RODA Felt – Mounted Shaped Felts for Polishing
Mounted Shaped Felts on a 3mm and 6mm spindle for metal polishing applications. Popular in the precision engineering, mould tool making, medical and jewellery industries.
Felts are used for polishing metal – these felts must be used with diamond compound or polishing soap to create a polished finish on all metals. The shape of the felt will help with polishing different surfaces or hard to reach areas or maintain a shape.
Examples:
- Shapes like the MQ – Trapeze (inverted cone) are really popular and particularly used for polishing backwards or using the bottom edge to get under a lip.
- The ML shape – Ball or Sphere shape is ideal for polishing a concave shape. These are used in the medial industry for polishing ball hip joints, or smaller sizes for polishing stone settings for jewellery.
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.
Options Available:
Felt Density
- Medium- Ideal for cutting and polishing operations, this is a good standard felt for most materials (Supplied unless specified otherwise)
- Hardened- Standard felt is treated to make it hard and less flexible. It gives you more cut and therefore particularly suits harder metals. Shaped felts are more likely to keep their shape when hardened – Please contact us if you require this product.
Shapes
- Other shapes available – Bobs, Cones, Bullnose, Wheels, Points, Balls, Trapeze and also bespoke shapes are all available. Here at Moleroda we offer low volume, low cost, traceable, fast delivery and high quality products. We can mount felt down to 3.5mm diameter and in all different shapes.
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. Insert your mounted RODA felt into 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:
- Cutting & Polishing:
- Mould Tools
- Precision Engineered Components
- Precious Metals and Jewellery
- 3D Printed Parts – Read our blog here.
- Awkward and specific areas
- High gloss finishing
Benefits Of Using RODA Mounted Shaped Felts:
- Great for polishing tool steel, steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper, gold, silver and most other metals
- Creates a reflective mirror finish
- Consistent finish vs hand polishing
- Fast results vs hand polishing
- RODA Mounted Shaped Felts come in bespoke shapes to perform specific tasks
- Stock available for next day delivery
- Excellent carrier for compounds
Best Features of RODA Mounted Shaped Felts:
- Available in different densities
- Available in a wide range of shapes and sizes to fit your specific needs
- We also offer Felt Cones, Bullnose, Wheels, Points, Balls, Trapeze and bespoke shapes upon request.
- Available on 3mm or 6mm spindle – Extended Spindles are also available.
- Made in house in the UK
- High Quality
Suitable Materials:
- Metals – from aluminium, steel and harder metals to precious metals and more
- Glass
- Plastics
- for plastics you may consider Mounted Felt Flap Wheels for more air flow
RODA Mounted Shaped Felts recommended use with:
- RODA Mounted Shaped Felts will suit any rotary tool, such as a micromotor, pendant motor, flexible shaft machine or simple drill. – See our range of machines here.
- All tools vary, therefore we recommend checking which spindle your particular tool takes.
- Compounds we recommend: Lea Compound, Diamond Compound, Menzerna, Rouge, Simichrome, Dialux, or any other compounds.
- 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.
- for this stage we recommend using wet and dry or RODA NyWheels.
Relevant industries:
- Mould Tool & Dies
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Oil & Gas
- Defence
- Metalwork
- Fabrication
- Medical
- Dental
- Silversmiths
- Jewellery
Take a look at our RODA Felt in action:
For more information about our RODA Range give us a call.
