Oh Bristle Disks- I Love You!

by katherinemiess on February 12, 2009

Back in December, fellow metalsmith and blogger Catherine Chandler posted a review on 3M™’s bristle disks. I finally got around to using them, and I’m so glad that I did. Check out Catherine’s review on the Etsy Metal blog here. Thanks Catherine!

I used the bristle disks on my flex shaft to clean up the slowly progressing polka-dot jasper necklace links. The picture below is the pendant arranged under the links. (I was just playing with the links, they’ll actually form a necklace when they’re ready.)

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Catherine Chandler February 20, 2009 at 6:41 pm

Thank you for the shout out! I love my bristle disks too…I actually only have a few and really need to get the sample set like you have 😀 That necklace is looking great!

danielle embry February 15, 2009 at 1:40 am

these are totally awesome! i use them for lots of hard to reach places.btw, i tagged you. :)check out my blog if you want to participate. no pressure, only if you want to.keep up the beautiful work!

KMJewelryStudio February 15, 2009 at 12:59 am

I bought the small sample pack. I can see myself using all of them, but I’ve used the three coarsest the most.

Ashley February 14, 2009 at 4:01 pm

I haven’t tried them yet. What size did you get? Do you find that you need all of the grits?

sassyglassdesigns February 13, 2009 at 3:41 pm

I love 3M disks; they do such a great job and the necklace is WOW!

Janice February 13, 2009 at 3:25 am

Wowwwwwwww. Now THAT is dramatic!! I used to use the radial disks all the time and have sort of stopped using them…not sure why. hmmmm.

Margaux Lange February 13, 2009 at 12:56 am

LOVE me some 3M bristle disks! Couldn’t live without ’em. Beautiful pendant!

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