Soft finishing polishing cloths

A selection of premium polishing cloths for coarse and fine polishing of hard, soft and composite materials. Most cloths are available with plain or PSA backing for easy mounting on the polishing platen. Plain polishing cloths need to be clamped on the edge of the polishing platen with a clamping ring. To facilitate this these cloths are approximately 2" larger than the polishing platen so that the cloth folds over the edge of the platen for clamping. 8" plain polishing cloths are 10" diameter and 10" plain polishing cloths are 12" diameter. Our polishing cloths can be used with diamond compound, diamond slurry / suspension, diamond spray, alumina suspension or colloidal silica.

Soft Cloths, Suitable for Intermediate to Final Polishing

Synthetic Velvet: For intermediate and final polishing. This is an adhesive-backed short nap cloth with thin fabric backing for high quality finishing with minimal relief or edge rounding. Equivalent performance to former South Bay Technology.

Rayon Velvet: Plain back. Synthetic rayon velvet for polishing and final polishing soft materials such as gold, lead and tin with alumina.

Multi-Tex: A superior fine polishing cloth with short nap for obtaining an optical quality finish. Compatible with diamond pastes and suspensions, alumina suspensions & colloidal silica. Equivalent performance to former South Bay Technology.

Final B: Adhesive back. Short nap used for first and final polishing. Popular choice for semiconductor delayering with diamond slurries and suspensions.

HB PSA: Adhesive back. Soft, short nap viscose fibres used for final polishing.

Short Nap Red: Adhesive back. Extra soft, short nap used for first and final polishing. Popular choice for semiconductor delayering with diamond slurries and suspensions-- comparable performance to Final C. Available in regular PSA (HS) or PSA (W) with a stiff plastic sealing layer between the PSA and cloth.

NOTE: Cloths can be used in more than one stage of the polishing process, and some are included in more than one category. The best cloth for a given polishing step will depend on the particular process. The table above gives general guidelines, but for any polishing process, some experimentation will be needed.