Abrasive Nylon Finishing Wheels – Scotchbrite Flap Wheel Abrasive Nylon Finishing Wheels are excellent for removing scratches, cleaning up castings and also adding decorative matt finishes. This Scotchbrite Flap Wheel is ideal for blending-in and preparing surfaces ready for polishing. Extremely popular with Jewellers, Silversmiths, Hobbyists, Sculptors, and Engineers. Size: 100mm diameter x 25mm wide with a plastic taper bore Grades: Very Fine A – Leaves a super smooth finish a very light brushed surface finish, perfect for a finish on gold or silver. Fine A – a little coarser than the very fine grade, ideal for precious metals and also finishing aluminium, brass, copper etc. Super Cut – The coarsest of the finishing wheels, leaves a deeper scratch pattern but excellent for taking out dirt or rust. Perfect for pre-polishing and preparing the metal. Super cut is the most popular grade as it works brilliantly on castings, it cuts through the casting surface preparing the metal for polishing. Benefits & Best Features: All grades provide an even, blended finish ready to polish to a bright, reflective shine. No need for compound, the grit runs throughout the material. Ideal for clean finishing. They come with a plastic internal taper which is ideal to use with a bench polisher with a taper/pigtail. Please note that these finishing wheels have the abrasive nylon fixed radially – not in a horizontal lap style so they are more compact and keep their form for longer. Lap Mops come in a bigger range of sizes and grades. Formed by radially bonding closely packed strips of abrasive nylon material to a core. For Jewellers These wheels as the name suggests are particularly good for use on precious metals. The ideal use for them is smoothing and pre-polishing castings, taking off the casting skin. They leave an attractive, even satin finish.
