![]() It is not clear which bovine " buffalo" referred to, but it may not have been any of the animals called "buffalo" today. Such buff leather was suitable for buffing or serving as a buffer between polished objects. It referred to the colour of undyed buffalo leather, such as soldiers wore as some protection: an eyewitness to the death in the Battle of Edgehill (1642) of Sir Edmund Verney noted "he would neither put on arms or buff coat the day of the battle". The first recorded use of the word buff to describe a colour was in The London Gazette of 1686, describing a uniform to be ".a Red Coat with a Buff-colour'd lining". Īs an RYB quaternary colour, it is the colour produced by an equal mix of the tertiary colours citron and russet. Buff is a mixture of yellow ochre and white: two parts of white lead and one part of yellow ochre produces a good buff, or white lead may be tinted with French ochre alone. Question : What is the difference between the Black and White Buffs?Īnswer : The Black Buff is designed for darker stones such as Absolute Black and the White Buff is designed to be used for lighter color granites.Buff (latin bubalinus) is a light brownish yellow, ochreous colour, typical of buff leather. The Twistouch Turbo Buff is rigid and will not pick up any stone debris which could create tiny fine scratches on the surface of the material. Question : Can I use my Ceramica Buff disc for flat area buffing?Īnswer : For flat surface buffing, Alpha® recommends the Twistouch Turbo discs. The flexibility of the rubber backer pad will help the Ceramica Buff disc to heat-up the material quicker. Question : Which type of backer pad should I use with Ceramica Buff, Flexible or Rigid?Īnswer : Alpha® recommends using Flexible Backer pads with Ceramica Buff. When the water starts to evaporate, the Ceramica Buff disc will create friction on the material, which will cause the material to start to heat-up and create the high gloss and color. Once you apply water to the material, turn off the water supply and start the buffing process. Alpha® Ceramica Buff discs are designed to work with a little water and we always recommend applying water on the material before using the discs. Question : Can I use Alpha® Ceramica Buff completely dry without using any water?Īnswer : No. Question : What tools should the Alpha® Ceramica Buff discs be used on?Īnswer : Alpha® recommends central water-feed polishers such as the Alpha® AIR-680 and VSP-320. Question : What is the RPM range at which I should use the Alpha® Ceramica Buff?Īnswer : Ceramica Buff should not exceed 4,000 RPM. Question : In what sizes are Ceramica Buff offered in?Īnswer : Alpha® Ceramica Buff discs are available in 3”, 4” and 5”. Using Ceramica Buff on engineered stone may over-heat the engineered stone causing the material to turn white. The purpose of using Ceramica Buff is to generate heat build-up to create high gloss and color on natural stone. Ceramica Buff should not be used on engineered stone material. Question : Can I use Alpha® Ceramica Buff on engineered stone material?Īnswer : No. Question : What materials can I use the Alpha® Ceramica Buff on?Īnswer : Alpha® Ceramica Buff is designed for use on granite and some marbles. The Alpha® Ceramica Buff is for wet granite hand polishing. A consistent performer, the professional quality provided by these discs, is unmatched. For an especially super high gloss, use both the black and white discs in sequence. Black Buff is the only disc that will successfully bring up the shine on the black granites such as Black Pearl and others. Available in black for dark stones and white for light colored stones, Alpha® Ceramica Buff is the only disc capable of achieving the better than factory finish that Alpha® Ceramica has become known for. Alpha® Ceramica Buff is a heat compressed disc that combines these powders with a natural fiber in a flexible disc. Tin oxide and aluminum oxide are powders that have been used for years for the final polishing process. Monumentalists are ecstatic about the deep glossy finish, which their customers demand, that only Alpha® Ceramica Buff can give. ![]() Tile contractors are amazed by the difference between a polished edge and the super gloss that only Alpha® Ceramica Buff provides. Fabricators easily achieve superior results with the Alpha® Ceramica Buff. By using this disc in your polishing process, no dangerous chemicals are necessary to achieve a high final polish. The utilization of a natural process to bring out the glossy shine is exclusive to these pads. Unlike the rest of the Alpha® Ceramica product line, a large amount of water is not required. Alpha® Ceramica Buff is the key to the difference from a standard polished edge to a deep glossy finish. ![]()
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