Miscellaneous Polishing Agents:
Polishing Agent Which May Also Be Used For Gilding And Silvering.
Silver Polishing Balls.
To Prepare Polishing Cloths.
| Castile soap, white | 4 parts |
| Jewelers’ red | 2 parts |
| Water | 20 parts |
Mix. One ounce of this mixture will answer for a cloth 12 inches square, where several of them are saturated at the same time. For the workshop, a bit of chamois skin of the same size (a foot square), is preferable to wool, on account of its durability. After impregnation with the soap solution, it should be dried in the air, being manipulated while drying to preserve its softness and suppleness.