Polishing Laps
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Alpha Polisher Lap
from $91.00
The Alpha™ is for any gem materials that will polish with Aluminum Oxide. The Alpha lap works well on gemstones between 7 and 8 Mohs hardness, such as Beryls, Garnets, Tourmaline, and many others. Use the lap at low to moderate lap speeds, with just a water misting on the surface. You can also use the lap with Alumina slurry to speed up performance.
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Tin Plus polishing lap (TIn+)
from $78.00
This is a tin alloy laminated polishing lap. The alloy hardness is halfway between Pure Tin and BATT. It is gentler in use than harder alloys; charges easily; and gives excellent results with stones from hardness 4 and up.
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Dia-Z+ Two-Zone Polishing Lap
$148.00
The DiaMatrix™ polishing surface is a toughened, hardened version of the Matrix™ polishing lap, but with a lower complexity that forces a high concentration monolayer on the surface of the lap, providing significantly sharper meets and flatter facets. It is optimized for diamond use, and in particular, for use with Voodoo Magic Faceting Polish. The Zinc+ prepolish surface is hard, flat, and slick - seldom causes orange peel the way copper can - and ideal for use with Voodoo 3k or 8k!
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Acrylic Master Lap
$19.99
Economic 8-inch acrylic master lap for calibration operations, supporting toppers, etc.
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Aluminum Master Lap
$34.99
High-quality, AMERICAN-MADE, flat-running, full 8-inch diameter, full 1/4-inch-thick master lap for calibration operations and to support topper laps.
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Plastic Master Lap 6-inch
$12.99
Plastic SIX-INCH master lap for calibration operations and to support topper laps. This is the super-economy option.
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Cablap™ & Double Cablap™
from $49.90
These special grooved, hard fiber phenolic laps by Crystalite are used for final shaping and polishing of sapphire, ruby and garnet (not for faceting). The laps retain their diamond compound charge efficiently. (Double Cablap™ lap, 2 grooves; Cablap™ lap, 1 groove). A 1/2” arbor hole is standard.
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Oxy-lap™ Polishing Films
from $12.61
These thin film final polishing laps are made with conventional abrasives. They come in packs of 3 and have standard 1/2 inch arbor holes. These laps require a master lap to support them.
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Dominatrix Polishing Lap
$186.00
The 8" Dominatrix™ is a hybrid BATT™ Prepolish/MATRIX™ Polish Lap. I recommend this lap for production cutting and especially for repairs. It works especially well with my Voodoo Black Magic polish.
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Diamatrix Polishing Lap
from $98.00
The DiaMatrix™ is a toughened, hardened version of the Matrix™ polishing lap, but with a lower complexity that forces a high concentration monolayer on the surface of the lap, providing significantly sharper meets and flatter facets. It is optimized for diamond use, and in particular, for use with Voodoo Magic Faceting Polish.
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Matrix Polishing Lap
from $95.00
The "MATRIX™" is a Ceramic Composite polishing with what the creator calls "a self-renewing microtexture and surface complexity that allows better polish retention and a less critical fluid film thickness". This is the Corian lap on steroids! This is now our #1 recommended lap for new faceters.
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Lightside Polishing Lap
from $76.00
The LIGHTSIDE™ is a specialty lap with a smooth, durable surface and a remarkably low frictional coefficient against the stone to minimize heating effects to make it especially useful for polishing soft and delicate stones such as rhodochrosite, fluorite, apatite, diopside, sphalerite, and strontium titanate.
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Greenway Polishing Lap
from $78.00
The Greenway™ is a Chrome Oxide Ceramic Polymer Composite lap that requires only water. It is a non-fouling (won't pack cracks) lap that will polish many, many materials. Polish-embedded laps are slower than using oxide polish ON a lap, but they are more "dummy-proof".
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Darkside Polishing Lap
from $75.00
The DARKSIDE™ is a lightweight lap, made of the specially developed material coated onto an aluminum baseplate.
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Creamway Polishing Lap
from $78.00
The Creamway™ polishing lap is a Zirconium Oxide/ceramic polymer "Just Add Water" lap. The polymer has further been modified to allow exceptionally high oxide loading. In my opinion, this is currently the most "dummy-proof" of Quartz polishing solutions. It is a good bit slower than using an oxide polish on a lap - but also less sensitive to imperfect technique.
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BATT Polishing Lap
from $96.00
The BATT special alloy polishing lap is one of my favorite laps for materials harder than Mohs 8. Many people use the BATT with my Voodoo diamond polishes, or with loose diamond. I often double-charge these for doing repair work (2 different diamond grits, a prepolish on outer ring and polish on the interior).
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BA5T Polishing Lap
from $130.00
The BA5T special alloy polishing lap is my personal go-to lap for materials harder than Mohs 8. Many people use the BA5T with my Voodoo diamond polishes, or with loose diamond.
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