RODA Felt – Felt Rollers – Unmounted Felt Cylinders
Felt Rollers – Unmounted Felt Cylinders are used with a polishing compound for fine mirror polishing on metals across a range of industries. Part of the RODA range. Popular in all polishing trades including lapidaries, sculptors, engineers, jewellers, and precision engineers for polishing and lapping on all metals.
The Professional Polishers tool of choice. Over 30 years of experience and knowledge has been used to develop a quality product like no other. Designed and manufactured in the UK alongside polishing specialists, RODA Felt is the market leader in specialist finishing.
Mounted RODA Felts are made in our UK factory in Wiltshire. If you would like bespoke shapes – just get in touch if you require a different size, bespoke shape, different spindle or harder or softer density.
How to achieve the perfect finish with RODA Felt and Diamond Compound
1. Prior to polishing make sure you have gone up to 12000 or finer with wet and dry or RODA NyWheels for best results.
2. Mount your RODA Felt onto a tapered spindle or mandrel and fit to a polishing machine – e.g. eneksa/micromotor.
3. Squeeze a pea sized amount of diamond compound onto your workpiece (when working with diamond compound usually start with a coarse grit like 20 microns and work up to a finer grit).
4. Then work the felt into the paste – a spray of lapping fluid will help to lubricate.
5. Keep the felt moving, wipe clean with solvent spray and a lint free polishing cloth.
6. Assess the finish and then move to a finer grade of diamond paste if required.
Applications for Unmounted Felt Rollers:
RODA Felt Cylinders are an excellent carrier for polishing compounds.
- Mould Tool making
- High gloss finishing
- Polishing with a compound
Benefits Of Using RODA Unmounted Felt Cylinders:
When used with a polishing compound like diamond compound, these Felt Rollers produce a reflective mirror finish.
- Great for polishing all metals
- Creates a brilliant gloss finish
- Fast results vs hand polishing
- Consistent finish vs hand polishing
- Perfect for any size job
- Cheap alternative to Mounted Felt Bobs – No spindle cost and mandrels can be reused
- Stock available for next day delivery
- Excellent carrier for compounds
Best Features of RODA Unmounted Felt Rollers:
RODA Unmounted Felt Rollers are made in our UK Factory and can be made to your requirements, just contact us.
- Available in a range of lengths and diameters
- 3mm centre hole
- Larger surface area than Felt Wheels
- Made in house in the UK
- High Quality
Suitable Materials:
Felt Polishing Cylinders are perfect for finishing metals and other materials.
- Metals – tool steel, steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper, gold, silver and most other metals
- Glass
- For plastics, consider felt flap wheels
RODA Polishing Rollers recommended use with:
Unmounted Felt Cylinders need to be mounted onto a suitable mandrel/taper/pigtail in order to be used with a polishing machine.
- Once mounted, RODA Felt Rollers will suit a pendant motor, micromotor, air tool or hobby tool, as well as Bench Polishers/Grinders depending on the size – See our range of machines here.
- Mandrels, Tapers & Pigtails available here.
- All tools vary, therefore we recommend checking which spindle your particular tool takes.
- Compounds we recommend: Diamond Compound, Lea compound bars, Menzerna Polishing and Cutting, Dialux, Simichrome.
- For the best results you need to prepare the metal first so the surface is flat and smooth, the polishing process will only finish as good as the pre-polish.
Relevant industries using RODA Unmounted Felt Cylinders:
A wide array of industries choose RODA Felt Rollers to help them achieve their precision polishing goals.
- Mould Tool & Dies
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Oil & Gas
- Defence
- Metalwork
- Fabrication
- Dental
- Medical
- Jewellery
- Silversmiths
For more information about our RODA Range give us a call.