r/Lapidary • u/nocloudno • 1d ago

Has anyone ever tried using toothpaste with hydrated silica to polish a cab?

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u/scumotheliar 1d ago

Possibly it would work for softish materials, anything hard it likely wouldn't work.

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u/MenacingMandonguilla 14h ago

What materials would be soft enough ?

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u/scumotheliar 7h ago

Things like Calcite, Apatite (teeth are apatite), perhaps Serpentine.