The requirements of polishing in cutlery

Goldsmithing and cutlery are key areas of the art of the table.

Dishes, cutlery, knives, trays, kettledrums and many other wonders make the great tables majestic with their perfect brilliance.

MERARD polishing buffing mops and compounds offer every goldsmith and cutlery maker a solution for an optimal finish for these elaborate pieces of silver, vermeil, silver-plated metal or for many other more contemporary objects made of pewter, aluminium or stainless steel.

Depending on the process in place, polishing can be manual or robotized, on all types of parts from the simplest to the most complex, and concerns all precious metals, copper, ferrous or non-ferrous, as well as many plastic surfaces, acetate, plexiglass, wood, scales and others.

Compound and polishing buffing mop knife

THE KNIFEMAKER'S JOB Requires a perfect knowledge of materials to choose the right compounds and polishing discs.

Polishing for the art of the table, many objects to polish

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knife, cutlery

knife, cutlery

Large range of polishing compounds and polishing wheels suitable for all materials used in knife making

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champagne bucket, ice bucket

champagne bucket, ice bucket

Surfaces, from champagne buckets to ice buckets, studied in our laboratory to obtain a high-end polish and this whatever the material

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silverware, cutlery, housewares

silverware, cutlery, housewares

The polishing solutions, polishing compound and polishing wheel, are jointly developed, at our production site in France, to offer optimal results on all surfaces.

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dish, tray, bell, tumbler

dish, tray, bell, tumbler

On the simplest of pieces as well as the most complex, MERARD polishing compounds and polishing wheels offer excellent mirror-polished results for all your dishes, platters, cloches, timbales.

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Any tips for knife polishing?

Polishing tips for a silver service

Compound and polishing disc for tea service

Discover below a process used by a customer manufacturer of tableware, looking for productivity and a mirror finish.

Recommended polishing compounds and polishing wheels for polishing a silver tea set

Polishing Polishing compounds Buffing mops

Finishing

VOC
 MOST

Polishing

MP61S
 TPB

Pre-polishing

 
FERINOX BLANCHE
LM1

MERARD polishing compounds and discs allow to obtain a perfect mirror finish on the knives.

Polishing tips for a stainless steel knife blade

Here is a process frequently requested and used by knife makers looking for efficiency and a perfect mirror finish for their knives.

Recommended polishing compounds and polishing wheels for polishing a stainless steel knife blade

Polishing Polishing compounds Buffing mops

Finishing

HRA 30
 MOC2

Polishing

HRA 20
LA

Pre-polishing

HRA 171
SISAL
Compound and polishing buffing mop knife

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ESENTIEL polishing compounds

Essentiel polishing compounds

The ESSENTIEL line includes polishing compounds and polishing wheels widely recognized by the profession for their versatility and high performance.

The MP61S, ORAS, AVIVOR, LKBG polishing compounds as well as the TPB, STV, MOC2 buffing mops are highly appreciated for their excellent durability and their mirror polish (also known as black polish) on precious metals (gold, silver, platinum…).

  • Practical and economical
  • Formulation allowing a clean polishing and facilitating the cleaning of the parts after polishing
  • Particularly adapted for precious metals: gold, silver, platinum…
  • Reinforced abrasive power to reduce working time, decrease your consumption and reduce your costs
Custom sisal cotton polishing disc

100% cotton polishing discs

Our 100% cotton Expert polishing discs offer you a wide variety of flexibility and compliance for polishing all your delicate and/or technical parts. The 100% cotton Expert buffing mops are recommended for polishing requiring durability, resistance and efficiency.

They are perfectly adapted to the most demanding polishing objectives: mirror polish, extreme fineness of surface finish, perfect compliance with geometric criteria…

  • Technical cotton cloths made from fine and resistant yarns
  • Tightly woven to provide high quality polishing on all surfaces
  • Developed and manufactured on our production site in France
  • Sewn, pleated, stapled, ventilated, folded… custom-made assemblies and confections, from 40 mm to 1 m in diameter

All our polishing pastes and polishing discs are made in our workshops in France.

Made in France

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