RODA Felt – Unmounted Felt Tapers – Ring Felts for Metal Polishing
Unmounted Felt Tapers – Ring Felts for polishing metals and rings. Part of our RODA range. Use with a polishing compound for fine mirror polishing. Primarily used by the jewellery industry, but also silversmiths, antique restorers, bike polishers, sculptors and engineers.
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.
Grades:
- Standard
- Hardened
How to achieve the perfect finish with RODA Felt and Rouge Compound (Precious Metals)
1. Prior to polishing make sure to use Tripoli Cutting Compound to remove any scratches/marks/edges/burrs for best results.
2. Mount your RODA felt onto a Bench Polisher using tapers/pigtails.
3. Load your felt with Rouge Compound by spinning the felt against the bar.
4. Then work the loaded felt against the metal.
5. Keep the felt moving at all times to avoid flats.
6. Wipe clean with Solvent Spray/Vienna Lime and a lint free polishing cloth.
Applications for Felt Tapers:
RODA Ring Felts offer a smooth and even finish.
- Detailed Polishing
- Polishing Jewellery
- Polishing Inside Bores
- Mirror Finishing
- Buffing
Benefits Of Using Unmounted Ring Felts:
RODA Finger Felts are an excellent carrier for polishing compounds.
- Great for polishing all metals, from precious metals to steel, aluminium and more
- Perfect for polishing inside rings
- Excellent for detailed finishing
- Creates a bright reflective mirror finish
- Consistent finish vs hand polishing
- Fast results vs hand polishing
- Stock available for next day delivery
Best Features of RODA Unmounted Finger Felts:
These cone shape tapered felts are suitable for any size ring.
- Available in a range of sizes
- Other sizes and centre hole options are available. Don’t see what you need? Contact us as we can offer more options and make to your specification.
- Available in standard and hardened felt:
- Hardened felt suits scratch removal, whereas standard is better for buffing with rouge compound.
- Cheaper equivalent to Mounted Felt Taper on a Wooden Core
- Easy to use
- Made in house in the UK
- High Quality
Suitable Materials:
- Metals – tool steel, steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper, gold, silver and most other metals
- Wood
- Glass
RODA Ring Felts recommended use with:
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.
- These Ring Felts are designed for use with a bench polisher using tapers/pigtails – smaller sizes could be used with a tapered mandrel in a smaller tool such as a drill or air tool. – See our range of machines here.
- All tools vary, therefore we recommend checking which taper your particular tool takes.
- Use with compound, i.e rouge, tripoli etc.
Relevant industries using RODA Felt Tapers:
Although primarily used by the Jewellery industry for polishing inside rings, these finger felts have applications across a range of industries.
- Mould Tool & Dies
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Oil & Gas
- Defence
- Metalwork
- Fabrication
- Medical
- Dental
- Silversmiths
- Jewellery
For more information about our RODA Range give us a call.
