The fiber glass pens do a great job, and are exactly what actual jewelers and watchmakers use.
As far as abrasive pads go, (scotch brite is a brand), there are many grades and grits. None of which will give a true soft straight scratch pattern. It is not what they were manufactured for. (I used them for the polishing work in cylinder head porting for years, and have then in "Huge roles").
The abrasive pads are available in
1. Black= very coarse
2. Brown=coarse
3. burgundy=med. course
4. beige=medium/fine
5 grey=fine
6 white=no grit,ultra fine, but with a polishing agent.
These are known in industry as a woven abrasive. Several companies make them. You've seen the very heavy duty pads used under buffers by janitors for strippiing wax form office floors. Not the tech. you want to see used on your prize possessions!:cry2:
You will notice that I did not list the typical grocery store green. DO not use green for any metal refinishing.
They contains several grits at once, some come with soap in them, and some have no grit at all. They are for the aggressive cleaning pots and pans. NOT Fine Watches!
The highest quality pads are made by 3-M, (who also make the food store variety, but sold as Scotch brand) And is where the well known Scotch Brit comes from.
I freely admit that I have for the most part, wasted your time, as NO Pad will or can give superior finishes to any watch surface. It is, and will look to the trained eye as amateurish at best, and a wreck of a job at worst.
Google Watchmakers Pen, or go to amazon and or ebay and type in jewelers pen, or scratch removal pen. ;-)
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