than after the full 4 stone ceramic progression. Now we are not talking about sharpness here, rather simply cosmetics.

One interesting point that goes back to the sandpaper discussion above. I am fortunate enough to have both the 10K Chosera stones and the 15K Shapton stones. If I want “pretty”, reflective, minimal visible (naked eye) scratches, I will go with the Choseras every time. The abrasive on the Shapton stones is a finer grit, (1.76 vs 0.98 Microns) it has the potential to get a finer edge, but it leaves a comparatively dull scratchy finish. So the point is, be careful when trying to predict based on grit size what any specific abrasive might do at the edge.

Phil

I’ve been fooling around with sandpaper after my 1000diamond and its been a good learning step, once I’m a little more consistent, it should give me a good idea what grit stones to buy as an intermediary step. Try it…

Yes.. I neglected to say. Welcome Matt.
Just keep in mind…grits ain’t always grits…
Sometimes they are “Instant” grits from Jack of the Beanstalk fame…
:woohoo:
And magic happens at the edge when you use the magical ones…

Where do you come up with this stuff Curtis.. that clip must be from the middle 90s or earlier.
:silly:

Edited to not show my age ..as much..
🙂

Thanks for the input.

I think I will order the 800/1000 Chosera stones. Is it easy enough to get the 1000 Chosera scratches out with the 2000 Chosera? Or would the micro fine ceramics be a good enough next step. I really don’t like the 1200/1600 ceramics, they seem crumbly and quite inconsistent, so it would be great if I could get around them.

Matt,
Many say that the coarse microfine ceramic is more coarse than the 1200 grit Ceramics. They suggest that the order would be the 1.4 micron microfine stone, then the 1200/1600 then the fine microfine at 0.6 microns. That is the way I have been using them…
They all do fine at the edge, but leave scratches.
Yes the 1000 Chosera scratches are readily removed by the 2K or even 3K Chosera Stones.

Didn’t remember the grits part till seeing the clip.
“Utes” (youths with a Brooklyn accent), I remember well.