Re: ground glass

Found this on the cameramakers list

Try this: obtain some glass cut to size (this can be from your friendly
glass shop or from picture frames - I get mine at garage sales). Go to
your local auto parts emporium and get a tube of valve grinding compound.
Squirt some between two pieces of glass, and with a circular motion rub
the top sheet of glass over the bottom sheet of glass. Make sure you get
complete coverage. If the valve grinding compound starts to dry out,
clean off both plates of glass and squirt in some more compound. Rub for
about 10 minutes, wash off the glass and see if it is "ground" to your
satisfaction. If not, do some more.

> > From: "Murray" <uptown@uptowngallery.org>
> >
> >
> > > Has anyone ever tried making a 'ground glass' viewing plate (or whatever
> > you
> > > call it), either with 'non-glare' etched picture framing glass, or
> > > subjecting a piece of this or other glass to additional abrasion?
> >
> > I have used aluminum oxide powder, water to form a paste, elbow grease and a
> > small piece of glass to rub the paste in circular motion. You keep doing it
> > until the results are even (5 to 10 minutes for 4x5 a piece of glass) . I
> > use 600 grit aluminum oxide, would love to try finer grits but haven't found
> > locally, besides, 600 gives satisfactory results, you can find the powder in
> > science stores and in lapidary supply stores, few ounces is enough for all
> > your life time needs. I believe some people have used rubbing compound used
> > to polish car paint jobs, I have no experience with that product.
> >
> > Guillermo
> >
> >
> >
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Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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Received on Fri Dec 21 22:29:05 2001