Polishing Jade is not the same as polishing Jasper or Agate, it is different but not hard to do...Here's a video that explains step by step how to do it.
thank you for the tip on polishing on a dry belt, worked a treat, I was at my wits end with the orange peel syndrome but your vid tuened the tables, cheers from Aus.
Thank you for so generously sharing the knowledge! Your videos are always full of useful information. I just want to point one detail from this video: the expando drum visible in the background around 10:00 seems to be mounted backwards! I believe this is the 400 grit drum.
Not sure if this is your new channel or not, but very good video. Thank you. I'm new at polishing nephrite jade, but enjoying it. One problem I have is the magnesium metallic content will look dull on the surface when I've dry polished. Thanks for sharing your video.
Thanks Bob, I have 2 channels one under EG Jewels Lapidary and the second one under Elie Ghanime, the reason is when Google bought UA-cam they did something and I couldn’t log into my channel, I tried everything and after few months I had to create a new channel and uploaded all the videos again so now every time I make a new video I have to upload it on both channels because of the followers I have. Thanks again for watching my videos.
Hello Dana, I usually use dop which is green wax mixed with shellac, this video will show you how it’s done. However, for small stones mainly Opal I use crazy glue, there’s also a video explaining how to use glue, so if you subscribed to my channel you’ll be able to watch all that. But here’s the one for doping. ua-cam.com/video/hHclQvd2Jfs/v-deo.html
Thanks for making this content Elie! I would love to see a video explaining how you made your cabbing machines. I am fairly mechanically inclined and have access to the wheels and to the motors but would love to be walked through how you housed it, installed the drip and have a shaft long enough for 3 wheels on each side. Great work and thanks again!
Hi Ethan, and thanks for watching my videos, I will try to make a video showing how I built the cabbing machines but I’m not sure when that will happen so keep checking back, I’ve been too busy lately with other things.
Great workshop you have. I can see the hours in building up those machines, well done ! What sort of black nephrite is that ? I have some black hornblend jade, the quality is variable, sometimes dark grey, sometimes beautiful jet black, always absolutely opaque. Takes an excellent polish but at other times it has a fine fine grainy finish- I can send you a couple of small samples if you like for free. Oh, whats that music titled ? Perfect 🙂
Thank you Vincent, I have no idea what sort of black nephrite is it. I acquired a lot of rocks and Jade from actions during the years without details so I can’t tell about the location. Thanks for the offer but I have a lot of Jade to the point I have them outside in the garden between the trees 😄 The music I’m using it has to be copyright free so I’m only using 3 of them, “44th Street” , “7th Floor Tango” and “End of Summer”. Thanks again for watching my videos!
Yes, I have two channels and they are both the same, when Google bought UA-cam I was locked out and I couldn’t post anything, after few months I had to create a new channel and after that I was able get access to the original channel and since I had followers on both channels I had to keep both the same. For polishing, you can use DiaShine at the end after completing your regular polish, it will give it a super polish.
We have a Cabking 6" with standard wheels it came with. We also purchased the following= 8000, 14000 and 50000 wheels-are these okay to use? Now you made this Tutorial 3 years ago, what types of Polish should we consider using? What do you recommend? Maybe we have one of them. BTW, The Jade That We Have Is So Very Translucent / Transparent, It Is Phenomenal To Us.
For finishing I use 3000 and 14000 wheels then polishing on a flat lap using cerium oxide after that I use 50000 diamond spray on flat felt. For Jade you don’t have to do anything more than shown in my video, the trick is using the worn out 600 silicone carbide dry.
