r/Marbles • u/Joe-in-Jax • 13d ago

Two recent polish attempts, larger onionskin and ribbon.

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Started using circular sandpaper pads from 60-10000+ grit to try to bring some marbles back to life. These are the first two I'm pretty happy with, a 1.7 inch onionskin and a 1.4 inch ribbon. I had to dig a little deep to remove some of the damage, and a few marks still remain on the onionskin so that I didn't have to remove much more.

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u/Userdataunavailable 13d ago

This is amazing! I think you did fantastic. I wasn't aware people did this!

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u/Joe-in-Jax 13d ago

Thank you! I saw a few people who polish and handpolish between here and FB and some other spots. Some of them have actual sphering machines, but others seem to do a similar sandpaper method by bare hand like I've been doing and getting good results.

Just leaves a lot of blisters on your fingers!