Polishing Cloth Guide |
| Cloth | Description | Recommended Micron Size | Abrasive Type | Applications |
Coarse | UltraPad | Hard woven, no nap cloth | 6μm & Up | Diamond | Ferrous materials and thermal spray ? coatings |
UltraPol | Hard woven, nonaggressive silk cloth | 6μm & Up | Diamond | Minerals, coals, ceramics, inclusion ? retention in steels, and refractory materials |
TexMet P | Hard perforated, non-woven cloth | 6μm & Up | Diamond | Ceramics, carbides, petrographic, hard ? metals, glass, and metal matrix composites |
Nylon | Oil resistant, medium hard woven, no nap ? cloth | 6μm & Up | Diamond | Ferrous materials, sintered carbides, ? and cast irons |
Intermediate | TexMet C | Non-woven pressed cloth | 15μm to 0.02μm | Diamond, Al2O3, SiO2 | Ferrous and nonferrous metals, ceramics, ? electronic packages, PCB’s, thermal spray coatings, cast irons, cermet, ? minerals, composites, plastics |
TriDent | Soft, durable, synthetic woven, no nap ? cloth | 15μm to 0.02μm | Diamond, Al2O3, SiO2 | Ferrous and nonferrous metals, ? microelectronics, coatings |
VerduTex | Durable, medium hard synthetic silk ? cloth | 9μm to 1μm | Diamond | Ferrous and nonferrous metals, ? microelectronics, coatings |
VelTex | Short napped synthetic velvet cloth | 9μm to 1μm | Diamond | Steel, nonferrous and soft metals |
WhiteFelt | Soft, durable matted wool cloth | 6μm to 0.02μm | Diamond, Al2O3, SiO2 | Ferrous and nonferrous metals |
PoliCloth | Medium hard, woven wool cloth | 6μm to 1μm | Diamond | Cast iron, copper and aluminum alloys, ? coal and other soft metals |
Fine | MicroCloth | Soft, versatile, long napped synthetic ? rayon cloth | 5μm to 0.02μm | Diamond, Al2O3, SiO2 | Ferrous and nonferrous metals, ceramics, ? composites, PCBs, cast irons, cermets, plastics, electronics |
MicroFloc | Soft, long napped cloth | 0.06μm to 0.02μm | Al2O3, SiO2 | Ferrous and nonferrous materials |
MasterTex | Soft, synthetic velvet with low nap ? cloth | 1μm to 0.05μm | Al2O3, SiO2 | Soft nonferrous and microelectronic ? packages |
ChemoMet | Soft, porous, chemically resistant ? synthetic cloth | 1μm to 0.02μm | Al2O3, SiO2 | Titanium, stainless steel, lead/tin, ? solders, electronic packages, soft nonferrous metals, plastics |