Thank you sir, I've had such a difficult time getting a high polish on my nephrite, I really needed this video. I have leather but I've never tried it on my stones, I've only used felt with cerium oxide. It looks like you used the rough side of the leather, do you think it matters which side or is rough the best in your opinion?
thank you for sharing. Love the black jade, but I also just don't like green :) My tools consist of a diamond blade hand saw, a totary tool, diamond burrs and sandpaper on a block of wood.. One day I'll get an Auger.. Totally inspired after watching this, time to search for some black jade. Do you know of a cheap country to buy it from? Thx
Thanks for watching my videos, good quality black Jade are very expensive. However, if you google Black Jade you will find a lot of material available. Thx
@@praphaichanthachon2147 only 1kg at the most.. I'm a one person business and would take me ages to get through a kilo. :) It's ok tho, I'm going to do a search for some raw black jade :)
Elie, As usual, great video. Thanks. Just a couple of questions: What if a lapidary only has soft diamond wheels, does the same process apply, i.e. very light water especially for 400 and 600? Also, I have been using Linda A (Aluminum Oxide, for those who don't know) successfully--at least, I think successfully. If you have used Linde A, what sort of success have you had? (Note: I did just discover that ZAM is essentially a combination of Aluminum Oxide and Chromium Oxide.)
John, I'm not sure if I replied to you before or not...In my opinion I don't think the soft diamond wheels will efficiently work but there's no harm of trying. I have Linde A but I didn't use it because I have to change the polishing pad every time ;)
@@ElieGhanimeEG Cute. I know they used hand or foot powered wheels, they still do in China. There is a vid of a guy in Burma (Myanmar) polishing jade on a big flat piece of bamboo. Looks pretty good. I just bought an Olmec Blue Jadeite disc and have to figure out how to polish it or find someone to do it for me.
I have never seen nephrite jade take such a glossy surface. It always has an oily surface, at best. If the lapidarist is not very good there will be orange peel.
I cleaned a green statue with soap and water but now were it was less polished it look worse than dirty, dont know if it was stone or glass but it is ruined. omg.
@@neskrafe I bought it second hand. it was like that when I bought it. at the bass ( the bottom) it's more dull, like not smooth like the dolphin is. it's ruff like if the artist didnt bother making the bottom smooth. but polish how? with what? also I would like to clean it but nothing works. it's like the dust is glued to it. it not ease because the bottom is all uneven. many hole like wavy surface. not flat.
Glad you straightened us out on the confused channels. Now I’m subscribed to the new channel.
Thanks Roger.
thank you for the tip on polishing on a dry belt, worked a treat, I was at my wits end with the orange peel syndrome but your vid tuened the tables, cheers from Aus.
Thanks Marty, I’m glad it helped. Cheers!!
Thanks for your channel that can help more people to avoid mistakes.
I’m glad to help and thank you for watching and supporting my channel.
@@ElieGhanimeEG You are welcome. Good luck with your project.
You are a great master of this channel.
Thank you Oleg.😊
@@ElieGhanimeEG you are welcome.
ခုလိုပညာတွေကို မေတ္တာနဲ့သင်ကြားမျှဝေပေးလို့ ကျေးဇူးအများကြီးတင်ပါတယ် ဆရာကြီးကျမ်းမာပါစေ🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you for so generously sharing the knowledge! Your videos are always full of useful information. I just want to point one detail from this video: the expando drum visible in the background around 10:00 seems to be mounted backwards! I believe this is the 400 grit drum.
Thank you for watching my videos and yes you’re right about the expando wheel, I figured I will change it next time I grease the bearings 😊
By Far the best video thank you so much
Thank you Mateo for watching my videos 👍
I have a some pieces of nephrite Big Sur Jade I want to polish. This video is exactly what I been looking for. Thank you so much
I’m glad this video will help you and thanks for watching!!
Not sure if this is your new channel or not, but very good video. Thank you. I'm new at polishing nephrite jade, but enjoying it. One problem I have is the magnesium metallic content will look dull on the surface when I've dry polished. Thanks for sharing your video.
Thanks Bob, I have 2 channels one under EG Jewels Lapidary and the second one under Elie Ghanime, the reason is when Google bought UA-cam they did something and I couldn’t log into my channel, I tried everything and after few months I had to create a new channel and uploaded all the videos again so now every time I make a new video I have to upload it on both channels because of the followers I have. Thanks again for watching my videos.
