Ho Greg, it is quite common for the words silicon and silicone to be used in place of one another. Silicone carbide, (thought probably chemically impossible to produce) would be a problem. Silicon carbide is a standard abrasive in use for decades. Seriously though, Silicone is a lubricant and is an oil. Silocon is the main ingredient of sand. Silocon Valley is where the chips are made. Silicone Valley is where the hollywood bodies are made. Regards, Dale Fox On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:49 -0400 Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> writes: > Lists, > O.K. admittedly I'm very slow. I've decided to check out the > Abralon > Pads that Mark Potter recommended for use in finishing work. Never > mind > that he recommended them back in May. :>) Anyway I went to this site > http://www.mirka.com/eng/prod/abralonw.htm and it clearly states that > this is a silicon carbide abrasive. My question to all of you is > whether > or not you could foresee this as being a problem. I'm thinking of > possible fisheye or anything else that might compromise a gloss or > high > polish finish. Any thoughts? > > Greg > > -- > Greg Newell > Greg's Piano Forté > 12970 Harlon Ave. > Lakewood, Ohio 44107 > 216-226-3791 > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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