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Have you ever tried tumble-polishing your handmade metal jewelry? It is a much cleaner process than buffing on a wheel and is generally less time-consuming - in one step, tumble-polishing can produce a near-mirror finish. It cleans the jewelry, burnishing it all over, including hard-to-reach places like the insides of ring shanks and the backs and sides of pins, and gives a uniform finish suitable for use or sale as is. It is also a safe way to polish chains and other types of jewelry that are either difficult or unsafe to polish on a buffing wheel. In addition, there is no buffing compound residue to clean off either you or the jewelry. My own experience is mostly with tumble-polishing base metal jewelry (brass, copper, nickel-silver) but the concepts presented here work with precious metals, too.