Wonderful video thank you. Can you tell me what you used to hold your nephrite Jade with? Thanks
Hello Dana, I usually use dop which is green wax mixed with shellac, this video will show you how it’s done. However, for small stones mainly Opal I use crazy glue, there’s also a video explaining how to use glue, so if you subscribed to my channel you’ll be able to watch all that. But here’s the one for doping.
ua-cam.com/video/hHclQvd2Jfs/v-deo.html
Thank you very much I am polishing a big nephrite statue will apply your tech/teachings and let you know the results. Thanks again and stay blessed.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you for the wonderful post. Will be looking forward to more 😊
Thank you Tanya for watching my videos 😊
Thanda you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I appreciate you!!!
I’m glad to help and thank you for watching my videos 🌹❤️
Very helpful video!
Thank you Kim, I’m glad to be of help!
Thanks for the video. Can't wait to apply it to my Jade. Will let you know how it comes out.
Good luck Curtis, please let me know and sorry for the delayed answer.
How did it turn out? :)
@@okflo Takes practice but yes my jade is really nice now.
Thanks for making this content Elie! I would love to see a video explaining how you made your cabbing machines. I am fairly mechanically inclined and have access to the wheels and to the motors but would love to be walked through how you housed it, installed the drip and have a shaft long enough for 3 wheels on each side. Great work and thanks again!
Hi Ethan, and thanks for watching my videos, I will try to make a video showing how I built the cabbing machines but I’m not sure when that will happen so keep checking back, I’ve been too busy lately with other things.
Great workshop you have. I can see the hours in building up those machines, well done !
What sort of black nephrite is that ? I have some black hornblend jade, the quality is variable, sometimes dark grey, sometimes beautiful jet black, always absolutely opaque. Takes an excellent polish but at other times it has a fine fine grainy finish- I can send you a couple of small samples if you like for free. Oh, whats that music titled ? Perfect 🙂
Thank you Vincent, I have no idea what sort of black nephrite is it. I acquired a lot of rocks and Jade from actions during the years without details so I can’t tell about the location. Thanks for the offer but I have a lot of Jade to the point I have them outside in the garden between the trees 😄
The music I’m using it has to be copyright free so I’m only using 3 of them, “44th Street” , “7th Floor Tango” and “End of Summer”.
Thanks again for watching my videos!
A well presented video. Thank you
Thanks Darren for watching.
Is this another Channel of yours? I have been watching your Channel= EG. We Love your Tutorials. Can We use Diamond polishing from DiaShine?
Yes, I have two channels and they are both the same, when Google bought UA-cam I was locked out and I couldn’t post anything, after few months I had to create a new channel and after that I was able get access to the original channel and since I had followers on both channels I had to keep both the same.
For polishing, you can use DiaShine at the end after completing your regular polish, it will give it a super polish.
Thanks the talent you share to us
Thank you Shanley I’m glad to be of help and thank you for watching my videos!!
We have a Cabking 6" with standard wheels it came with. We also purchased the following= 8000, 14000 and 50000 wheels-are these okay to use? Now you made this Tutorial 3 years ago, what types of Polish should we consider using? What do you recommend? Maybe we have one of them.
BTW, The Jade That We Have Is So Very Translucent / Transparent, It Is Phenomenal To Us.
For finishing I use 3000 and 14000 wheels then polishing on a flat lap using cerium oxide after that I use 50000 diamond spray on flat felt.
For Jade you don’t have to do anything more than shown in my video, the trick is using the worn out 600 silicone carbide dry.
I get alerts from your other channel all the time.
If you click on the Bell picture in my channel you will get the alert every time I upload a new video.
Great video, now to try it and see how it turns out
Did it work?
Would love to hear an update!
Thank you sir, I've had such a difficult time getting a high polish on my nephrite, I really needed this video. I have leather but I've never tried it on my stones, I've only used felt with cerium oxide. It looks like you used the rough side of the leather, do you think it matters which side or is rough the best in your opinion?
