Greenwing™ Chrome Oxide/BATT Dual Lap.

Available: September 1, 2010.

The success of the Chrome Oxide BATTSTIKs™ in polishing quartzes as well as garnets, tourmaline, the feldspars and peridot did encourage me to incorporate the boundary layer self-burnishing lubrication system used in the DIASTIKs™, together with a hydrophilically-modified version of the Darkside polymer, into a Chrome Oxide polymer "Just Add Water" lap. The polymer has further been modified to allow exceptionally high oxide loading. Now, after the Greenway™ concept has been proven, a Greenway™ center can be applied to the BATTWING™ dual lap. This allows most stones to be cut on a #600 lap, then prepolished on the GREENWING's BATT™ band with 3K (Or 8K) diamond. Wiping the stone clean, then jumping to the GREENWAY™ center, most stones can be quickly polished with nothing but a water drip. Where needed, oxides can be added to the Greewnay composition for faster speeds, but generally for tourmaline, quartz, beryls, and similar stones, this is not needed. The exceptional hardness of the Greenway™ composite does allow it to be used as a "Pseudo-ceramic" lap with diamond compound for the harder stones like topaz and sapphire. Washed off with soap and water after this use, the lap can then be returned to "Just Add Water" polishing. Professional Review of the Greenway™ by Anthony Lloyd-Rees, "The Gemdoctor". MOVIE TIME! See The GreenWing™ work! Courtesy of Allan Aoyoma, who made these and posted them to gemology online. Used with permission, © Allan Aoyama, 2010 One-Lap prepolishing and polishing on the GreenWing™. 5MB Preparing the GreenWing™ for first use: 9MB. Back to the Gearloose Homepage!