Rough and stiff 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.

Rough and Stiff Polishing Cloth for Flatness & High Edge Retention

Woven and non-woven cloth with very low nap

Nylon: Adhesive back for polishing most materials with diamond or alumina while maintaining flatness. Woven and non-woven cloth with very low nap.

Met-X: Adhesive back. Popular first polish cloth for diamond, high cutting rate with good edge retention.

Cotton (high grade): Plain back. Natural, low nap first polish cotton cloth used on soft materials with diamond, alumina and oxides.

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.