Table 14: Common abrasives used on modern bronze sculpture

Table 14
Table 14
Common abrasives used on modern bronze sculpture
stone pumice stone
sandstone
papers and cloth cabinet paper
sandpaper
emery paper
emery cloth
blasting media sand
iron grit
glass bead
copper oxide
aluminum oxide
zirconium oxide
crushed walnut shell
crushed olive seed
flexible pads steel wool (coarse to fine)
Scotch-Brite™ (coarse to fine)
powders ground pumice
tripoli (gesso de tripoli)
aluminum oxide
trent sand
carborundum
jeweler’s rouge
pumice powder