I’m glad my video did help, use the rough side of the leather it does work better for polishing. Thanks for watching.
thank you for sharing. Love the black jade, but I also just don't like green :) My tools consist of a diamond blade hand saw, a totary tool, diamond burrs and sandpaper on a block of wood.. One day I'll get an Auger.. Totally inspired after watching this, time to search for some black jade. Do you know of a cheap country to buy it from? Thx
Thanks for watching my videos, good quality black Jade are very expensive. However, if you google Black Jade you will find a lot of material available. Thx
Thailand I just got one Nephrite over 5 kgs $15/kg. Will show you the polishing results. Send me the WhatsApp if you are using
How many kgs you need ?
@@praphaichanthachon2147 only 1kg at the most.. I'm a one person business and would take me ages to get through a kilo. :) It's ok tho, I'm going to do a search for some raw black jade :)
I´m in Mexico and I have about 3 kg of black jade
Can you recommend grinding wheels to buy?
Check with Kingsley North they have good selection.
@@ElieGhanimeEG THANK YOU
I love nephrite Jade 💚
GRACIAS MAESTRO...JESUCRISTO LO BENDIGA SIEMPRE...
Elie, As usual, great video. Thanks. Just a couple of questions: What if a lapidary only has soft diamond wheels, does the same process apply, i.e. very light water especially for 400 and 600? Also, I have been using Linda A (Aluminum Oxide, for those who don't know) successfully--at least, I think successfully. If you have used Linde A, what sort of success have you had? (Note: I did just discover that ZAM is essentially a combination of Aluminum Oxide and Chromium Oxide.)
John, I'm not sure if I replied to you before or not...In my opinion I don't think the soft diamond wheels will efficiently work but there's no harm of trying. I have Linde A but I didn't use it because I have to change the polishing pad every time ;)
@@ElieGhanimeEG very interested to learn the best techniques to polish Nephrite jade thanks for making it easy to understand thanks slot.
Very nice
Thank you so much!
How did they polish jade for thousands of years before sanders and grinders?
Sheerkat7, I don’t know, I wasn’t born yet 😂
@@ElieGhanimeEG Cute. I know they used hand or foot powered wheels, they still do in China. There is a vid of a guy in Burma (Myanmar) polishing jade on a big flat piece of bamboo. Looks pretty good. I just bought an Olmec Blue Jadeite disc and have to figure out how to polish it or find someone to do it for me.
Can you use Linde A instead of the tin oxide?
Karen, you can always try and see if it works.
How do you stick the rock and the stick??
There’s 2 more videos I have in my channel about that, you have to watch them 😊
@@ElieGhanimeEG thank you so much. I'll watch it!!
Good!
Thanks!
Can you help me verify a black jade piece I have?
If you post a picture maybe I can help or Google black Jade and compare with what you have.
Jadeite nın gıram ham fiyatı nekadar almak istiyorum
Hasan, I’m not sure what language this is, it will be great if you translate it to English. Thanks
@@ElieGhanimeEG Türk Dili gönder anlamıyorum
Hey i have some green jade where i can sale
ya but how by hand??
I have never seen nephrite jade take such a glossy surface. It always has an oily surface, at best. If the lapidarist is not very good there will be orange peel.
I cleaned a green statue with soap and water but now were it was less polished it look worse than dirty, dont know if it was stone or glass but it is ruined. omg.
I’m not sure what statue you have cleaned but soap and water shouldn’t damage anything.
@@ElieGhanimeEG I know right? it's weird but it really did. I looks awfull.
@@neskrafe I bought it second hand. it was like that when I bought it. at the bass ( the bottom) it's more dull, like not smooth like the dolphin is. it's ruff like if the artist didnt bother making the bottom smooth. but polish how? with what? also I would like to clean it but nothing works. it's like the dust is glued to it. it not ease because the bottom is all uneven. many hole like wavy surface. not flat.
@@christineblack4654Might be plastic, or some kind of coating like wax came off. You can’t fix it until you figure out what it is.
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